Privacy and data protection in eHealth in Africa - an assessment of the regulatory frameworks that govern privacy and data protection in the effective implementation of electronic health care in Africa: is there a need for reform and greater regional collaboration in regulatory policymaking?

This thesis examines and evaluates the legal protection of privacy and personal data in South Africa and across Africa in the electronic health care industry, that is, where medical services are provided to individuals by way of networked technological platforms including mobile telephones. This the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Townsend, Beverley Alice
Other Authors: Price, Alistair
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25510