Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

Hassan Ghazal; Abdulwahhab Alshammari; Adel Taweel; Ahmed ElBokl; Chakib Nejjari; Dari Alhuwail; Dena Al-Thani; Eiman Al-Jafar; Hoda Wahba; Mohammed Alrishidi; Mounir Hamdi; Mowafa Househ; Osama El-Hassan; Sana Alnafrani; Sharareh Rostam Niakan Kalhori; Tamer Emara; Tanvir Alam; Zineb El Otmani Dehbi; Najeeb Al-Shorbaji

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1742495

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Yearb Med Inform 2022; 31(01): 354-364
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742495

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Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA)

Inclusive Digital Health in MENA Region

Hassan Ghazal

¹Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco

²National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST), Rabat, Morocco

³Moroccan Association for Telemedicine and eHealth, Rabat, Morocco

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Abdulwahhab Alshammari

⁴Health Informatics Department, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁵King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Adel Taweel

⁶Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

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Ahmed ElBokl

⁷Ain Shams University Virtual Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

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Chakib Nejjari

¹Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco

⁸Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco

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Dari Alhuwail

⁹Information Science Department, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait

¹⁰Health Informatics Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait

¹¹Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait

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Dena Al-Thani

¹²College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Eiman Al-Jafar

¹³Kuwait Health Informatics Association, Kuwait

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Hoda Wahba

⁷Ain Shams University Virtual Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

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Mohammed Alrishidi

¹³Kuwait Health Informatics Association, Kuwait

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Mounir Hamdi

¹²College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Mowafa Househ

¹²College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Osama El-Hassan

¹⁴Health Informatics Specialist, Department of Health Informatics & Smart Health, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

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Sana Alnafrani

⁴Health Informatics Department, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁵King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Sharareh Rostam Niakan Kalhori

¹⁵Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

¹⁶Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics (PLRI), Technical University of Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany

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Tamer Emara

⁷Ain Shams University Virtual Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

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Tanvir Alam

¹²College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

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Zineb El Otmani Dehbi

¹Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco

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Najeeb Al-Shorbaji

¹⁷eHealth Development Association, Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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Abstract

Summary

The region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is diverse and retains a superior growth potential. It benefits from a privileged geographical location with big markets, a young and growing educated population, and competitive advantages in several industries. Regardless of their differences, countries face shared concerns, most notably in health. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, MENA countries enact reforms to create a more robust and inclusive digital health systems to increase growth, development, and integrity. Throughout the coordinated containment and mitigation efforts, most of the countries have integrated digital technologies into the health systems. These procedures include digital government initiatives, the introduction of digital health training courses, live video surgeries and virtual patient monitoring, rural and remote telemedicine programs, and the development of a national electronic health records (EHR) system. Each country took necessary actions to address equity, literacy, and development of resilient health systems. The nine featured countries in this report illustrate the diversity among the MENA region and account for major opportunities and achievements as well as promises and challenges that “digital health” presents for its populations.

Keywords

Digital health - telemedicine - MENAHIA - IMIA - sustainable development goals - COVID-19 - Egypt - Iran - Jordan - Kuwait - Morocco - Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

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