The European Institute of Women's Health in conjunction with the Irish Cancer Society and Connect.ie announced an update of the cancer information site for women. The information is now available in French and Italian. The project was first launched by Mr. Kamphausen of DG V "Europe Against Cancer" at the European Commission Offices in Molesworth St.,Dublin, in 1996. Initially the cancer information was made available on a set of computer diskettes. This followed on research completed by the project that showed women's use of the media to gather information about health issues and their lack of access to good technology.
To overcome the problems discovered in the research and to encourage women to use the new technologies, a computer disc set was developed. The computer disc was distributed to different women's groups, clubs and organisations. It is difficult to remember that in 1996, many women had only access, at best, to 286 computers with no CD ROM Drive. Having the pack on disc enabled these groups access, view and print out high quality information at a low cost. The pack came with a built in browser.