the strategic introduction of ict to support the health sector is complex and requires both careful planning and multisectoral collaboration an effective ehealth strategy should present the strategic context for the introduction of ehealth and the ehealth components required to meet national ehealth objectives central to developing a sound ehealth strategy is the recognition that ehealth represents a collaborative effort between the health information technology and telecommunications sectors as well as requiring active involvement from both the public and private sectors the proposed indicator for this measure is the percentage of countries with an ehealth strategy with the target being per cent of countries by