Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

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

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701968

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Yearb Med Inform 2020; 29(01): 290-294
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701968

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Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

Strengthening Health Informatics Ecosystems in the Region and Beyond

Dari Alhuwail

¹Department of Information Science, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait; Health Informatics Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait; Kuwait Health Informatics Association, Kuwait

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Eiman Al-Jafar

²Department of Health Informatics and Information Management, College of Allied Health, Kuwait University, Kuwait; Kuwait Health Informatics Association, Kuwait

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Riyad Alshammari

³Health Informatics Department, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Ministry of the National Guard- Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Health Informatics Association

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Najeeb Al-Shorbaji

⁴eHealth Development Association, Amman, Jordan

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Osama El Hassan

⁵Health Informatics & Smart Health Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

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Zaid Al-Hamdan

⁶Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

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Abdulwahhab Alshammari

⁷Health Informatics Department, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Luis Fernandez Luque

⁸Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar

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Salim AL Salmi

⁹Associate Deanship for Health Information Management, Oman College of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Oman

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Adel Taweel

¹⁰Department of Computer Science, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

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Khalid AlKhalifa

¹¹Supreme Council of Health, Bahrain

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Mowafa Househ

¹²Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

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Dena A. Al Thani

¹²Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

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Abstract

Summary

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).

Keywords

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

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