International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 12 , Pages 802-807 , December 2009

Millennium Global Village-Net: Bringing together Millennium Villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa

  • Andrew S. Kanter

      Affiliations

    • International Partnership for Health, NFP, Chicago, IL, United States
    • Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University, NY, United States
    • Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 W. 168th Street, VC5, New York, NY 10032, United States. Tel.: +1 646 469 2421; fax: +1 646 469 2421.
    • ,
  • Joel Negin

      Affiliations

    • Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Bernard Olayo

      Affiliations

    • Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Frederick Bukachi

      Affiliations

    • International Partnership for Health, NFP, Chicago, IL, United States
    • Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Edward Johnson

      Affiliations

    • International Partnership for Health, NFP, Chicago, IL, United States
    • Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • Sonia Ehrlich Sachs

      Affiliations

    • Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University, NY, United States

Received 6 February 2008 ,Revised 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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PII: S1386-5056(09)00118-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.08.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 78, Issue 12 , Pages 802-807 , December 2009

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