Support
Volunteers
HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations
HIFA2015 Supporting Journals
Financial support
Personal donations
How you can help
Help us to achieve the HIFA2015 Goal: a future where people are no longer dying for lack of knowledge
During 2009, HIFA2015 has achieved much thanks to financial support from our 2009 sponsors: British Medical Association (main sponsor), British Nursing Index, ePORTUGUESe, International Child Health Group, Network for Information and Digital Access, Royal College of Midwives, and Royal College of Nursing. We are delighted to confirm that the BMA have announced that they will support HIFA2015 for a third year, from January to December 2010. We need more funding to implement the HIFA2015 strategy in full. Can you join with the BMA in helping us to build on our achievements in 2010 and beyond? Please contact us to explore possibilities for sponsorship or in-kind support.
“We support HIFA2015… We will achieve it if together we work hard to share experiences, to train medical librarians and convince the stakeholders about the importance of HIFA2015 and its impact in the field… WHO AFRO Library is really involved in this programme and will do anything it can to achieve our goal.”
Marie Paule Kabore, Librarian, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo
Volunteers
The HIFA2015 campaign is facilitated on a voluntary basis by the HIFA2015 Steering Group, with expert advice from the HIFA2015 Advisory Panel.
The campaign is supported by more than 3000 HIFA2015 members in more than 150 countries worldwide. Members interact via the HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 email forums, and the summaries of discussion threads form the foundation of the HIFA2015 Knowledge Base. We are especially grateful to the many members who generously provide their time and expertise as HIFA2015 volunteers. Special thanks to our webmaster Nick Mifsud, and to Jeff van Campen, Nadia Hussain and Mike Jackson for help with website design and development. Thanks also to: Ibrahima Bob (French translation), Edwin Cabrera (Spanish translation), Pranab Chatterjee (advocacy), Adrian Dharmachandran (admin support), Nigel Earley (publications), John Eyers (literature search), Judith Haynes (admin support), Vanessa Jessop (HIFA2015 Updates), Louise Manners (admin support), Laura Murphy (admin support), Guy Norman (Spanish translation), Lucy Parker (admin support), Denise Pimenta (Portuguese translation), Julie N Reza (HIFA2015 Updates), Keith Rigley (publications), and Emma Shillam (admin support).
Thanks to the following members of the volunteer HIFA2015 editorial group for help with summaries of HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 discussions: Clare Chandler, Ed Cooper, Julie N Reza, Michael Murphy, Siddhartha Datta, Stephen Allen, and Zaynab Lambat.
In addition, a large number of leading health and development organisations support HIFA2015 in three ways:
1. HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations
2. In-kind support
3. Financial support.
HIFA2015 Supporting Organisations
Apply to become a HIFA2015 Supporting Organisation!
The following organisations have (1) declared their commitment to the HIFA2015 goal and (2) are providing financial support in 2010:
• British Medical Association
• International Child Health Group (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health)
• Royal College of Midwives
• Royal College of Nursing
The following organisations have declared their commitment to the HIFA2015 goal:
• ASHO Foundation (Indonesia)
• Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health
• Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa
• Association of Community Pharmacists of India
• Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
• Bioline International
• BioMed Central
• Book Aid International
• Brazilian National Institute of the Prostate
• British Medical Association
• British Nursing Index
• Burkina Faso Medical Students’ Association
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Child Family Health International
• Commonwealth Nurses Federation
• Commonwealth Pharmacists Association
• Community Health Global Network
• COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
• Earth Institute: Program for Health Systems Development and Research (USA)
• Education for Health
• Eduhealthcare
• eIFL.net
• Ekgaon Technologies
• European Association of Senior Hospital Physicians
• European Federation of Salaried Doctors
• Faculty of Public Health (UK)
• FSG Communications Ltd
• New! Fundación de Neurociencias (Spain)
• Global Education Development Institute
• Gonashasthya Kendra
• Haiti Nursing Foundation
• Health Actions Concerning the Environment and You (Nigeria)
• Health Education to Villages
• Health Protection Agency (UK)
• Health Sciences Online
• HealthConnect International
• Hesperian Foundation
• Human Health Aid Burundi
• ICDDR,B, Bangladesh
• New! iMedPub (Spain)
• INCLEN Trust (International Clinical Epidemiology Network)
• Indian Institute of Public Health (Hyderabad)
• New! Institute of Family Medicine (Kenya)
• Institution of Engineering and Technology
• New! International Centre for Eye Health
• International Child Health Group (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health)
• International Council of Nurses
• International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
• International Medical Corps
• New! IntraHealth International (USA)
• JK Welfare & Pharmascope Foundation (India)
• Kaicombey Foundation, Sierra Leone
• Kenya Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
• New! LiveWell Initiative (Nigeria)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Medic to Medic
• Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba
• Medical Library Association
• Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd
• Medsin
• MIDIRS (Midwives Information and Resource Service)
• National Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Serbia)
• NEPAD Council
• Open Education Resources Africa
• Partnerships in Health Information
• Perinatal Education Trust
• Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
• Pilgrim Projects Limited
• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (India)
• ProCOR
• QMed Knowledge Foundation
• Regional AIDS Training Network (Kenya)
• Rosetta Foundation, Ireland
• Royal College of Midwives
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Sherborne Gibbs Limited
• Southern Ethiopia Gwent Health Link
• Standing Committee of European Doctors
• Strategies for Hope Trust
• Syrian Medical Informatics Association
• Tanzania Medical Students’ Association
• Tanzania National Nurses Association
• Teaching-Aids at Low Cost
• Toitomboor
• Tropical Health and Education Trust
• University of Edinburgh Division of Community Health Sciences
• Virtual Development
• WHO African Regional Office Library
• WikiProfessional
In-kind support
The following organisations have provided in-kind support, including meeting facilities, teleconferencing and technical expertise:
British Medical Association
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Physicians
Wellcome Trust
World Health Organization.
We thank Dgroups for providing free email forum facilities. Our thanks to Damir Simunic and colleagues at WA Research and WHO for their invaluable technical support with DGroups and the HIFA2015 Knowledge Base. Special thanks also to Nigel Earley and Author IT Ltd for IT, publishing and telecommunications support.
HIFA2015 Supporting Journals
Our thanks to all free and open-access journals for making research freely available and thereby contributing to the HIFA2015 goal. In particular, we thank the following free-access journals which have declared their commitment to the HIFA2015 goal:
• Community Eye Health Journal
• Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
“The response to my first post has been overwhelming - I am really touched by the enthusiasm and support of the HIFA2015 discussion group members. What a wonderful group of people! I can see our journal readership growing significantly as a result.”
Elmien Ellison, Editor, Community Eye Health Journal, International Centre for Eye Health, London
Our thanks also to the following subscription-based publishers (journals) which provide in-kind support for HIFA2015:
American Academy of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
BMJ Group (Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ)
Elsevier (The Lancet)
ICDDR,B (Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition)
Oxford University Press (Journal of Tropical Paediatrics)
Sage Publications (Journal of Child Health Care)
Wiley-Blackwell:
- BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Clinical Teacher
- Health Information & Libraries Journal
- International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare
- International Journal of Health Planning and Management
- International Journal of Nursing Practice
- International Nursing Review
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
- Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
- Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Journal of Rural Health
- Medical Education
- Nursing & Health Sciences
- Nursing Forum
- Pediatrics International
- Tropical Medicine & International Health
- World Views On Evidence-Based Nursing
Financial support
We are especially grateful to the following organisations which have provided financial support for HIFA2015:
• BMJ Publishing Group (launch of HIFA2015, Mombasa, October 2006)
• British Medical Association (main HIFA2015 sponsor 2008, 2009 & 2010)
• British Nursing Index (HIFA 2009 Challenge)
• ePORTUGUÊSe (HIFA2015-Portuguese sponsor 2009 & 2010)
• International Child Health Group (CHILD2015 sponsor 2006-2009)
• The Lancet (HIFA2015 sponsor 2008)
• Network for Information and Digital Access (HIFA2015 sponsor 2009 & 2010)
• Partnerships in Health Information (HIFA2015 sponsor 2008)
• Royal College of Midwives (HIFA Challenge - 2009 & 2010)
• Royal College of Nursing (HIFA Challenge - 2009 & 2010)
• TRIP Database (HIFA2015 sponsor 2010)
Personal donations
Special thanks to the following individuals who have made personal donations:
Lorna Brunskill
Sue Corbett
Robert Hughes
Justus Krabshuis
Julie N Reza
Barbara Stancliffe
Matt Stancliffe Bird.
Please support our work and help create a world where people are no longer dying for lack of knowledge: Please donate today
Hiking for HIFA2015
HIFA supporter Jules Gale completed a sponsored walk of 60 kilometres (37 miles) across the South Downs, UK, including 930 metres of ascent. She achieved the feat in 11 hours 56 minutes. Congratulations and huge thanks to Jules and her sponsors, who have raised £350.
Would you like to participate in an activity to help raise awareness and money for HIFA2015? Please contact us .
How you can help
Can you help us to build a future where people are no longer dying for lack of knowledge? We need volunteers, we need in-kind support, and we need financial support. HIFA2015 is an ambitious goal but it can be achieved if all stakeholders work together. Please contact us to explore possibilities.
“I support the HIFA2015 Campaign and urge others to do the same.”
Dr Tikki Pang, Director of Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization - Letter of Support
