Dear HIFA colleagues,
Our thanks to Meena Nathan Cherian and Hannah Daniel for representing HIFA at the World Health Assembly this year.
Meena is a HIFA Steering Group member and will be delivering the HIFA official statement at the WHA later today.
Hannah is a relatively new member. She introduced herself to the HIFA forum on 2 May 2026:
https://www.hifa.org/dgroups-rss/introduction-hannah-daniel-united-states
"I'm Hannah Daniel, a software engineer at Google, where I worked on Google AI Studio, a platform for software developers to use Gemini models. My work is now focused on designing AI data systems at scale. I am passionate about building responsible and safe AI systems, specifically in healthcare applications. I graduated with a B.S. Computer Science degree from Cornell University."
Hannah has kindly agreed to be our official HIFA correspondent at the WHA and we look forward to read her observations.
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