Dear EBH colleagues,
We would like to introduce a new HIFA thematic discussion on Health
Partnerships, sponsored by THET, a UK-based HIFA Supporting
Organisation: www.thet.org/
This discussion starts today, Monday 19th September and will continue
through to 21 October 2016. Join here: www.hifa.org/join/join-hifa-english
What are health partnerships?
Health partnerships can take many forms, but for the purpose of this
discussion we shall focus on a specific type of health partnership,
as defined and supported by THET:
'A health partnership is an on-going collaboration between health
institutions in high income countries and those in low and middle
income countries. By utilising the skills of volunteer health
professionals, a partnerships primary aim is to share knowledge and
information to train health workers and improve health services. They
work to improve healthcare in a broad range of health areas by
responding to needs identified by the developing country partner.'
Over the coming weeks we shall address and explore the following questions:
1. What do we mean by 'health partnerships'?
2. What works well in your partnership and what is a challenge?
3. What evidence do you use to guide the planning and implementation
of your partnership?
4. How do you measure the impact of your partnership?
For the first week we shall look especially at question 1, but you
are welcome to contribute your thoughts and experience on any or all
questions at any time.
Best wishes, Neil
On behalf of the HIFA working group on Health Partnerships
http://www.hifa.org/projects/health-partnerships-what-works-and-what-doesnt
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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is the coordinator of the HIFA
campaign (Healthcare Information For All - www.hifa.org ) and current
chair of the Dgroups Foundation (www.dgroups.info). Twitter:
@hifa_org FB: facebook.com/HIFAdotORG neil AT hifa.org
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