Hello Najeeb and Neil,
I have just read Najeeb's post and the points that he raised. Sadly I missed reading the messages that he referred to as coming from Stewart Britten, Rhona MacDonald, David Southall and Gauri Divan have said in their postings on HIFA. I wish I could read them too. I have also read the 'comment' on Najeeb's post from Neil, Coordinator.
Having read both Najeeb's post and Neil's comment, my view is that we (Hifa and Hifa members) should do what we can to sustain this group's mission for the benefit of all humanity irrespective of creed, race, gender, politics, or any other status. 'All humans are born equal'(M L King)!
Secondly and importantly, if we (Hifa and Hifa members) being a global organisation, must comment on contemporary global issues, especially the on-going human catastrophe palying out in Gaza, lets be certain to call out any party, all parties, that violates accepted international human rights including the right to health, irrespective of who that violator is. Otherwise, lets not even join the global debate on the particular issue. HIFA must be even-handed and be seen to be so at all times, if it is to get involved on any matter. This is my opinion, even though I wish I can read what Stewart Britten, Rhona MacDonald, David Southall and Gauri Divan and others have said already. [*see note below]
Joseph Ana.
Prof Joseph Ana
Lead Senior Fellow/ medicalconsultant.
Center for Clinical Governance Research &
Patient Safety (ACCGR&PS) @ HRI GLOBAL
P: +234 (0) 8063600642
E: info@hri-global.org
8 Amaku Street, State Housing, Calabar,Nigeria.
www.hri-global.org
HIFA Profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety (CCGR&PS) with Headquarters in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is the Country Coordinator for PACK Nigeria (Practical Approach to Care Kit) which is specifically designed to improve clinical competence (improving accuracy of diagnosis and treatment) in primary health care. He is also a Member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health (2004-2008), Joseph Ana led the introduction of the evidence based, homegrown quality tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme (12-PCGP) in Nigeria, which also suitable for lower-, low-, and middle income countries (LLMIC) with similar weak health sector and system. To ensure sustainability of 12-PCGP, the ‘Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health’ was established in Cross River State Ministry of Health in 2007. His main interest is in ‘Whole health sector and system strengthening in LLMICs’. He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, including the TOOLS manual for its Implementation, currently in its 2nd Edition. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Association’s ‘Award of Excellence’ on three consecutive occasions for the innovation of 12-PCGP in Nigeria. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance subcommittee of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He was Member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee (NTISC) of the Federal Ministry of Health, 2017-2022. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the Charity, NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum UK) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group; the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers, and the Working Group on HIFA-WHO Collaboration (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). Email: info AT hri-global.org and jneana AT yahoo.co.uk
[*Note from HIFA moderator (NPW): HIFA messages are available via our RSS feed here: https://www.hifa.org/rss-feeds/17 ]
