E-Health technologies in attainment of the millennium development goals for africa healthcare system

ACIS 2011 Proceedings - 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ditsa, George E M ^a   Ojo, Sunday O ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African Healthcare System; e Health Technologies; Innovation and Partnership Strategy; Millennium Development Goals; Mobile Health

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; MOBILE HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH;

EID: 84869134325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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