Neil M Pakenham-Walsh
Coordinator, Healthcare Information For All by 2015 (HIFA2015)
Oxford, UK
Professional summary
* 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). neil.pakenham-walsh@ghi-net.org
Specialties and Interests
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Global Health
Contact
Websites
Education
Universities
St George's Hospital Medical School, London, England
MB,BS, Medicine
Publications
Articles
"Information needs of health care workers in developing countries: a literature review with a focus on Africa."
"Information technology for health in developing countries."
"Health in an unequal world: What about the needs of health workers in developing countries?"
"Supporting those responsible for the health care for children in the developing world: CHILD2015."
"Teledermatology in sub-Saharan Africa."
Disclosure or Conflict of Interest
Neil M Pakenham-Walsh has nothing to disclose
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