Dear HIFA colleagues,
Recently we put out a call for proposals for new HIFA Projects in 2025.
We have already received several suggestions:
1. Community health workers and cancer
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology has submitted a funding proposal to the Research Council of Norway for a major research project that would include thematic discussions on the HIFA forums. If this is successful, it will be the third HIFA Project funded by the Research Council of Norway (the first are mHealth-Innovate and Support-Systems, with Uganda and Ghana/Kenya respectively - see the HIFA website for details)
2. Oral health and NCDs
3. Mental health/Maternal mental health
4. Open access
5. Rare Diseases
If your organisation is interested in any of the above topics, let us know and we'll keep you informed. There may well be opportunities for co-sponsorship and/or engaging with Project working groups.
There are currently 4-5 new Project opportunities in 2025. The number of Projects is limited as we run them in series to ensure maximum engagement.
***We welcome further suggestions*** and we shall allocate Projects to specific months in 2025 as soon as they are confirmed.
On 30 January we are holding a 60-minute HIFA interactive webinar for HIFA Supporting Organisations on the theme of HIFA Projects.
Past sponsors include the Elsevier Foundation, the Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh, Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET), Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, The Lancet, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, TDR, and the World Health Organization.
Every HIFA Project is a win-win-win: for the sponsor, for HIFA members at large, and for HIFA itself (Projects generate most of HIFA's total income and are vital to support our work).
Read more about Projects here:
www.hifa.org/projects
or email me: neil@hifa.org
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