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HIFA CR Poorva Patil presents HIFA at IBP Consortium, DelhiDate: Wednesday, February 14, 2018Our thanks to HIFA Country Representative Poorva Patil for presenting HIFA and Family Planning at the IBP Regional Meeting, New Delhi, today. |
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Join CHIFA for a global discussion on Newborn Care in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesDate: Wednesday, January 24, 2018Who is caring for the newborn? When? 19 February to 30 March 2018 How do I join? Join CHIFA here today! |
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Using WhatsApp to connect Community Health Workers in Uganda with the global HIFA communityDate: Saturday, January 20, 2018Carol Namata is an Environmental Health Officer at Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda. Professional interests: Health promotion in communities. |
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HIFA Blog: Month in review, November 2017 - Hand washingDate: Monday, January 15, 2018Quote of the month: "It is not only tiring but irritating to talk to a health worker on the need to constantly wash hands after every procedure… When you ask why didn't you wash your hands, the answer is always 'I forgot, I am sorry'" Shehu U Muhammad, HIFA Member, Field Specialist, Nigeria, for the 1 Million Community Health Workers Campaign |
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HIFA Blog: Month in review, October 2017 - Too Much MedicineDate: Thursday, November 30, 2017Quote of the month: “We doctors should admit that our behaviour has not been in favour of patients. We have caused a massive resistance to antibiotics. We are making poor buy drugs that most times are expensive and unnecessary." Massimo Serventi (Paediatrician, Tanzania; member of HIFA Project on Information for Prescribers and Users of Medicines) |
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Mobile Healthcare Information for All: a simple and affordable early step towards worldwide universal health coverage by 2030Date: Sunday, November 26, 2017Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is the defining concept of our time for global health. The World Health Assembly and the United Nations General Assembly have called on countries to 'urgently and significantly scale up efforts to accelerate the transition towards universal access to affordable and quality healthcare services'. We argue that universal access to essential healthcare information is a prerequisite for UHC and that it is readily achievable thanks to mobile phone technology. |
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Interested in global health, child health and rights? Work with CHIFA!Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017Would you like to get more experience in public/global health, while working on some interesting and valuable projects, and gaining some great contacts? Child Healthcare Information for All (CHIFA) is looking for a CHIFA Desk Officer. This is a paid position for 4 hours a week (flexible timing), and is largely home-based/remote working, so it should be easy to fit it around your studies and/or work. The successful applicant would need to be based within 50 miles of Oxford to enable occasional visits tothe HIFA office for training and meetings. |
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Humanitarian Evidence Week: Disaster Lit & HIFA Webinar, 9 November 2017Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. GMT (UTC) |
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HIFA Blog: Month in review, September 2017 - Family PlanningDate: Thursday, November 2, 2017Quote of the month: “If a woman becomes pregnant while wearing an Intra-Uterine Device, this device can enter the baby's body, even in his brain." (A misconception about the dangers of using IUDs, reported by Andre Shongo, HIFA Member and Country Representative, Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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Join HIFA for a global discussion on Evidence-Informed Humanitarian Action! Starts 16 October 2017Date: Monday, October 9, 2017Join HIFA! |
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