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Understanding Implementation Research for Global Health: insights from a HIFA online discussion

15 May, 2017

Author: Soumyadeep Bhaumik is a member of the Working Group on Evidence-Informed Policy & Practice, Healthcare Information for All. He is a medical doctor working in the field of evidence syntheses and program evaluation in India. Twitter : @DrSoumyadeepB

Access to Health Research: Priorities for advocacy and action

14 May, 2017

During 2015 and 2016 the HIFA Project on Access to Health Research supported a series of thematic discussions on the HIFA forums on a wide range of questions.

The project working group has now reviewed the outputs of these discussions with a view to taking forward specific issues through advocacy and action.

The following seven issues are highlighted for your comments and suggestions on ways forward:

1. "Most research is wasted because it is never published"

Technical problem with HIFA Daily Digests

13 May, 2017

Thank you to HIFA members who report they are not receiving Daily digests on HIFA. Our technical lead is investigating and we hope to have this resolved within 48 hours. Distribution of individual HIFA messages is not affected.

To change email notification preferences, log in to HIFA Dgroups platform click on the profile menu and open Preferences dialog, and then click on Edit preferences for this community only link on the bottom of the dialog.

Nandita

Join HIFA discussion on Systematic Reviews starting 15 May 2017

7 May, 2017

Join HIFA here!

What are systematic reviews? Why are they important? What are their strengths and weaknesess? How can systematic reviews and local research be used more effectively to support evidence-informed policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries?

Roy

Peggy

Report of training seminar on Health Literacy, Cameroon

5 May, 2017

On the 29th of April 2017, in Yaoundé a training seminar on Health literacy was organised by HIFA Country Representative for Cameroon, Didier Demassosso. Objective of the training seminar i) increase HIFA membership in Cameroon and ii) increase awareness of health literacy as a means to promote health This training was intended for members of the GREENWHITE NGO, an organisation devoted to social issues in Cameroon.

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