Dear HIFA colleagues,
Thank you to HIFA supporting organisations who attended our webinar on 30 January on the theme of HIFA Projects.
We would like to share with you a 3-minute video extract from the meeting to encourage and motivate you to consider the possibility of providing practical support for HIFA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y200hbhVhiQ
From January 2025 we have developed a new category 'HIFA Partners' to recognise organisations that provide financial or technical support. We are delighted to recognise the following 20 organisations that have already provided practical support for HIFA in 2025:
Afro-European Medical and Research Network
Alex The Leukodystrophy Charity
Avert
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation
Council of International Neonatal Nurses
Elsevier Foundation
Global Health Media Project
Honduras Association of Parasitology
Instituto Antonio Vidal
International Child Health Group
International Foundation for Dermatology
International League of Dermatological Societies
International Prader-Wili Syndrome Organisation
International Primary Care Research Group
International Society for Social Paediatrics and Child Health
NextGenU.org
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
One World Medical Network
Rheumatology for All
In addition HIFA is in official relations with the World Health Organization since 2022.
All the above organisations are providing practical support. We define this as financial (£100+) or substantial technical support for HIFA's work in 2025. Support may be unrestricted or restricted to specific activities (forums, projects, WHO Collaboration Plan 2025-7).
HIFA recognises all the above organisations prominently on the HIFA website, social media, publications and presentations, including their logos on the HIFA home page. In addition, HIFA proactively collaborates with the above organisations to understand and help them achieve their objectives in 2025 and beyond, especially as they relate to the progressive realisation of universal access to reliable healthcare information.
All the above is coordinated by the HIFA Partnerships and Projects Working Group https://www.hifa.org/projects/partnerships-and-projects
NEXT STEPS
We want to build on the above to *double* the number of organisations that provide practical support for HIFA.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We invite *your* organisation to demonstrate your support for HIFA by becoming a HIFA Partner. There are two options:
1. Make a financial contribution through our dedicated fundraising platform:
https://hifa.online-donation.co.uk/general
or by bank transfer to:
Account name: Healthcare Information For All (HIFA)
Account number: 65873036
IBAN: GB36 CPBK 089299 65873036
Bank: Co-operative Bank, UK
Sort code: 08-92-99
The contribution can be an unrestricted donation or it can be allocated to a particular project, forum, WHO collaboration plan, or other activity.
2. Please contact us if you are unable to provide financial support but would like to discuss technical support, or if you have any questions: neil@hifa.org / admin@hifa.org
Together we can build a world where every person has access to the reliable healthcare information they need to protect their own health and the health of others
In solidarity, Neil
On behalf of the HIFA Partnerships and Projects Working Group: https://www.hifa.org/projects/partnerships-and-projects
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 https://www.hifa.org/support/members/neil