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HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015)
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Healthcare Information For All by 2015 (HIFA2015) is a global network of health professionals, producers of reference and learning materials, librarians, technologists, researchers, and policymakers. They have over 5000 members from 2000 separate organisations in 158 countries worldwide.
HIFA2015 was formally launched in October 2006 at the 10th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa in Mombasa, Kenya. The network is administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network, a nonprofit organisation based in the United Kingdom. Free 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
.
; Cochrane Collaboration
; Hesperian Foundation
; ICCDR, B; International Council of Nurses
; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Medical Library Association
; Partners in Health
; Partnerships in Health Information; Royal College of Midwives
; Royal College of Nursing
; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
; THET; and Wikimedia Canada.
Each year, the campaign addresses the information needs of a particular group of healthcare providers, including:
In November 2009, the Global Healthcare Information Network and ePORTUGUESe (World Health Organization) launched a Portuguese version of HIFA2015. HIFA2015–Portuguese has more than 1500 members in the eight Portuguese-speaking countries (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste), which have a population of 240 million people.
In June 2010, the Positive Practice Environments Campaign, hosted at the International Council of Nurses
in Geneva, officially incorporated the HIFA2015 Fact Sheet: Meeting the information needs of health professionals into their campaign materials to empower health workers worldwide to deliver evidence-informed health services to the global population.
In October 2010, the Global Healthcare Information Network and the Evidence-Informed Policy Network at the World Health Organization
in Geneva launched a French-speaking version of HIFA2015 with a focus on the information needs of policy makers for health in francophone Africa.
In May 2011, the British Medical Association hosted the first international HIFA2015 Conference. Virginia Barbour, Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Medicine, said, "It is a shameful fact that in 2011 people are still dying because their healthcare workers don’t have access to the information they need."
HIFA2015 was formally launched in October 2006 at the 10th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa in Mombasa, Kenya. The network is administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network, a nonprofit organisation based in the United Kingdom. Free and user-friendly access to relevant, reliable health information is considered a vital part of meeting the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
's goal of Health For All
Health For All
Health For All is a programming goal of the World Health Organization , which envisions securing the health and well being of people around the world that has been popularized since the 1970s...
.
Mission
In 2007, HIFA2015 members developed organisational goals, which included the mission and vision that "By 2015, every person worldwide will have access to an informed healthcare provider." This goal is supported by more than 115 health and development organisations, including the British Medical AssociationBritish Medical Association
The British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association’s headquarters are located in BMA House,...
; Cochrane Collaboration
Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is a group of over 28,000 volunteers in more than 100 countries who review the effects of health care interventions tested in biomedical randomized controlled trials. A few more recent reviews have also studied the results of non-randomized, observational studies...
; Hesperian Foundation
Hesperian Foundation
Hesperian Health Guides, formerly known as Hesperian Foundation, is a nongovernmental non-profit organization publishing health guides for trained and untrained people to care for themselves and others. The foundation is based in Berkeley, California...
; ICCDR, B; International Council of Nurses
International Council of Nurses
The International Council of Nurses is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the first international organization for health care professionals...
; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Medical Library Association
Medical Library Association
The Medical Library Association is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,000 health sciences information professional members and partners worldwide.- History :...
; Partners in Health
Partners In Health
Partners In Health is a Boston, Massachusetts-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a "preferential option for the poor". It was founded in 1987 by Dr. Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, Todd McCormack, and Dr...
; Partnerships in Health Information; Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Midwives
The Royal College of Midwives is a British midwives organisation which has existed under its present name since 1947.-History:The Matrons' Aid Society, renamed the Midwives' Institute in 1881, was founded by Louisa Hubbard and Zepharina Veitch to raise the training and status of midwives...
; Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Nursing
The Royal College of Nursing is a union membership organisation with over 395,000 members in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1916, receiving its Royal Charter in 1928, Queen Elizabeth II is the patron...
; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a professional association based in the UK. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is, pregnancy, childbirth, and female sexual and reproductive health...
; THET; and Wikimedia Canada.
Each year, the campaign addresses the information needs of a particular group of healthcare providers, including:
- 2008–15: Medical, nursing and midwifery students
- 2009–15: Nurses and midwives
- 2010–15: Community health workers
- 2011–15: Mothers and family caregivers
In November 2009, the Global Healthcare Information Network and ePORTUGUESe (World Health Organization) launched a Portuguese version of HIFA2015. HIFA2015–Portuguese has more than 1500 members in the eight Portuguese-speaking countries (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste), which have a population of 240 million people.
In June 2010, the Positive Practice Environments Campaign, hosted at the International Council of Nurses
International Council of Nurses
The International Council of Nurses is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the first international organization for health care professionals...
in Geneva, officially incorporated the HIFA2015 Fact Sheet: Meeting the information needs of health professionals into their campaign materials to empower health workers worldwide to deliver evidence-informed health services to the global population.
In October 2010, the Global Healthcare Information Network and the Evidence-Informed Policy Network at the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
in Geneva launched a French-speaking version of HIFA2015 with a focus on the information needs of policy makers for health in francophone Africa.
In May 2011, the British Medical Association hosted the first international HIFA2015 Conference. Virginia Barbour, Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Medicine, said, "It is a shameful fact that in 2011 people are still dying because their healthcare workers don’t have access to the information they need."