Two Decades of HELINA Conferences: A Historical Review of Health Informatics in Africa

M. Korpela

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638856

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2013; 22(01): 197-205
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638856

Original Article

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Two Decades of HELINA Conferences: A Historical Review of Health Informatics in Africa

Authors

M. Korpela

¹School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

²IT Department, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

³School of ICT, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Health informatics - Africa - history

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