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HIFA announces a deep-dive discussion on healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of open access publishing

2 September, 2025

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Definition: 'Open access to scientific literature means free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.' (BOAI, 2002)

TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases)

TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, is a global programme of scientific collaboration that helps facilitate, support and influence efforts to combat diseases of poverty. It is hosted at the World Health Organization (WHO), and is sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and WHO.

Location

Geneva
Switzerland
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CH

The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's oldest and best known general medical journals, and has been described as one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world. The Lancet publishes original research articles, review articles ("seminars" and "reviews"), editorials, book reviews, correspondence, as well as news features and case reports.

Location

London
United Kingdom
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GB

Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that help you make better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries in science, health, and technology. We provide web-based, digital solutions — among them ScienceDirect, Scopus, Evolve, Knovel, Reaxys and ClinicalKey — and publish over 2,500 journals and more than 33,000 book titles.

Location

London
United Kingdom
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GB

British Medical Association

The British Medical Association (BMA) is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. We are led by a team of executive directors working towards objectives set by the BMA council. Council sets overall policy which is informed by the needs of grassroots doctors, as determined by the BMA Representative Body, which itself is drawn from branch of practice and regional committees throughout the UK.

Location

London
United Kingdom
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GB

All Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions

The All Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions (Min-Iren), are an organization that operates over 1,800 facilities across Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and nursing homes. Our approximately 80,000 staff members and over 3.7 million members of cooperative organizations, including medical co-op members and friend's association members, work to achieve non-discriminatory and equal medical and welfare services.

Location

Japan
Japan
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JP

HIFA receives a further donation of £2000 from One Village

20 December, 2025

HIFA is delighted to receive a further donation of £2000 from One Village.

One Village is a retailer and wholesaler of craft made functional articles for the home. It works directly with community organizations in some of the most economically stretched parts of the world, with the purpose of building up the social wellbeing of communities.

One Village achieves this through encouraging creative cooperatives and by pursuing an alternative approach to marketing, rooted in principles of solidarity towards a more equitable and just world order.

Purity Nyambura

HIFA Strategy 2025-2027: Accelerating progress towards universal access to reliable healthcare information

2 November, 2025

Download the HIFA Strategy 2025-2027 here 

We are delighted to publish the HIFA Strategy 2025-2027. This includes five strategic priorities to accelerate progress towards universal access to reliable healthcare information, in official relations with the World Health Organization. 

Shamima

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