Contact information
Global Healthcare Information Network
16 Woodfield Drive
Charlbury, Oxford OX7 3SE, UK
Email:
Tel: +44 (0)1608 811338
Co-directors:
Fred Bukachi:
Neil Pakenham-Walsh:
Rachel Stancliffe:
Fred Bukachi is a cardiovascular
physician with a strong interest in health informatics. He previously
worked as HealthNet co-ordinator and regional director for Eastern
and Southern Africa. He has also served as a consultant, board member
and advisor to several international organisations working to improve
access to health information in Africa. He has written and spoken
extensively on the subject of using information and communications
technologies to access health information in Africa. He co-moderates HIF-net (Health Information Forum) and HR4D-net (Health Research for Development) email groups.
Neil Pakenham-Walsh has a special
interest in the availability and use of relevant, reliable healthcare information in developing
countries. He qualified as a doctor in 1983 and worked for 6 years
in NHS hospital medicine, including 2 years in paediatrics. In 1990
he moved into medical publishing and worked with the World Health
Organization, Medicine Digest, and the CD-ROM series Topics in International
Health (Wellcome Trust). From 1996 to 2004 he developed and managed
the INASP-Health programme (International Network for the Availability
of Scientific Publications) and the eForum, HIF-net (Health Information
Forum). He has worked as a medical officer in rural Ecuador and
Peru, and in 2005 he worked alongside rural healthcare providers
in South India to assess local priorities in access and use of health
information. He co-moderates HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 email groups.
Rachel Stancliffe has a background in demography and public health and experience in medical publishing and the use of evidence. She is a co-Director of the Global Healthcare Information Network. She is the Director of The Campaign for Greener Healthcare. Rachel has extensive experience in many countries, including Georgia, Kazakhstan, India and Latin America.