Health appropriate technologies are applied nationwide in our country and have produced good results. But the informatization of health appropriate technologies lags behind and is still at a preliminary stage.As the network of Zhejiang basic health appropriate technologies has been estabished,this paper discusses some issues related with the informatization of health appropriate technologies.

The need analysis of information resource for appropriate health technologies is important for the related information transmission channel and promotion of those technologies at primary level.This paper introduces the current status of the information resource construction of appropriate health technologies in China,and analyzes the needs and means of transmission in terms of users,holders and spreader,taking Zhejiang as an example.Methods of literature review,questionnaire survey,interview,and symposium were employed.