HEALTH INFORMATION FORUM: Working together to improve access to reliable
information for healthcare workers in developing and transitional countries
You are warmly invited to attend the Health Information Forum meeting on
Tuesday 12 November 2002, in London.
The theme of the meeting is:
*Strengthening medical libraries in developing and transitional countries*
The meeting will take place at the WELLCOME TRUST, 183 Euston Road, London
NW1 2BE. Registration and refreshments at 15:30h. The meeting starts at
16:00h and ends at 18:00h.
This meeting is for all those with an interest in health in developing and
transitional countries: librarians, publishers, development organizations,
researchers and health professionals. All are welcome, free of charge.
HIF meetings are CPD-approved by the Royal Colleges, on a meeting-by-meeting
basis.
To reserve your place, please contact Neil Pakenham-Walsh at
<[log in to unmask]>.
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PROGRAMME
Chair: Jackie Lord, Head of Library and Information Services, Royal College
of Nursing; Chair of CILIP's Health Libraries Group
Speakers:
*Meile Kretaviciene, Medical Librarian, Kaunas Medical Academy, Lithuania
*Elisabeth Husem, Medical Librarian, University of Oslo, Norway (in
partnership with Kaunas Medical Academy)
*Michael Carmel, South West Thames RHA, UK (in partnership with Sir Albert
Cook Library, Makerere, Uganda)
*Stephen Pritchard, University of Wales, UK (tbc) (in partnership with
Medical Library, University of Freetown, Sierra Leone)
*Jean Shaw, Research Officer, Partnerships in Health Information, UK
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Health Information Forum meetings are free of charge thanks to sponsorship
from the British Medical Journal and Exchange. Our thanks also to the
Wellcome Trust, which is providing complimentary facilities.
Please note that travel and accommodation expenses are not available. Email
contributions are welcome, as always, from those who are unable to attend in
person.
A report of the meeting will be distributed on the 'HIF-net at WHO' email
list.
Best wishes,
Neil
Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh, MD
Programme Manager, INASP-Health
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
27 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HU, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1865 248124
Fax: +44 (0)1865 251060
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About HIF: The Health Information Forum is a series of meetings organized as
part of the INASP-Health programme. INASP-Health is a cooperative network
for organizations and individuals working to improve access to reliable
information for health professionals in developing and transitional
countries. Its activities are supported by the BMA, Exchange, ICSU-Press,
and WHO. INASP is a programme of the International Council for Science
(ICSU). <www.inasp.info>
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