An IS contribution to the UN Millennium Development Goals: Next generation vaccination management in the developing world

ACIS 2010 Proceedings - 21st Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wang, Wei ^a   Elliot, Steve ^b   Williams, Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICT for improved healthcare; IS discipline impact; m Health; Millennium development goals; Technology in the developing world; Vaccination management

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GEOLOCATIONS; GLOBAL ISSUES; HIGH IMPACT; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; IS DISCIPLINE IMPACT; MHEALTH; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY;

DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VACCINES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 84870387746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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