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DOI: 10.1160/ME5006
Towards Health for All: WHO and IMIA Intensify Collaboration
Joint Communiqué during Medinfo 2007 in BrisbaneAuthors
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Publikationsdatum:
22. Januar 2018 (online)
Summary
Objective: To intensify the collaboration between WHO, the World Health Organization, and IMIA, the International Medical Informatics Association.
Methods: Identifying key areas of collaboration and publishing a joint communiqué during Medinfo 2007 in Brisbane, Australia.
Results and Conclusions: WHO and IMIA have identified three keyareas of joint work for the next three years: the Global Observatory for eHealth, the use of I CT for the development of the health and health care workforce, and sharing eHealth products and services related to intellectual property for development.
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