Introducing The Lancet Regional Health – Africa

27 November, 2025

Dear HIFA colleagues,

I am forwarding this message from The Lancet, with whom HIFA has been collaborating for more than 20 years.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

"The Lancet Regional Health – Africa brings much needed attention to medical research in Africa, and we aim to showcase work being done across a range of disciplines and topics. We want to hear African voices who understand the contextual realities of research, policy making, health systems, and community engagement across a diverse range of settings in the region. Standing on the shoulders of others in The Lancet Group, we are excited to raise the profile of science in Africa."

- Catherine Draper, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Regional Health – Africa

Here is the URL: https://www.thelancet.com/regional-health/africa

COMMENT (NPW): I would like to invite up to two volunteers to be HIFA catalysts for The Lancet Regional Health – Africa. Your role would be sign up for Update Alerts to enable you to forward selected content to the HIFA forum(s), so that HIFA members can read and benefit and discuss the issues raised. If you're interested, please let me know: neil@hifa.org

Here is the link to sign up for Update Alerts from this new journal (and any Lancet journal)

https://info.thelancet.com/update-alerts

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

Author: 
Neil Pakenham-Walsh