Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Health Informatics Response to COVID-19 Crisis

Mahmood Tara; Adel Taweel; Dari Alhuwail; 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

Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Health Informatics Response to COVID-19 Crisis

Mahmood Tara, Adel Taweel, Dari Alhuwail^*, 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 AmaraZoubir Sari

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	328-334
Number of pages	7
Journal	Yearbook of medical informatics
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726496
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

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

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Tara, M., Taweel, A., Alhuwail, D., Al Thani, D. A., Al-Jafar, E., Hamra, E. A., Ghazal, H., Wahba, H., Bahaadinbeigy, K., AlKhalifa, K., Joseph, L., Zeroug, M., Odeh, M. B., Alhefzi, M. I., Hamdi, M., Househ, M., Al-Shorbaji, N., Hassan, O. E., Al-Salmi, S. A., ... Sari, Z. (2021). Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Health Informatics Response to COVID-19 Crisis. Yearbook of medical informatics, 30(1), 328-334. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726496

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