AHILA 12th Congress

12th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA), 11-16 October, 2010. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

INASP has previously supported work of AHILA towards development of their strategic plan.  This year sponsorship was provided to facilitate attendance and presentation of a paper by Nasra Gathoni (Medical Librarian, Aga Khan University).  Nasra is an active member of the Kenya AHILA (KenAHILA) chapter and during the congress was elected as AHILA president for the coming term, running until end of 2013.

"Information plays a vital role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Specifically, progress towards the health MDGs 4, 5 and 6 , would be accelerated through the provision of accurate, relevant and up-to-date information resulting  in better decisions by healthcare providers and ultimately better healthcare".  

More can be seen on the AHILA website.

During the past two years, Nasra along with others from KenAHILA, implemented a project to train nurses on access and use of electronic resources in Kenya.  Her presentation on the data collected as part of a review of the project was received with interest by participants of the congress. 

Institutional Repository skills training for nurses (1.24MB)
Information Literacy at Aga Khan University (445kb)

Alongside Nasra in leading the work of AHILA, will be the newly elected AHILA vice-president Flatiel F. Vilanculos.  Currently working at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Mozambique country office, Flatiel is the former PERii Country Coordinator in Mozambique and facilitated electronic resources training workshops in collaboration with INASP, WHO and the Information and Training Outreach Centre (ITOCA).