Setting up of Extranet of MoHW | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

During the pandemic period, the Ministry has decided to setup an effective means of communication, where all medical advice received from WHO could be shared between all medical health professional in all hospitals. In this context, an Extranet has made available to the Ministry where all articles, journal, update, medical advice received from WHO has been stored in the document library for ease of reference by medical practitioners for the COVID19 Virus. Periodically, the Ministry received updates in relation to COVID19 from the WHO same is being updated in the documentary library in the Extranet.

Country

Mauritius

Institution

Ministry of Health & Wellness (MoHW),Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation (MITCI), Central Informatics Bureau(CIB), Government Online Centre (GOC), Central Information Systems Division (CISD),