The Historical Emergence of the Main Forms of Actors in the Middle East and North African Region

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

Yearbook of Medical Informatics ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1641207 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (01) ◽

pp. 286-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽

Mowafa Househ ◽

Adel Taweel ◽

Abdullah Alanizi ◽

Bennani Mohammed ◽

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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.

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

Yearbook of Medical Informatics ◽

10.1055/s-0039-1677896 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (01) ◽

pp. 292-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Riyad Alshammari ◽

Najeeb Al-Shorbaji ◽

Zakiuddin Ahmed ◽

Zaid Al-Hamadan ◽

Abdulwahhab Alshammari ◽

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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.

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