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Getting involved in international development activities: UK initiatives and hidden benefits
Author(s) -
Cheeseborough Jackie,
Godbolt Shane,
Grant Maria J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/hir.12096
Subject(s) - public relations , recession , health information , developing country , political science , business , health professionals , economic growth , health benefits , health care , medicine , economics , traditional medicine , keynesian economics
Jackie Cheeseborough and Shane Godbolt describe the role that UK health information professionals have in global health and in supporting colleagues from developing countries to continue to develop as a provision. They give an overview of a range of organisations working to improve access to health information in developing countries and in particular Sub‐Saharan Africa including Book Aid International, HIFA , INASP , ITOCA , Phi, TALC , THET and Research4Life . Even in a recession, many UK health librarians are choosing to get involved in international development activities in low‐resource countries by volunteering, and discovering hidden benefits for their own organisations, and their own continuing professional development.