Developing capacity in health informatics in a resource poor setting: lessons from Peru
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Developing capacity in health informatics in a resource poor setting: lessons from Peru
The public sectors of developing countries require strengthened capacity in health informatics. In Peru, where formal university graduate degrees in biomedical and health informatics were lacking until recently, the AMAUTA Global Informatics Research and Training Program has provided research and training for health professionals in the region since 1999. The Fogarty International Center suppor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Resources for Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-80