This research is responding to the theme of "Information and Communication Technology and Development". Global access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is changing rapidly with the potential to impact on development in both positive and negative ways. One way of analysing the health sector is as a knowledge economy - how to access expert advice on how to manage a particular health problem and how to access specific commodities, such as drugs, which embody a large amount of research and development. Yet where does this access start?