| Health Information for All in Africa by 2015! |
 The AHILA President attended the 2nd WONCA Africa Conference held in Rustenburg, South Africa from 25-28 October 2009 and presented a joint paper on Health Information for All in Africa by 2015. WONCA is the World Organization of Family Doctors, and the Rustenburg conference focused on Family Medicine in the Africa context. This platform which saw family doctors converge from all corners of Africa was an opportune time to talk about Health Information for All in Africa by 2015 campaign and drum-up support from this critical stakeholder. [ Download PPT ] The presentation emphasized the need to harness the experience and expertise of HIFA2015 members and would-be members to address the problem of health information in Africa. HIFA-Africa will also provide a neutral and inclusive enabling environment that empowers producers, intermediaries and users of healthcare information to exchange experience, expertise and solutions. Vimbai Hungwe’s attendance to WONCA was a collaborative effort between, Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) and the Global Healthcare Information Network ( GHI-net) For the full version of the presentation click the following link (HIFA- AFRICA). Please also note that HIFA-Portuguese will be launched in Maputo on 19th November, in collaboration with ePORTUGUESe/WHO and the AHILA President and Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh the Co-Director of GHI-net will be present www.hifa2015.org/hifa-pt . To join HIFA please go to the website www.hifa2015.org |