Posted on: Sun 13-12-2020

MEHID-AFRICA stands for Mainstreaming eHealth & Health Informatics for Development in Africa. It is a new program that provides for a wide range of interventions such as conferences and deployment of technology. Its goal is for Africa to develop equitably with the rest of the world through multi-sectoral deployment of eHealth and health informatics. MEHID-AFRICA series of annual conferences are tagged with their respective years. Thus, this maiden edition is tagged MEHID-AFRICA 2021.

Mon 15 to Thu 18, Mar 2021
@ University of Benin: Akin Deko Auditorium &
@ University of Benin Teaching Hospital: eHealth & health informatics facilities
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA

THEME
Strengthening Health Services in Africa through eHealth and Health Informatics

Subthemes

• Deployment of eHealth and health informatics: progress and prospects
• Attaining universal health coverage through eHealth and health informatics
• Using eHealth and health informatics for healthcare and health management information system
• Building business models for eHealth and health informatics
• Developing and following through roadmaps for eHealth and health informatics

SPECIAL INVITATION TO

• Doctors, pharmacists, nurses, medical records officers
• Health policy makers & managers
• Science & technology policy makers
• ICT scientists, manufacturers, marketers & other industry players
• Telecoms industry players
• ICT advocacy groups
• Others

Nominal conference fees
On-site participation: N20,000.00
Zoom (Live): N5,000.00
Click Link To Register

Sponsorship appeal and adverts
We gratefully appeal for your kind and generous support, wherever you are, to make this needed conference successful.
For sponsorship, adverts and exhibition stands please email, SMS or call now.

[email protected]
+234 816 740 8133
+234 803 721 2596

SUMMARY OF EVENTS
Mon 15 Mar, 2021
Arrival
Registration
Welcome cocktail

Tue 16 & Wed 17 Mar, 2021
-Registration
-Opening ceremony
-Keynote address
-Plenary sessions: guest lecture, symposia, etc.
-Parallel sessions: symposia and oral presentations of abstracts
-Field visit (UBTH): provider demonstration of telemedicine and health informatics
-Field visit (HMO/ UNIBEN): HMO demonstration of telemedicine
-Posters, exhibitions
-Dinner night
Thu 18 Mar, 2021 Departure

Continuous professional development points will be awarded.

• Certificates of participation will be issued.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS[Oral & poster presentations]
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited. They may be on operations or other types of research; or descriptions of models, services, or procedures. Authors may adopt conventional or rationally adapted formats.
Abstracts must be clear on their benefits and significance with respect to eHealth and health informatics. Write-ups should be in line with the theme or at least one subtheme. They must be concise (max. 250 words) and well written in good English. They should be mailed to [email protected]
Submission deadline is 8 Feb, 2021.
Accepted abstracts will be published as conference proceedings in a special edition of Journal of Hospital Practice and Administration.

Prof Omokhoa Adeleye
Chairman, Organising Committee
+234 803 721 2596
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Conference email: [email protected]

HOSTS/CONVENERS
Prof Lilian Salami                                       Prof Darlington Obaseki
Vice Chancellor                                                Chief Medical Director
University of Benin, Benin City.                 University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City.

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