scholarly journals Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Building Sustainable Collaboration

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 286-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽  
Mowafa Househ ◽  
Adel Taweel ◽  
Abdullah Alanizi ◽  
Bennani Mohammed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
North African ◽  
International Forum ◽  
African Region ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
The Past ◽  
African Health ◽  
Research And Education

SummaryThere has been a growing interest in Health Informatics applications, research, and education within the Middle East and North African Region over the past twenty years. People of this region share similar cultural and religious values, primarily speak the Arabic language, and have similar health care related issues, which are in dire need of being addressed. Health Informatics efforts, organizations, and initiatives within the region have been largely under-represented within, but not ignored by, the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). Attempts to create bonds and collaboration between the different organizations of the region have remained scattered, and often, resulted in failure despite the fact that the need for a united health informatics collaborative within the region has never been more crucial than today. During the 2017 MEDINFO, held in Hangzhou, China, a new organization, the Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA) was conceived as a regional non-governmental organization to promote and facilitate health informatics uptake within the region endorsing health informatics research and educational initiatives of the 22 countries represented within the region. This paper provides an overview of the collaboration and efforts to date in forming MENAHIA and displays the variety of initiatives that are already occurring within the MENAHIA region, which MENAHIA will help, endorse, support, share, and improve within the international forum of health informatics.

scholarly journals Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): A New Opportunity for the Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyad Alshammari ◽  
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽  
Zakiuddin Ahmed ◽  
Zaid Al-Hamadan ◽  
Abdulwahhab Alshammari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
North African ◽  
African Region ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
The Past ◽  
African Health ◽  
Education Delivery

During the 2018 IMIA General Assembly (GA) held on Oct 2018 in Sri Lanka, a new organization, the Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA) was established as a regional non-governmental organization to promote Health Informatics in the region. Health Informatics activities in applications, education, and research have been growing in the Middle East and North African region for many years. Over the past year, health informatics initiatives within the region focused on the education sector and the workforce. The need to enhance the education delivery and methods is essential in promoting Health Informatics in the region as well as establishing master programs in many countries within the region.This paper provides an overview of the variety of initiatives that are occurring in the region and are endorsed by MENAHIA.

scholarly journals Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 290-294
Author(s):  
Dari Alhuwail ◽  
Eiman Al-Jafar ◽  
Riyad Alshammari ◽  
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽  
Osama El Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
North African ◽  
African Region ◽  
The Past ◽  
African Health ◽  
Technological Developments

SummaryOver 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).

scholarly journals Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Tara ◽  
Taweel Adel ◽  
Alhuwail Dari ◽  
Dena A. Al Thani ◽  
Eiman Al-Jafar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
North African ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
African Health ◽  
The Common ◽  
Regional Work

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.

The OSCE and the Middle East and North African region: Not so fast?

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-197
Author(s):  
Nathalie Tagwerker ◽  
Ruben-Erik Diaz-Plaja ◽  
Bernhard Knoll
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North African ◽  
African Region

scholarly journals Welcome to IMIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 263-265
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
North African ◽  
Liaison Officer ◽  
African Health ◽  
President Elect

President Dr. Christoph Lehmann, United States (2017–2019) President elect Dr. Sabine Koch, Sweden (2017–201 9) Past President Dr. Hyeoun-Ae Park, South Korea (2017–2019) Secretary Dr. Petter Hurlen, Norway (2015–2021) Treasurer Johanna Westbrook, Australia (2017–2020) Vice Presidents MedInfoDr. Patrick Weber, Switzerland (2017–2019)MembershipDr. Daniel Luna, Argentina (2018–2021)ServicesDr. Brigitte Seroussi, France (2016–2019)Special AffairsDr. Elizabeth Borycki, Canada (2016–2019)Working & Special Interest Groups Dr. Ying (Helen) Wu, China (2016–2019) CEO Elaine Huesing, Canada IMIA Web site: www.imia.org Regional Vice Presidents to IMIA APAMI: Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Dr. Vajira Dissanayake, Sri Lanka EFMI: European Federation for Medical Informatics Dr. Christian Lovis, Switzerland HELINA: Pan African Health Informatics Association Dr. Ghislain Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Germany/Cameroon IMIA-LAC: Health Informatics Association for Latin America and the Caribbean Marcelo Lucio da Silva, Brazil MENAHIA: Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association Dr. Riyad Al Shammari, Saudi Arabia North American Region Andre Kushniruk, Canada IMIA Liaison Officers, ex officio WHO Liaison OfficerDr. Antoine Geissbuhler, SwitzerlandIFIP Liaison OfficerDr. Hiroshi Takeda, JapanISO Liaison OfficerDr. Michio Kimura, Japan

Research Climate in the Middle East

1967 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
North African ◽  
African Region ◽  
Research Climate ◽  
Middle East Studies

On the basis of information and materials we have consulted from a variety of sources, including a number of research groups and scholars and also the staff of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Research Council, the Middle East Studies Association has been able to draw a rough sketch of at least some of the features of the research climate in the Middle East-North African region.

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