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Dr. Abel Mestie Mekonnen
- Public Health Informatics FellowAfrica CDC
- Digital Health AdvisorFederal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
- Founder and EditorDigital Health Digest
Abel is a physician and digital health strategist. He has led digital health programs in Ethiopia and across Africa for more than six years, from EMR rollouts in national health facilities to telemedicine operations. He started the Digest so the people doing this work have one place to share what works, what fails and why.
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