Information Management in Resource Poor Settings for the Healthcare Sector

This paper addresses the need for and development of an efficient Computer based Knowledge Management System for the most prominent sector for the developing countries; the HealthCare Sector. This is a part of an ongoing research particularly pertaining to HIV/AIDS in India. It highlights the multidisciplinary field of Knowledge Management and explains how it can revolutionize the HealthCare Sector (especially HIV/AIDS). This paper will outline the research done till now and the phases planned for the development of a management of Information systems to utilize the data colleted in implementation of the various projects aimed at providing preventive or palliative services for the population.