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A Portfolio of Digital Platforms and Services for Digital Health Interventions, A Case in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

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This paper introduces a case study to describe a portfolio of digital health platforms and services to cater for digital health interventions in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. The portfolio resulted from of a concerted effort of stake- and relationholders in Masvingo Province, under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Child Care. It contains digital health platforms sustaining digital health services to cater for digital health interventions. This study shows an enactment in digital health from the so-called peripheries in Africa.

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  1. SolidarMed, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

    Ronald Manhibi, Laura Ruckstuhl, Janneke van Dijk & Gertjan van Stam

  2. Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Amadeus Shamu

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Ronald Manhibi: writing; investigation; supervision, project administration. Laura Ruckstuhl: project administration; review, Amadeus Shamu: supervision, Janneke van Dijk: Project administration; supervision; editing, Gertjan van Stam: Conceptualization; investigation; methodology; investigation; writing-original draft & editing.

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  1. State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Yahya H. Sheikh

  2. State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Idris A. Rai

  3. State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Manhibi, R., Ruckstuhl, L., Shamu, A., van Dijk, J., van Stam, G. (2022). A Portfolio of Digital Platforms and Services for Digital Health Interventions, A Case in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. In: Sheikh, Y.H., Rai, I.A., Bakar, A.D. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 443. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06374-9_5

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