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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

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

Bangladesh Bioethics Society

'Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) is working to promote strong ethical values, the practice of ethics, and morality among the different stakeholders to prevent corruption, uphold human rights, and promote good governance. BBS was established in 2009 under the auspice of RUSHSAP (Regional Unit for Social and Human Science in Asia and the Pacific) UNESCO, Bangkok, and UNESCO Dhaka, launched by H.E. Nurul Islam Nahid, Former Minister for Education, the People's Republic of Bangladesh with the enterprise of Prof. Shamima P Lasker and Prof Arif Hossain.'

Location

Dhaka
Bangladesh
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BD

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