Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Strengthening Health Informatics Ecosystems in the Region and Beyond

Dari Alhuwail; Eiman Al-Jafar; Riyad Alshammari; Najeeb Al-Shorbaji; Osama El Hassan; Zaid Al-Hamdan; Abdulwahhab Alshammari; Luis Fernandez Luque; Salim A.L. Salmi; Adel Taweel; Khalid AlKhalifa; Mowafa Househ; Dena A. Al Thani

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701968

Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Strengthening Health Informatics Ecosystems in the Region and Beyond

Dari Alhuwail, Eiman Al-Jafar, Riyad Alshammari, Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Osama El Hassan, Zaid Al-Hamdan, Abdulwahhab Alshammari, Luis Fernandez Luque, Salim A.L. Salmi, Adel Taweel, Khalid AlKhalifa, Mowafa Househ, Dena A. Al Thani

Kuwait University

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Over the years, Health Informatics initiatives in the Middle East and North African region have been thriving with a number of different educational, scientific, professional, and technological developments taking place. Within the past year, Health Informatics initiatives in the region have focused on the educational and capacity building efforts. This regional report provides an overview of the wide spectrum of initiatives and developments that are taking place within the region which are supported by the Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	290-294
Number of pages	5
Journal	Yearbook of medical informatics
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1701968
State	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

Bahrain
Health Informatics
Jordan
Kuwait
Middle East
Morocco
North Africa
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates

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Alhuwail, D., Al-Jafar, E., Alshammari, R., Al-Shorbaji, N., El Hassan, O., Al-Hamdan, Z., Alshammari, A., Luque, L. F., Salmi, S. A. L., Taweel, A., AlKhalifa, K., Househ, M., & Al Thani, D. A. (2020). Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Strengthening Health Informatics Ecosystems in the Region and Beyond. Yearbook of medical informatics, 29(1), 290-294. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1701968

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