Update 15 July 2026: "Thank you all for contributing to our CHIFA Spotlight on Group B Strep this past week! I am so impressed with all the good work HIFA is doing to promote universal access to reliable healthcare information" Marti Perhach, Group B Strep International, United States

HIFA mourns the untimely loss of Professor Joseph Ana, co-founder of HIFA and a key member of the HIFA Steering Group and forum.

Below is a tribute from HIFA ccordinator Neil Pakenham-Walsh. Dozens of tributes continue to be shared on the HIFA forum and you can read them here: https://www.hifa.org/rss-feeds/17

Tributes are also pouring in from the many networks where Joseph was leading player, including AfroPHC and Nigeria Universal Health Coverage Actions Network.