King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Arabic Health Encyclopedia

The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Arabic Health Encyclopedia (KAAHE) is an Arabic public health encyclopedia. It was created in May 2010 by the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) in collaboration with the Saudi Association for Health Informatics (SAHI). Medical content was added by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Health On the Net Foundation (HON) and the National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA).[1]

King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Arabic Health Encyclopedia
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inArabic, English
Headquarters Saudi Arabia
OwnerKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and Saudi Association for Health informatics
URLkaahe.org.sa
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMay 2010

According to a paper published in BMC Health Services Research, the Arabic content of KAAHE is easy to understand for both experts and consumers. Although, some sections of the encyclopedia can be improved.[2]

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References

  1. About the Encyclopedia
  2. Al Aqeel S, Abanmy N, Aldayel A, Al-Khalifa H, Al-Yahya M, Diab M. Readability of written medicine information materials in Arabic language: expert and consumer evaluation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18(1):139. Published 2018 Feb 27. doi:10.1186/s12913-018-2944-x
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