Dear colleagues on LIS-E-RESOURCES,

Read online: 
http://www.hifa.org/news/join-hifa-major-thematic-discussion-library-and-information-services-emergencies-disasters-and

Tsunamis, earthquakes; terrorism; conflict; 
biological, chemical or nuclear warfare; disease 
outbreaks, global pandemics, antimicrobial 
resistance... The health impact of national and 
global emergencies depends largely on the degree 
to which individuals, communities, nations and 
supranational bodies are adequately informed. To 
what extent are current Library and Information 
Services (LIS) meeting the information needs of 
different user groups in different contexts? 
Where are the gaps and what are the priorities for future action?

We invite everyone with an interest in global 
health, disasters, disease outbreaks and 
humanitarian response to join us to explore these 
and other questions in a major thematic 
discussion on HIFA, starting 17 July and continuing to 18 August 2017.

We are grateful to Caroline De Brún of Public 
Health England, who has carried out a preliminary 
PHE/HIFA Evidence Briefing around the question: 
What is the evidence around knowledge and library 
service provision and knowledge management to 
support global health, and disaster and emergency preparedness?

Our thanks to Public Health England, Evidence Aid 
and HIFA LIS Project members for their financial 
and technical support for this new HIFA Library 
and Information Services project.

ABOUT HIFA
HIFA (Healthcare Information For All) is a 
growing global health movement working in 
collaboration with WHO Geneva and more than 300 
other health and development organisations 
worldwide. HIFA has more than 16,000 members 
(health workers, librarians, publishers, 
researchers, policymakers and others) committed 
to the progressive realisation of a world where 
every person has access to the information they 
need to protect their own health and the health 
of others. HIFA members have experience and 
knowledge which they can use to bring clarity to 
challenging questions around global health issues 
in general and healthcare information issues in 
particular - including for example public health 
communication during health emergencies. We have 
more than 5000 members in Africa, 5000 in Europe, 
and 6000 in the rest of the world, across 176 
countries. We interact on five forums in three 
languages (English, French, and Portuguese). We 
are launching HIFA in Spanish later this year in 
collaboration with WHO, PAHO and the Andalucian 
School of Public Health. The website is 
www.hifa.org and membership is free: www.hifa.org/joinhifa

Join HIFA! www.hifa.org/joinhifa

Best wishes, Neil

Coordinator, HIFA Project on Library and 
Information Services (with special focus on 
Population Health, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks)
http://www.hifa.org/projects/library-and-information-services

Let's build a future where people are no longer 
dying for lack of healthcare information - Join HIFA: www.hifa.org

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), which supports 700 
communities of practice for international 
development, social justice and global 
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