Abdoelnaser Degoot, Ismaël Koné, Shakuntala Baichoo, Mercy Ngungu, Nzisa Liku, Judit Kumuthini, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende, Foutse Khomh
and Bubacarr Bah
Discussion or Letter (2025)
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This commentary discusses health data challenges in Africa, focusing on digitization, standardization, and harmonization as key solutions. It highlights how addressing these foundational issues can enable AI and data science to transform healthcare systems across the continent.
| Department: | Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering |
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| Funders: | APHRC, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Grant number: | 228261/Z/23/Z, INV-058418 |
| PolyPublie URL: | https://publications.polymtl.ca/66470/ |
| Journal Title: | Nature Communications (vol. 16, no. 1) |
| Publisher: | Nature Portfolio |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-025-61104-6 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61104-6 |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2025 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2026 16:09 |
| Cite in APA 7: | Degoot, A., Koné, I., Baichoo, S., Ngungu, M., Liku, N., Kumuthini, J., Nakatumba-Nabende, J., Khomh, F., & Bah, B. (2025). Health data issues in Africa: time for digitization, standardization and harmonization [Discussion or Letter]. Nature Communications, 16(1), 5694 (4 pages). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61104-6 |
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