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After declining through the 1990s, foreign aid to poor countries has made a comeback since 2000. Africa has been a major recipient of this increased attention. This paper describes the development of an international consulting model that has been used to percolate innovation and integrate technology within the medical environment of a private hospital in Tanzania. It has several unique features that differentiate it from other foreign aid projects.
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Katzenstein, J., Chrispin, B. (2007). Integrating Technology into the Medical Environment of a Developing African Country. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCI Applications and Services. HCI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4553. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73111-5_53
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