Dear HIFA colleagues,
We have launched a new page on our website: HIFA and global health CoPs: https://www.hifa.org/about-hifa/hifa-global-health-cops
HIFA is a leading example of a global health community of practice (CoP) with 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting on 5 forums in 4 languages: HIFA, CHIFA (child health), HIFA-French, HIFA-Portuguese, HIFA-Spanish
We believe that global health CoPs are stronger together, working in collaboration. Below are some examples of CoPs that we connect with 24/7 and we encourage you to join any that are in your area of interest.
AEN: The Africa Evidence Network is the largest Africa-focused evidence-informed decision-making network. It was established in 2012 as a broad pan-African community, which now has grown to over 5000 members. The Network is open to all who live and work on the continent. Its strategic goals are to: foster collaboration among those engaged in or supporting evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in Africa, increase knowledge and understanding of EIDM, share capacities across the EIDM ecosystem, improve the enabling context by promoting EIDM in Africa, and advocate for Africa’s full voice and participation in the national, regional, and global movements to increase EIDM.
https://africaevidencenetwork.org/about-us/
AfroPHC is a space for frontline healthcare workers in Primary Health Care (PHC) to share experience and expertise.
https://afro-phc.org/afrophc-google-group/
EBH: Evidence-Based Health is for discussion of teaching, practice and implementation of EBH. Evidence based health (EBH) is the integration of individual knowledge with the best available external evidence from systematic research in making decisions about health care. This list is for teachers and practitioners in EBHC to communicate with colleagues, announce meetings and courses, stimulate discussion, air controversies and aid the implementation of EBH.
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=EVIDENCE-BASED-HEALTH
GDHN: The Global Digital Health Network envisions a world where technical innovation supports improved health and contributes to better quality, accessibility and sustainability of health services and health outcomes, particularly for underserved populations in low resource environments.
https://groups.io/g/gdhn
KM4Dev: Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) is a global community of practice of primarily international development practitioners interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing theory, practice and related matters.
https://km4dev.org/
LIS-MEDICAL is an open discussion list for members of the UK health and medical library community and other interested information workers
https://www.aub.edu.lb/fhs/phaw/Pages/default.aspx
PHAW: Public Health in the Arab World (PHAW) is an international collaborative initiative that aims at mobilizing for public health in the Arab region.
https://www.aub.edu.lb/fhs/phaw/Pages/default.aspx
WHO AMR Community Exchange is a global online collaborative space established to enable those developing, implementing and monitoring national action plans to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to have access to prompt advice, guidance and peer support for operational challenges.
https://amrcommunityexchange.org/
WHO GPSN: The WHO Global Patient Safety Network aims to connect actors and stakeholders from national and international patient safety agencies and organizations; ministries of health, focal points at all levels from WHO Member States and WHO offices, and all partners and stakeholders.
https://ezcollab.who.int/gpsn
If you would like to recommend a global CoP to include here, please let us know! neil@hifa.org
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