| dc.description.abstract | Research organizations utilize information technology to generate process and transmit both sensitive and vital data that is critical in development of drugs, vaccines and health policy. Despite the role ICT plays in this research organization little has been done to assess the level of preparedness and capacity to mount effective recovery mechanism in case of an ICT disaster within these organizations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess how prepared the health research organizations are in case of ICT related disaster. The study objective will be to identify existence of ICT infrastructure, to assess the existing of ICT disaster recovery plan on disaster response preparedness and to examine the influence of ICT disaster recovery policies on disaster response in health research organizations in Kisumu County. This study intended to identify existence of IT infrastructure in relation to recovery among ICT staff and users in health research organizations in Kisumu County. Survey design will be adopted and a saturated sampling method will be deployed in selecting a sample population of 25 respondents. Data were collected through structured questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the research instrument was also be tested. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation); also, inferential statistics (regression) was used to analyze data. The research key findings revealed that there is adequate infrastructure across the organizations. However, not adopting cloud computing technology in enhancing disaster recovery service had the lowest mean rank of (3.48) on a scale of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5(Strongly Agree). Which indicates that most organizations have not adopted cloud computing technology as part of disaster recovery services. The research findings would be valuable to the Ministry of Health, Health Research Institutions and the public sector, policy makers as it will give them basis for embracing disaster management. | en_US |
