"I hope that, since a few people have their applications pending to join HIFA and are waiting to send their comments will be included in this important document."
Thanks Meena, yes we have six new members waiting to be registered. I shall do this now.
Further comments on the topic are welcome in the coming days. All messages received by 30 September will be included in our synthesis. Here again is the background to our Spotlight:
https://www.hifa.org/news/hifa-spotlight-noncommunicable-diseases-stay-i...
The four guiding questions:
1. What is unsafe care and what is its local and global impact?
2. What are the main causes of unsafe care for people living with NCDs? To what extent is access to reliable healthcare information a determinant of patient safety?
3. What can be done to better understand and improve health systems for safer care for people living with NCDs?
4. How can we better support patients and primary and facility-based health workers to deliver safe care?
Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org