Document Type
Book Chapter
Department
Internal Medicine (East Africa)
Abstract
Current approaches for capacity building in Health Informatics (HI) in developing countries mostly focus on training, and often rely on support from foreign entities. In this paper, we describe a comprehensive and multidimensional capacity-building framework by Lansang & Dennis, and its application for HI capacity building as implemented in a higher-education institution in Kenya. This framework incorporates training, learning-by-doing, partnerships, and centers of excellence. At Moi University (Kenya), the training dimensions include an accredited Masters in HI Program, PhD in HI, and HI short courses. Learning-by-doing occurs through work within MOH facilities at the AMPATH care and treatment program serving 3 million people. Moi University has formed strategic HI partnerships with Regenstrief Institute, Inc. (USA), University of Bergen (Norway), and Makerere University (Uganda), among others. The University has also created an Institute of Biomedical Informatics to serve as an HI Center of Excellence in the region. This Institute has divisions in Training, Research, Service and Administration. The HI capacity-building approach by Moi provides a model for adoption by other institutions in resource-limited settings.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Recommended Citation
Were, M. C.,
Siika, A.,
Ayuo, P. O.,
Atwoli, L.,
Esamai, F.
(2015). Building comprehensive and sustainable health informatics institutions in developing countries: Moi University experience. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 216, 520-524.
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Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University