Albania is working to establish its first National Telemedicine Centre through an USAID-funded project implemented by the International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation.
The programme, which was first established in Kosovo in 2002, is part of a telemedicine network being built in the Balkans. According to USAID, it is "based on the successful model of the Kosovo Telemedicine Programme".
The project is headed by Dr Rifat Latifi, professor of surgery at the University of Arizona and founder of the International Virtual e-Hospital Foundation.
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Quelle/Source: Balkans, 22.098.2010