IntraHealth International

Because Health Workers Save Lives

Change the Way People Think about Health, Technology and the Developing World

Help put the latest advances in open source technology into the hands of Africans to solve the most critical public health issues of our day. IntraHealth OPEN is an initiative aimed at building technological fluency and local innovation in open source systems for health in Africa. With growing broadband connectivity and mobile phone use increasing at twice the global rate, Africa is taking advantage of cutting edge technologies in eHealth. Open source technology (where the code is openly available and able to be modified or expanded by the local developer/user) is ideally suited for application in low-resource environments, being free of licensing and upgrade fees, versatile and collaboration-friendly. With targeted training and support, open source solutions can enable African developers and health professionals to create, customize and grow systems themselves based on local expertise, needs and realities. See the list of leaders in the worlds of global health, technology and entertainment who have joined our OPEN Council to support this work.

“Open source technology lets us address health challenges collaboratively with African developers in the lead, designing programs to meet the specific needs of our people. If we invest in open source development training in Africa we will be supporting a new generation of self-sufficient health professionals able to use technology and customize programs to meet the most urgent needs. Better organized, efficient, affordable and sustainable systems save lives.” —Youssou N’Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Nas

Duncan Sheik

Toubab Krewe and DJ Equal with Umar Bin Hassan

Q-Burns Abstract Message

Gavin Hardkiss (aka Hawke)

Beef Wellington with Eugene Snowden and Swamburger

Afrissippi

Mopreme Shakur

Studio Mali

Peter Buck (of R.E.M.)—Coming Soon

Nas and major recording artists from around the globe have created a series of remixes to support the IntraHealth OPEN Initiative. To mark IntraHealth's 30th anniversary we are making all of the remixes of Youssou N'Dour's 'Wake Up-It's Africa Calling' available for download here for free. We encourage you to make a donation to this important work. You can also purchase a limited edition cd in our shop featuring specially selected remixes.

Click the OPEN Remix album cover to download all of the songs.
Click an artist's picture to download a single track.

The music has been made collaboratively in the spirit of open source, in support of open source solutions for health created for and by people in the developing world. These songs are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License.