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Combating digital health inequality in the time of coronavirus

12 June, 2020

In April 2020 HIFA collaborated with the International Federation of Library Associations (special interest group Evidence for Global and Disaster Health and the Health & Biosciences Libraries section) to complement a webinar on Thursday 23 April, 2020, on the theme of Combating digital health inequality in the time of coronavirus. In the 2 weeks leading up to the webinar, HIFA hosted a thematic discussion on the theme of the webinar. 

Global BioMedia

'Global BioMedia is a UK-based service run by Julie N Reza that specialises in communications relating to biosciences, health and international development. It provides writing, editing, project management and consultancy services around the world from its Kent base.'

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Canterbury
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Gladson

New paper: Universal access to essential health information

20 May, 2020

The HIFA Steering Group is delighted to announce the publication in BMJ Global Health of our new paper (open access):  

Universal access to essential health information: accelerating progress towards universal health coverage and other SDG health targets

authored by three HIFA steering group members (Geof Royston, Chris Zielinski and Neil Pakenham-Walsh). 

The paper highlights the following points:

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Expert Self Care Ltd

We create free-to-download health information apps for different groups of people with a focus on young people and mental health. As a dedicated health information app provider certified by the NHS England Information Standard and listed with two apps on the NHS Apps Library, we can advise (in-kind) on all aspects of health information app development.

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Bristol
United Kingdom
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BMJ Global Health: HIFA members comment on 'Defining global health as public health somewhere else'

16 May, 2020

Congratulations to HIFA members Sara Fischer, Poorva Patil, Chris Zielinski, Lori Baxter, Francisco Javier Bonilla-Escobar, Shabina Hussain, Claudia Lai, Sarah Walpole, Francis Ohanyido, David Flood,  Ambrish Singh and Najeeb Al-Shorbaji - who have co-authored a piece in BMJ Global Health, based on recent HIFA discussions.

Commentary: Is it about the ‘where’ or the ‘how’? Comment on Defining global health as public health somewhere else 

Summary points:

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