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== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==
An external evaluation in 2011 concluded that "HIFA achieves an extraordinary level of activity on minimal resources from which many people around the world benefit".<ref>Hanley, T and Davies, J. (2011) [https://www.hifa.org/sites/default/files/other_publications_uploads/HIFA2015-Evaluation-Report-Final.pdf Evaluation of HIFA2015]</ref>

The [[British Medical Association]] and the [[World Medical Association]] adopted healthcare information for all as official policy in 2015 and 2019, respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pakenham-Walsh |first=Neil |last2=Godlee |first2=Fiona |date=2020 |title=Healthcare information for all |url=https://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmj.m759 |journal=BMJ |language=en |pages=m759 |doi=10.1136/bmj.m759 |issn=1756-1833}}</ref>
The [[British Medical Association]] and the [[World Medical Association]] adopted healthcare information for all as official policy in 2015 and 2019, respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pakenham-Walsh |first=Neil |last2=Godlee |first2=Fiona |date=2020 |title=Healthcare information for all |url=https://www.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmj.m759 |journal=BMJ |language=en |pages=m759 |doi=10.1136/bmj.m759 |issn=1756-1833}}</ref>


By 2022, almost 500 health and development organisations worldwide had officially declared their commitment to healthcare information for all.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporting Organisations {{!}} Health Information For All (HIFA.ORG) |url=https://www.hifa.org/support/supporting-organisations |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=www.hifa.org}}</ref> In February 2022, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC was admitted as a non-State actor in official relations with the World Health Organization.<ref>WHO (2022) [https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/executive-board/eb148-list-of-218-entities.pdf English/French list of 220 non-State actors in official relations with WHO] reflecting decisions of the 150th session of the Executive Board, January 2022</ref>
By 2022, almost 500 health and development organisations worldwide had officially declared their commitment to healthcare information for all.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporting Organisations {{!}} Health Information For All (HIFA.ORG) |url=https://www.hifa.org/support/supporting-organisations |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=www.hifa.org}}</ref> In February 2022, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC (the NGO that houses the secretariat of HIFA) was admitted as a non-State actor in official relations with the World Health Organization.<ref>WHO (2022) [https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/executive-board/eb148-list-of-218-entities.pdf English/French list of 220 non-State actors in official relations with WHO] reflecting decisions of the 150th session of the Executive Board, January 2022</ref>

== Challenges ==
HIFA's impact is limited by its very low human resource capacity (one professional staff plus volunteers).


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 10:33, 10 March 2022

For other uses, see HIFA (disambiguation).
Healthcare Information For All (HIFA)
FormationOctober 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10)
TypeGlobal health network
HeadquartersCharlbury, Oxford, UK
Coordinator
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
WebsiteOfficial website

Healthcare Information For All (HIFA) is a global campaign and community of practice of health professionals, publishers, librarians, technologists, researchers, policymakers, and patient representatives. HIFA has about 20,000 members from 2500 health and development organisations in 180 countries worldwide.[1][2] HIFA was launched in October 2006 at the 10th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa in Mombasa, Kenya.[2]

Universal and user-friendly access to relevant, reliable health information is considered a vital part of meeting the World Health Organization's goal of Health For All and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.[3]

Vision and strategy

The HIFA vision is: "A world where every person and every health worker will have access to the reliable healthcare information they need to protect their own health and the health of others, and will be protected from health misinformation". HIFA explores how to meet the information needs of citizens as well as health workers and health policymakers, recognising the importance of citizens, parents and children as providers of care, especially in low-resource settings where health workers may be absent or hard to reach.[4]

The HIFA Strategy (2022-24) describes seven strategic shifts to accelerate progress towards universal access to reliable healthcare information: convene stakeholders; strengthen collaboration with the World Health Organization; promote multilingualism; identify and address priority issues; harness collective intelligence; strengthen advocacy; and protect from misinformation.[5]

Structure

The network is administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network CIC, a nonprofit organisation based in the United Kingdom and a non-State actor in official relations with the World Health Organization.

The HIFA community interacts on six online discussion forums: HIFA, CHIFA, HIFA-Portuguese, HIFA-French, HIFA-Spanish, and HIFA-Zambia (the total number of members is more than 20,000 for all forums):

  • HIFA (since 2006) is in English.
  • CHIFA (since 2006) is also in English and focuses on child health and rights.[6] CHIFA is administered jointly by Global Healthcare Information Network, International Child Health Group (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health), and International Society for Social Paediatrics and Child Health.
  • HIFA-Portuguese (since 2009), HIFA-French (2010-) and HIFA-Spanish (2018-) are collaborations between the World Health Organization and Global Healthcare Information Network.[7][8] They explore how to improve the availability and use of reliable healthcare information in those languages, and serve also as dedicated global health networks for Portuguese, French and Spanish speakers.
  • HIFA-Zambia was launched in 2011 in collaboration with the Zambia UK Health Workforce Alliance.

Recognition

An external evaluation in 2011 concluded that "HIFA achieves an extraordinary level of activity on minimal resources from which many people around the world benefit".[9]

The British Medical Association and the World Medical Association adopted healthcare information for all as official policy in 2015 and 2019, respectively.[10]

By 2022, almost 500 health and development organisations worldwide had officially declared their commitment to healthcare information for all.[11] In February 2022, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC (the NGO that houses the secretariat of HIFA) was admitted as a non-State actor in official relations with the World Health Organization.[12]

Challenges

HIFA's impact is limited by its very low human resource capacity (one professional staff plus volunteers).

References

  1. ^ Smith, Richard; Koehlmoos, Tracey Pérez (30 June 2011). "Provision of health information for all". BMJ. 342: d4151. doi:10.1136/bmj.d4151. PMID 21724544.
  2. ^ a b "About HIFA | Health Information For All (HIFA.ORG)". hifa.org. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  3. ^ Bailey, C; Pang, T (Jul 17–23, 2004). "Health information for all by 2015?". Lancet. 364 (9430): 223–4. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16686-5. PMID 15262080.
  4. ^ Global Healthcare Information Network (2007). "HIFA2015 Foundation Document" (PDF).
  5. ^ HIFA (2021) Press release: Healthcare Information For All (HIFA) launches new strategy to accelerate progress towards universal access to reliable healthcare information
  6. ^ "CHILD2015". HIFA2015. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  7. ^ "WHO | The ePORTUGUÊSe network". Who.int. 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  8. ^ "WHO | Evidence-Informed Policy Network". Who.int. Archived from the original on August 9, 2006. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  9. ^ Hanley, T and Davies, J. (2011) Evaluation of HIFA2015
  10. ^ Pakenham-Walsh, Neil; Godlee, Fiona (2020). "Healthcare information for all". BMJ: m759. doi:10.1136/bmj.m759. ISSN 1756-1833.
  11. ^ "Supporting Organisations | Health Information For All (HIFA.ORG)". www.hifa.org. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  12. ^ WHO (2022) English/French list of 220 non-State actors in official relations with WHO reflecting decisions of the 150th session of the Executive Board, January 2022
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