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Read online: http://www.hifa.org/news/universal-access-reliable-healthcare-informatio...
HIFA is launching a global consultation on 21 August 2023!
The goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information is a vital but neglected global health issue. Currently high-level commitment is virtually absent and there is no strategy to accelerate progress.
This HIFA-WHO consultation is the first vital step in a 3-year collaboration plan [ https://publicspace.who.int/sites/GEM/official_relations_details.aspx?id... ] agreed with the World Health Organization in 2022 when Global Healthcare Information Network (the UK non-profit that administers HIFA) entered into official relations with WHO.
The consultation aims to demonstrate massive public support for the goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information, and to inform action by WHO and partners in 2024 and beyond. It seeks the views of all stakeholders in the global evidence ecosystem (health workers, patients, researchers, publishers, policymakers, library and information professionals...).
The centrepiece of the consultation is a public online survey that officially launches on 21 August and will be available until 30 September. The 5-minute survey is *already available* in 9 languages and you are invited to complete it. The survey is complemented by dynamic discussions on the multilingual HIFA online forums happening now. A report will be delivered to WHO to inform action in 2024.
The consultation is facilitated by a team representing HIFA, WHO, JBI, EBHC2023, E4GDH, The Lancet and other leading organisations.
This work represents the culmination of more than 15 years of collaboration between HIFA and WHO: How HIFA works with WHO to improve the availability of healthcare information worldwide
https://www.hifa.org/how-hifa-works-who-improve-availability-healthcare-...
Our target is 10,000 survey responses. We need your help to publicise the survey to ensure that we reach this target and thereby demonstrate massive public support. Please share the URL widely - www.hifa.org/survey2023 - and invite your colleagues and contacts to complete it!
Take 5 minutes to stop people dying due to lack of reliable healthcare information: www.hifa.org/survey2023
Read about sponsorship opportunities here: https://www.hifa.org/sites/default/files/publications_pdf/HIFA-WHO_Consu...
We are now inviting personal donations from HIFA members to cover the costs of the consultation. We are grateful to HIFA member Professor Vikram Patel (Professor of Global Health at Harvard University) who has made a personal donation this week. If you are able to do the same, please visit our secure, dedicated fundraising platform here: https://hifa.online-donation.co.uk/consultation (Personal donors may choose to be recognised or remain anonymous)
For more information, including details of our early sponsors and technical partners, see: http://www.hifa.org/projects/hifa-who-global-consultation-2023
With 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
