Health Architecture Laboratory |
The Health Architecture Laboratory (HEAL) is funded by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). It seeks to apply the principles of architectural design to the development of better health information systems especially within low resource settings. A key focus of HEAL is to provide the academic infrastructure that will enable it to partner with organizations able to provide co-funding and innovative projects for students. To this end, HEAL works with public and private, local and international organizations to provide support for practical research projects to develop architectural artifacts and software building blocks at various levels in the healthcare system. Through an African not for profit company, Jembi Health Systems, HEAL has access to field sites and projects in several low an middle income countries, including Rwanda, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Malawi. HEAL aims to:
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