Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

Mahmood Tara; Taweel Adel; Alhuwail Dari; Dena A. Al Thani; Eiman Al-Jafar; Eman Abu Hamra; Hassan Ghazal; Hoda Wahba; Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy; Khalid AlKhalifa; Leena Joseph; Mohamed Zeroug; Mohammad Bani Odeh; Mohammed I. Alhefzi; Mounir Hamdi; Mowafa Househ; Najeeb Al-Shorbaji; Osama El Hassan; Salim Abdullah Al-Salmi; Tamer Amara; Zoubir Sari

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1726496

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Yearb Med Inform 2021; 30(01): 328-334
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1726496

Information on IMIA Regional Groups

Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

Health Informatics Response to COVID-19 Crisis

Mahmood Tara

¹Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, Member of the Iranian Medical Informatics Association, Department of Medical Informatics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

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Taweel Adel

²Department of Computer Science, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

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Alhuwail Dari

³Department of Information Science, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University; Kuwait Health Informatics Association, Kuwait

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Dena A. Al Thani

⁴Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Eiman Al-Jafar

⁵Department of Health Informatics and Information Management, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University; Kuwait Health Informatics Association, Kuwait

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Eman Abu Hamra

⁶Master of Public Health - Al Quds University, Palestine

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Hassan Ghazal

⁷Moroccan Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, Morocco & National Center for Scientific and Technical Research, Rabat, Morocco

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Hoda Wahba

⁸Ain Shams University Virtual Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

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Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy

⁹President of the Iranian Medical Informatics Association, Health Information Technology Department, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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Khalid AlKhalifa

¹⁰National Health Informatics Committee, Supreme Council of Health, Manama, Bahrain

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Leena Joseph

¹¹Oman College of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

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Mohamed Zeroug

¹²Société Algérienne de Télémédecine et de eSanté, SATeS, Algeria

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Mohammad Bani Odeh

¹³Palestine National Institute of Public Health, Ramallah, Palestine

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Mohammed I. Alhefzi

¹⁴Vice President, Saudi Association for Health Informatics, Saudi Arabia

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Mounir Hamdi

¹⁵College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Mowafa Househ

¹⁶Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Najeeb Al-Shorbaji

¹⁷Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics; President of the eHealth Development Association, Amman, Jordan

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Osama El Hassan

¹⁸Health Informatics & Smart Health Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

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Salim Abdullah Al-Salmi

¹⁹Oman College of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

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Tamer Amara

²⁰Ain Sham University Virtual Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

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Zoubir Sari

²¹Société Algérienne de Télémédecine et de eSanté, SATeS, Algeria

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Abstract

Summary

The unforeseen pandemic of COVID-19 forced all countries worldwide to appreciate digital solutions and their potential contributions in managing such outbreaks. Countries began to share their knowledge and ongoing experiences on how to employ the latest technologies to trace infected cases, warn people on potential danger, increase social and population awareness, and how to provide effective and efficient telehealth services. MENAHIA (The Middle East and North Africa Health Informatics Association), established in 2018, as a new IMIA regional chapter which has started regional work in several areas of collaboration and knowledge sharing, particularly focused on the common basis of MENA countries’ needs towards health informatics solutions regarding COVID-19 crisis management. This article briefly presents health informatics activities and prospects by countries of the Region with a non-exclusive focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. Needless to say, not all the countries have reported using this platform, and some may have reported through other venues.

Keywords

COVID-19 - digital health - health informatics - Middle East and North Africa - MENAHIA - International Medical Informatics Association - IMIA - National eHealth societies - Algeria - Bahrain - Egypt - Iran - Jordan - Kuwait - Morocco - Oman - Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

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