Thank you Neil, for sharing and commenting on Ilona's own post.
At risk of repeating you, you wrote: ' A third question: Is there anything that WHO is not currently doing they should be doing? Our HIFA global consultation (2023/4) concludes that WHO could be doing much more as an advocate and enabler of universal access to reliable healthcare information, and should convene stakeholders to develop a global strategy for its realisation. This could be done at modest expense, yet it would be a game-changer for global health. In 2025 we are urging WHO to explicitly champion universal access to reliable healthcare information: a world where every person has access to the reliable healthcare information they need to protect their own health and the health of others.".
I believe that it is not only because it is cheaper, important as that is, that WHO should convene such an event, but more importantly because the outcome will carry the huge imprimatur and authority of the W.H.O.
I also believe that HIFA's global consultation (2023/4) and the highly positive global engagement and outcomes places HIFA organisation in a strong position to be the stakeholder that W.H.O. commissions to work with it in the endeavour.
Joseph Ana
Prof Joseph Ana
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Center for Clinical Governance Research &
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HIFA profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is a member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, he led the introduction of the Homegrown Quality Tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, in Nigeria (2004-2008). For sustainability, he established the Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Nigeria. His main interest is in whole health sector and system strengthening in Lower, Low and Middle Income Countries (LLMICs). He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance programme, suitable for LLMICs, including the TOOLS for Implementation. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Nigeria Medical Association’s Award of Excellence on three consecutive occasions for the innovation. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance, of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He is member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers. (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). jneana AT yahoo.co.uk