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HIFA marks World Health Day with call to target and track progress on universal access to essential healthcare information

7 April, 2018

The theme of World Health Day 2018 is Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Building a future where all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship.

HIFA Blog: Month in review, February 2018 - Pros and cons of Traditional Medicine

4 April, 2018

Quote of the month: “I attended a public lecture today to mark World Cancer Day: two university academics differed on the question of the causes of cancer, particularly whether cancer can be caused by 'evil spirits' - one was categoric that there is no such causality whilst the other said there is!... So long as such ambivalence remains, the public will continue to delay their access to evidence proven health service by going to [unproven] traditional medicine practitioners.” Joseph Ana, HIFA Member, Nigeria

What do we mean by evidence-informed humanitarian action?

4 April, 2018
Note: This blog includes personal views of the HIFA moderator, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, and is intended to provoke further exploration of the subject. Join HIFA to engage in the discussion.

What do we mean by evidence-informed humanitarian action (preparedness and response)? What kind of evidence do humanitarians need, and why? How can humanitarians access and use evidence more effectively?

Publication: HIFA in 2017: The Year in Review and Objectives for 2018

2 April, 2018

The HIFA Steering Group is delighted to announce the publication of HIFA in 2017: The Year in Review and Objectives for 2018

Read how we:

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Since 2014, Rose Academies has been working with the rural poor in Sub Saharan Africa with our guiding principles of social justice, human rights and education as the basis for positive change. We are advocates of the Sustainable Development Goals that were developed to bring equity in policies and programs to benefit all people in the world regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender, or abilities.

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