The role of information communication technology (ICT) towards universal health coverage: The first steps of a telemedicine project in Ethiopia

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-

  Shiferaw, Fassil ^a   Zolfo, Maria ^b  

^a Addis Ababa ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing countries; eHealth; Ethiopia; Pilot project; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866120565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.15638     Document Type: Article

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