The Inter-American Development Bank has a long history of supporting health projects in the region. The delivery of efficient and high quality health services has guided the actions of the Bank, as an important means to full human development. Currently, the Bank has $ 1.8 billion dollars in projects under execution, and around $ 500 million dollars in projects being designed or evaluated.

Information and Communications Technologies have been incorporated in health projects in a growing manner. In many cases computers modernize central ministries or their regional offices; sometimes databases are created to monitor investments, illnesses data or to generate internationally accepted statistics.

The Bank also supports large reform programs. They have a strong impact in changing the way health is delivered and managed in countries. And, again, telematics play an important role providing transparency to financial aspects of the sector, standardization of procedures, and easing the exchange of personal health files when appropriate.

Some efforts in more advanced telemedicine are under way. And the Bank has addressed their respective infrastructure and training of human resources.