Dear HIFA colleagues,
In the past few weeks a few of us have agreed that funders should take responsibility for paying a fair price for article processing charges (APCs). But at least one person has expressed support for the Gates Foundation, which has taken the opposite view and has decided to stop paying APCs altogether.
I have invited the Gates Foundation to join us to make their case and we await their response.
Meanwhile, would anyone like to comment for or against the principle that funders should take responsibility for paying a fair price for APCs?
Best wishes, 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