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HIFA presents 'Universal access to healthcare information' at the International Health Congress, Oxford, UK.

Date: Monday, July 2, 2018
On 29 June 2018, HIFA coordinator Neil Pakenham-Walsh and mHIFA adviser Geoff Royston presented 'Universal access to healthcare information' at the International Health Congress in Oxford, UK.

How can we improve the care of small and sick newborns in low- and middle-income countries?: A summary of a global discussion on CHIFA: Part 2

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
[This blog was originally posted on the Health Newborn network website here]

HIFA Discussion report: Empowering Health Workers for Better Family Planning

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
With thanks to Fikre Keith and colleagues at K4Health, where this blog is also published here

HIFA Blog: Month in Review, April 2018 - Open access

Date: Saturday, June 9, 2018
Quote of the month: “If Sci-Hub is wrong, then so are these greedy publishers. Unless someone comes up with a viable solution to this problem of restricted access to research Sci-Hub is going to stay and flourish.” (HIFA member Farooq Rathore is a consultant and assistant professor in Rehabilitation Medicine at the CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan)

How does HIFA work? Using the Dgroups platform to support a community of purpose

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2018
HIFA participated in a webinar organized in partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Dgroups, a non-profit partnership of UN agencies, bilateral agencies and NGOs that supports 700 communities of practice for international development (including the HIFA forums). HIFA coordinator Neil Pakenham-Walsh presented the work that HIFA does and why Dgroups is a cornerstone of its success

HIFA Country Representative of the Year, Gladys Dadzie on Ghana Television

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2018
HIFA's current Country Representative of the Year, Gladys Dadzie, has been on Ghana Television to talk about HIFA and the importance of healthcare information for all. She talked in particular about health and sports: "I think HIFA can bring up a new project to merge health information in sports and prevention of injuries". Gladys also runs the national organisation Your Health Matters Ghana. Join HIFA

Call for volunteers: Systematic review on how primary healthcare workers in LMICs obtain information for prescribing

Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2018
HIFA is collaborating with researchers from Nagasaki University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to conduct a systematic review to learn about how primary healthcare workers in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) obtain information during consultations to aid prescribing. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help identify interventional or observational studies of regarding use of healthcare information tools or aids during consultations, focusing on primary healthcare workers in LMIC settings.

New publication: HIFA in 2017: The Year in Review and Objectives for 2018

Date: Sunday, May 13, 2018
We are delighted to announce the publication of HIFA in 2017: The Year in Review and Objectives for 2018. Read how we:

Jennifer Kizza and David Musoke bring HIFA to Makerere University, Uganda

Date: Monday, May 7, 2018
My name is Jennifer Kizza and I began working as a Desk Officer for Healthcare Information For All (HIFA) in March of 2017. As a Desk Officer, I assist HIFA with tasks such as membership recruitment, financial support, and collaborations with other organizations. On April 24th 2018, Dr. David Musoke (Lecturer and Researcher at Makerere University School of Public Health – MakSPH) and I gave a presentation about HIFA at MakSPH in Kampala, Uganda. I have to extend many thanks to Dr.

HIFA Blog: Month in review, March 2018 - Tramadol

Date: Monday, April 30, 2018
Quote of the month: “They are dying from overdosage. Am told they take it to be "high". Some go to the extent of combining it with weed to enable them last longer during sex.” Eben Afarikumah (HIFA Country Representative, Ghana)

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