Health Information for All – from vision to reality. Equitable Access to Health Information – at the heart of Universal Health Coverage
The Healthcare Information For All Vision: “Every person and every health worker will have access to the healthcare information they need
to protect their own health and the health of those for whom they are responsible”.
"Of all the basic needs of health workers, the need for reliable, appropriate health care information and knowledge is fundamental"
HIFA-Fr is powerful social and health professional movement to capture particularly tacit knowledge in addition to the knowledge already available.
"Meeting the needs of health care providers is central to the realisation of universal access to evidence-informed healthcare and quality of UHC. By ensuring that other stakeholders take full account of healthcare information needs as a driver for ethical behaviour change, the potential for UHC to move from aspiration to reality based on quality and equity considerations is greatly increased".
Presentation on HIFA-French
http://www.who.int/evidence/forum/HIFAEVIPNetFrWHODec2013.pdf?ua=1