Neil Pakenham-Walsh
About Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Neil Pakenham-Walsh is the coordinator of the HIFA2015 campaign and co-director of the Global Healthcare Information Network. He started his career as a hospital doctor in the UK, and has clinical experience in rural Ecuador and Peru. For the last 18 years he has been committed to improving the availability of healthcare information for health workers in developing countries. He has worked with the World Health Organization, the Wellcome Trust, and INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications).
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Coordinator (Site, Program, Project)
Organization
- Global Health Care Information Network
Work Location(s)
- United Kingdom
Neil's Communities
Language(s)
- English
Recent Contributions
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh replied to "Laptops and CHWs" in the Health IT community.
Dear Allen and all, I was very interested to see your message on [Technology] group, regarding laptops for community health workers in developing countries. I facilitate a professional email network called 'Healthcare Information For All by 2015', which has explored this issue (and will continue to do so). The group includes over 2000 professionals (health workers, librarians, publishers, technologists) from 135 countries worldwide. About one-third are based in Africa, one-third in Europe and North America, ...
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh replied to "RDTs vs. Presumptive Treatment: Medical Science vs. Pragmatism/ Economics" in the Malaria Treatment & Prevention community.
Dear Erin, I was interested to read your post. We have had similar discussions on the HIFA2015 forum (Healthcare Information for All by 2015) - www.hifa2015.org For example, here is a comment from a HIFA2015 member working in the Kenya ministry of health: 'They say "old habits don't die". This may be true when it comes to prescription for malaria drugs in Kenya. We are training health workers currently in all the provinces in Kenya ...
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh replied to "Kindles use in a nursing school." in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.
Hello Jim, I am coordinator of a global professional network of 4000 health professionals, publishers, researchers and policy makers - all looking at ways to improve access to health information for nurses, other health professionals and citizens in Africa, Asia and Latin America/Caribbean (including and especially Haiti). I would like to invite you and others with an interest in this issue to join: www.hifa2015.org - Healthcare Information for All by 2015. Thanks, Dr Neil Pakenham-Walsh, ...
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh replied to "GHDonline Expert Panel February 6 – 10: Surgical Training in Resource-Limited Settings" in the Global Surgery & Anesthesia community.
Hello fellow GHD members. As it happens, this topic - Surgical Training in Resource-Limited Settings - is a major ongoing discussion topic on the HIFA2015 forum (Healthcare Information For All by 2015): www.hifa2015.org I shall publicise this GHD Expert Online panel among HIFA2015 members, so that we can have the maximum input, collective expertise and experience during the focused week February 6-10. Best wishes, Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.