Computer Department

A)   Establishment

 This department has been established according to resolution No. (9) issued by the 32nd Ministerial Conference held in January 1992 based on a study submitted by the Executive Board.

 B)   Objectives

These are summed up in computerization of all manually done work in the  Executive Board, whether these works belonged to the Executive Board or to the member states through the establishment of programmes that store data which can be extracted in various forms when needed.  These programmes are designed to serve the needs of the Council States, where each specific program stores data relevant to one of the subjects of common interest.

 C)  Programmes

A number of important software Programmes have been designed and developed such as:

·   Group purchasing.

·   Plant based Medical Products Information Center.

·   AIDs.

·   Expatriate Workers Project and the Health Centers.

·   Statistical evaluation about health centers.

·   Resolutions and Recommendations issued by the Ministers' Council.

·   Statistical  Health Data about the Council States.

·   Data about those whose work contracts are terminated for  ethical reasons.

·   Drug Registration.

-      Pharmaceutical Companies registration.

Due to the vast number of programmes, and increase in the size of data, it was decided to make a radical improvement in the computer department. Thus, the old mainframe computers were replaced by latest model of computers. These latter are less costly in their maintenance, easy to operate, can be  upgraded whether in terms of memory or speed.  Also, the PC s are characterized by their multifunction and their various outputs compared to the  mainframe computers.

 On the other hand, the Executive Office installed lately the e-mail services and carried out connection with the internet service and establishment of an IPS Provider.