1. Chris Zielinski – chris@chriszielinski.com
What’s new in Phi?
Chris Zielinski –
Visiting Fellow, University of Winchester, UK
Director, Partnerships in Health Information
AHILA 15th Biennial Congress 2016

2. Overview Partnerships in Health Information – a background Principles
Phi, AHILA and other work in Africa
Changes and key recent activities
The Future
Conclusions
Overview

3. Phi 1992-2015 Early 1990s – SatelLife USA and UK
Directors: Jean Shaw, then Shane Godbolt
Trustees; health professionals including librarians, academics & other NGO colleagues
Programmes Officer 2006; full time grant funded post
Enabled expansion of activities & alignment with government level emphasis on partnerships
Phi

4. Capacity building for health information professionals & librarians
Facilitating health information partnerships & development projects
Networking & collaborating with others to underpin good quality healthcare with reliable health information
Objectives

5. Principles 1. Promoting African leadership in health information
2. Supporting evidence-based practice and improving public access to health information
3. Working directly with African organizations and networks to further these aims
Principles

6. Action Country focus Ethiopia Uganda Sierra Leone Tanzania Kenya
Zambia
Nigeria
Strategic collaborations
THET (MoU)
INASP
HIFA2015
AHILA
ITOCA
IFLA
CILIP esp. HLG & ILIG
Action

7. Action

8. Case Study - Uganda Phi activity:
Facilitated Health Library Partnership since 1994
Working with health library network in Uganda
2010 engaging with Gulu Health Link
Health Link partners identified need to develop library services at Gulu University
July -UK Link coordinator approached Phi at Wales for Africa meeting
July -Phi supported meeting at University Hospital of South Manchester; discussed library development
November - Librarian in party visiting Gulu University to carry out needs assessment of library services
Case Study - Uganda

9. Strengthening the health library network in Uganda
Representatives from Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union, African Prisons Project, Mulago General Hospital and Uganda Chapter of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa, discussing health information issues in Uganda with Maria Cotera

10. Case Study - Ethiopia Phi activity
Support the development and strengthen activities of health library network in Ethiopia
Established strong links with Librarians in Ethiopia
Training of Trainers workshop on Health Information Literacy at Jimma University
Facilitated continuing professional development programmes for Ethiopian librarians to the UK
Engaging with Leicester/Gondar Health Link
Senior Librarian attend Health Links meeting in Addis 2009
Development of a Library Skills module within a new MSc in Advanced Clinical & Laboratory Subjects  at Gondar University in, led by  the THET supported Leicester /Gondar link.

11. Development of a Library Skills module
Phi facilitated involvement of 2 visiting Ethiopian librarians to the UK in early discussions on module development at Leicester University
Phi supported the involvement of 2 additional trainers (1 from UK and 1 from Ethiopia) to support Leicester Module lead in curriculum development and training
Module launched September for 45 students
‘The first module of the new MSc programme in Gondar… was a great success.  I have had nothing but praise from all quarters. ’  Professor Mike Silverman, October 2010

12. Launch of Library Skills Module

13. Changes 1 The change process started in October 2015
No significant new funding, proposal by Board
Executive Director: Chris Zielinski succeeded Shane Godbolt
Continued major activities:
House of Lords Reception
Launch of Dr Musoke’s book Informed and Healthy: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives on The Value of Information to Health Care
Commonwealth Fellowships
Changes 1

14. Changes 2 Approaches by the University of Winchester
The Phi Board decided that, effective 30 September, Phi would cease to be an independent charity/NGO and merge with the University of Winchester
Phi is now a lead programme at the new Centre for Global Health, in the Health and Wellbeing Group of the Research and Knowledge Exchange, University of Winchester
Changes 2

15. Phi will continue its current activities and embody the same principles and vision
Phi will continue to work closely with AHILA and ITOCA
Phi will also look for new, larger-scale activities in health information and new funding
Phi will build a team of Phi Associates to help carry out projects
The Future

16. The objective is to develop a team of individuals with a wide range of expert skills who would be ready to consider paid short- term assignments helping Phi to bid for and execute larger projects.
We will be working to identify persons with the skills, expertise and willingness to act in this capacity when relevant project activities are identified.
Phi Associates

17. Knowledge management in the broadest sense – planning/strategy
Education/training in respect of health information and literature
Networking – development and management of online networks
Health information policy and planning
Health documentation and library services (policies and practice)
Other health literature actors – authors, editors, publishers
Assessing impact, evaluating information activities and strategies
Knowledge translation: research to policy and practice
eHealth and mHealth applications
National and district health observatories
Information input to different services
Copyright, plagiarism, ethics
Medical and hospital records
A broader vision

18. Thanks for your attention!
Chris Zielinski
Visiting Fellow, University of Winchester, UK
Director, Partnerships in Health Information