https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/970061 [*see note below]
HIFA profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Consultant and Trainer at the Africa Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). In 2015 he won the NMA Award of Excellence for establishing 12-Pillar Clinical Governance, Quality and Safety initiative in Nigeria. He has been the pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) National Committee on Clinical Governance and Research since 2012. He is also Chairman of the Quality & Performance subcommittee of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act. He is a pioneer Trustee-Director of the NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. He is particularly interested in strengthening health systems for quality and safety in LMICs. He has written Five books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance for LMICs, including a TOOLS for Implementation. He established the Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Nigeria in 2007. Website: www.hri-global.org. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers.
Website: www.hri-global.com Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers.
http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0
http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group
Email: info@hri-global.org and jneana@yahoo.co.uk
[*Note from HIFA moderator (Neil PW): For the benefit of those who may not have immediate web access, here is the first paragraph
'Two years after COVID was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is estimated that more than 6 million people worldwide have died from COVID-19, while nearly 448 million cases have been recorded worldwide, according to the WHO. A balance sheet that could have been even heavier without vaccination, according to the WHO Coronavirus Dashboard [https://covid19.who.int/]. The development and deployment of the first COVID-19 vaccines, which were authorised for use in December 2020, were a game-changer in the global fight against the virus – approximately one year after it was first detected. In the European Region alone, it is estimated that almost half a million people aged 60 plus were saved due to vaccines against COVID-19...']
