HIFA2015 Funding Opportunities

Help us to build a world where people are no longer dying from lack of knowledge

We invite you to apply to join our prestigious group of financial supporters: British Medical Association, International Child Health Group (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health), Network for Information and Digital Access, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing, and TRIP Database.

We urgently need to raise more funds to achieve the HIFA2015 goal and welcome offers of support in all areas of our work.

Examples of current support include:

  • The British Medical Association is providing general support for HIFA2015 with a grant of £10,000
  • The International Child Health Group is providing support for the CHILD2015 Forum with a grant of £1000
  • The Royal College of Nurses and Royal College of Midwives are supporting the HIFA Annual Challenge with a grant of £1000 each
  • The British Medical Association is supporting a HIFA2015 Priority Topic* - Childhood Pneumonia, including focused global discussion and HIFA2015 web module development - with a grant of £500
  • The British Nursing Index is supporting the HIFA Nursing and Midwifery Challenge with a grant of £250

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    *Other HIFA2015 Priority Topics for which we need funding include:
    • Child pain relief / HIV/AIDS / diarrhoea / malaria / malnutrition / child protection / newborn care
    • Adult HIV/AIDS / tuberculosis / diabetes / epilepsy / palliative care
    • Meeting the information and learning needs of community health workers / nurses / midwives / parents
    • How to improve relevance and reliability of health information using mobile phones / television / radio / print / newspapers / internet.

    We also welcome technical collaboration and in-kind support. Examples of current collaborations include:
    1. Access to Health Information under International Human Rights Law (collaboration with New York Law School)
    2. Health Information and the Positive Practice Environment (collaboration with the PPE Campaign, administered by the International Council of Nurses with the World Medical Association and other global professional agencies)

    All donations and support will be appropriately acknowledged.

    Please contact us to discuss any of the above or other ideas you may have. Help us to build a world where people are no longer dying from lack of knowledge

    Thank you.