Dear AFRO-nets colleagues,
I would like to invite all those with an interested in the problem of overprescription of antibiotics and other medicines to join the professional global network HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015), which works in cooperation with WHO and others. This year we launched the HIFA 2013-15 Challenge: Every prescriber and user of medicines will have access to reliable, unbiased information on medicines to protect their own health and the health of others
<http://www.hifa2015.org/2013-15-challenge-prescribers-and-users-of-medicines/>http://www.hifa2015.org/2013-15-challenge-prescribers-and-users-of-medicines/ Access to basic information on the use of medicines is a prerequisite for rational prescribing.
HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015) is a global campaign and email discussion forum working for a future where people are no longer dying for lack of basic healthcare knowledge. We are 6000 professionals from more than 2000 organisations in 167 countries, working to explore how to improve the availability of healthcare knowledge in low- and middle-income countries. We are supported by more than 170 leading health and development organisations. We also run groups in French and Portuguese, in collaboration with WHO.
For further information, and to join, please go to: www.hifa2015.org
Please feel free to forward this invitation to your contacts.
With thanks,
Neil
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Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh MB,BS, DCH, DRCOG
Coordinator, HIFA2015 and CHILD2015
Co-director, Global Healthcare Information Network
Corner House (John Kibble Room)
Charlbury, Oxfordshire OX7 3PN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1608 811899
mailto:neil.pakenham-walsh@ghi-net.org
HIFA2015: http://www.hifa2015.org
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