[AISWorld] Cfp & new volume: JHIA (Journal of Health Informatics in Africa)

[Mikko Korpela]

The Journal of Health Informatics in Africa (JHIA) is an official journal of the Pan African Health Informatics Association (HELINA), the Africa Region of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), published by Koegni-eHealth Innovation for Development, Germany. JHIA is a peer-reviewed open access journal available at www.jhia-online.org<http://www.jhia-online.org>

JHIA solicits scientific papers focusing on the use of information and ICTs in the healthcare sector in the broad sense (including self-help, health promotion, education and training of health providers, research, etc.) in Africa. Papers can be based on quantitative or qualitative empirical research or literature analysis or theoretical argumentation. Authors can be African or non-African and affiliated to African higher education and research institutions or any other institutions anywhere, or without affiliations.

In 2015 JHIA will publish two open-call issues. See ‘Submissions’ on the journal web site for instructions. Volume 2 (2014) contained of two issues; issue 1 was an open-call issue and issue 2 contained the full research papers accepted to and presented in the HELINA 2014 (Health Informatics in Africa) conference in Accra, Ghana.  The conference was delayed to March 2015 due to the Ebola situation during the original time of October 2014.

Vol. 2(2014):1 http://dx.doi.org/10.12856/JHIA-2014-v2-i1


-          Editorial of JHIA Vol. 2 (2014) Issue 1

Mikko Korpela

-          Coordination Challenges in Collaborative Practices in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Tanzania
Nima Herman Shidende, Miria Grisot, Margunn Aanestad

-          Towards Networked eHealth: OMaT Project (Phase I)
Eustache Muteba A.

-          Competencies and Barriers to the Use of Nursing Informatics among Nurses in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria
Aanuoluwapo Omobolanle Olajubu, Omolola Oladunni Irinoye, Adekemi Eunice Olowokere

-          A Cross-case Analysis of the Effects of EMR Deployment on Antenatal Care Services in Rural Health Centres in Malawi

Marlen Stacey Chawani

Vol 2, No 2 (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.12856/JHIA-2014-v2-i2
Special Issue: "Informatics for Universal Health Coverage in Africa: From Point of Care Systems to National Strategies"
Proceedings of the 9th HELINA conference


-          Editorial to the HELINA 2014 proceedings

Nicky Mostert-Phipps, Frank Verbeke

-          Developing a national e-health strategy for DR Congo: a preliminary analysis of business needs, existing information systems and solutions

Frank Verbeke, Pierrot Shamashanga, Clément Amisi, Gustave Karara

-          eHealth Strategy Development: A Case Study in Tanzania

Niamh Darcy, Mturi Elias, Andrew Swai, Happy Danford, Hermes Rulagirwa, Sriyanjit Perera

-          Building locally relevant models for Universal Health Coverage and its implications for Health Information Systems: Some Reflections from India

Sundeep Sahay, T Sundararaman, Arunima S Mukherjee

-          When Information Technology meets Healthcare in West Africa: A Literature Review

Welborn Amaoko Marful, Alfred Winter

-          Good Practices to Enhance the Perceived Usefulness of Computerized Hospital Information Systems – Case Study in Nigeria

Vilma Vainikainen, Hettie Abimbola Soriyan, Mikko Korpela, Kaija Saranto

-          The maternal healthcare landscape around Grabouw, South Africa: Setting the stage for information systems development

Siphokazi Tswane, Mikko Korpela, Doreen KM M’Rithaa, Boniface Kabaso

-          Peer-Performance Review as a Strategy for Strengthening Health In-formation Systems: A Case Study from Ghana

Denis Leonard Adaletey, Bob Jolliffe, Jørn Braa, Anthony Ofosu

-          The European initiative EHR4CR – Lessons learned for EHR implementations in Africa

Fleur G.S. Fritz, Justin Doods, Inaki Soto Rey, Binyam Tilahun, Martin Dugas

-          The Ethiopian National eHealth Strategy and its Alignment with the Health Informatics Curriculum

Binyam Tilahun, Atinkut Zeleke, Mengistu Kifle, Fleur Fritz

-          Mobile-Health Tool Use and Community Health Worker Performance in the Kenyan Context: A Quasi-Experimental Post-Test Perspective

Maradona Gatara

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Mikko Korpela
Editor in Chief, JHIA
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa,
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Email: editor at jhia-online.org<mailto:editor at jhia-online.org>