Towards health for all: WHO and IMIA intensify collaboration - Joint communiqué during Medinfo 2007 in Brisbane

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-505

  Geissbuhler, Antoine ^a,c   Haux, Reinhold ^a,d   Kwankam, S Yunkap ^b  

^a International Medical Informatics Association   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health for all; Health informatics; IMIA; International Medical Informatics Association; Medical informatics; WHO; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PUBLISHING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35348933858     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/ME5006     Document Type: Review

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