AHILA (ABISA)

The Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) is a professional association founded in 1984 with now 46 country members and many partners and collaborators worldwide.

AHILA aims to:

Improve the provision of up-to-date and relevant information to health and medical workers in Africa.

Encourage the professional development of librarians. Promote the development of resource-sharing and exchange of experiences and information among African health information professionals.

Promote the development, standardisation, and exchange of national databases of medical and health literature produced in the African countries in the form of an African Index Medicus

NEWS & UPDATES

AHILA represented at the Africa Regional Ministerial Meeting in Ghana

The Secretary General of AHILA, Mr Flatiel Vilanculos on behalf of the president, represented AHILA at the Africa Regional Ministerial Meeting held in Ghana 10-11 June 2009. read more>>

WHO commissions a thorough review of its Global Health Library (GHL) programme

The WHO has commissioned a thorough review of its Global Health Library (GHL) programme. We are inviting our colleagues in the worldwide library and information community to give your views on how well the GHL portal (www.globalhealthlibrary.net) contributes to your work at the moment, and what you would like to see added and improved as the service expands into GHL 2.0.

Several suggestions about the name to be given to the Uganda Chapter were made. Most of them were basing on the names of other chapters. UG-AHILA was given as the new name for the AHILA Uganda Chapter. This was during a consultative Chapter meeting that was held on 8^th May 2009 at Makerere University Library. There was a relatively good turn up from representative institutions in the country, and an interim committee was put in place to organise the major revitalisation of the chapter. Mr. Paul Ssemwanga (Aga Khan University) heads the interim committee. Other suggestions made during this meeting included: creating a UG-AHILA blog through which members would post updates on the chapter activities, share experiences and knowledge; members were also encouraged to prepare presentations aimed at keeping others informed of what is going on in the health information world. The second meeting was held on Thursday 25^th June 2009 at 9am at Makerere University Library. Together we will uplift the status of health information activities in Uganda.