Dear HIFA members,
HIFA has always been enthusiastic about building bridges with other communities of practice (CoPs) in global health.
A few years ago we did some work on identifying CoPs. We collaborated with Jhpiego and PATH to make a directory available on Leadernet (which has since closed, unfortunately).
I have looked up a few CoPs that we had previously been linking with and I find that many have been discontinued.
It seems to me that CoPs are needed now more than ever for us to join in solidarity, especially in view of recent assaults on global health.
So my question is:
What communities of practice in global health - apart from HIFA - do YOU participate in? Please can you email back to the forum hifa@hifaforums.org to let us know, including their URL for further info and how to join?
Many thanks,
Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org