People are dying for lack of knowledge
Tens of thousands of people die every day, often for the simple reason that the parent, carer or health worker lacks the information and knowledge they need to save them…more
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Apply to become a HIFA2015 Supporting Organisation!
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“HIFA2015 achieves an extraordinary level of activity on minimal resources from which many people around the world benefit… its ultimate success will depend on external funders providing additional funding…”
HIFA2015 External Evaluation Report, October 2011, funded by Rockefeller Foundation
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The HIFA2015 Goal
By 2015, every person worldwide will have access to an informed healthcare provider
Who are we?
HIFA2015 is a campaign and knowledge network with more than 4000 members representing 1800 organisations in 157 countries worldwide. Members include health workers, publishers, librarians, information technologists, researchers, social scientists, journalists, policy-makers and others – all working together towards the HIFA2015 goal.
HIFA2015 contributes to the broader goal of the Global Health Workforce Alliance: ‘All people everywhere will have access to a skilled, motivated and supported health worker, within a robust health system’
Over 100 leading health and development organisations have officially expressed their support for HIFA2015. Apply to become a HIFA2015 Supporting Organisation!
What do we do?
Members interact by two email discussion forums: HIFA2015 and CHILD2015. Together we are building the HIFA2015 Knowledge Base, a picture of information needs and how to meet them. Membership is free and open to all. What people say about HIFA2015
HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 are part of an expanding ‘network of networks’: HIFA Global Networks
Latest feedback from members:
“HIFA2015 provides the rare opportunity for Nigerians in the health sector to air their views and hopefully influence the powers-that-be to institute changes that will improve health care delivery in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. I urge you to join this network and add your voice to the efforts to make things better for our rural compatriots.”
Oluyombo Awojobi, Consultant Rural Surgeon, Eruwa, Nigeria, 26 January 2012
“Thanks to HIFA2015, I have met with people in Ghana with whom I have been corresponding for some time. This network has and will continue to save the lives of women and babies. Thank you for the great work you do.”
Angela Gorman, Life for African Mothers, UK, 19 January 2012
More testimonials from HIFA members
“I support the HIFA2015 Campaign and urge others to do the same.”
Dr Tikki Pang, Director of Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization, Geneva.
Letter of Support
‘Healthcare Information For All… has had significant impact on knowledge dissemination in the health realm.’
Rockefeller Foundation Report 2010, Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions (p26)
Please support our work and help create a world where people are no longer dying for lack of knowledge:
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With thanks to our 2011 Financial Supporting Organisations: British Medical Association (main funder), CABI, Global HELP, International Child Health Group (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health), Joanna Briggs Institute, Network for Information and Digital Access, Public Library of Science, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing, THET, and UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative. Thanks also to the Rockefeller Foundation, which is funding an external evaluation of HIFA2015.
