Online health information toolkits for clinicians

摘要

In Africa, the number of new Internet users is growing faster than in most other parts of the world. By the end of 2008, there were approximately 32 million Internet users in Africa - eight times as many as in 2000. The biggest increases have been in Nigeria and Kenya, where together more than 14 million new people started using the Internet between 2000 and 2008.As connectivity increases in many African countries, so does access to important resources such as PubMed and sophisticated Internet search engines that can support clinical practices. At the same time, the ease and affordability of publishing on the Internet has exponentially increased the amount of available content. Healthcare professionals are now inundated with volumes of information and messaging of varied quality, which can lead to information overload.