use of reliable healthcare information in those languages, and serve also as dedicated global health networks for Portuguese, French and Spanish speakers. HIFA-Zambia was launched in 2011 in collaboration with the Zambia UK Health Workforce Alliance. Recognition An external evaluation in 2011 concluded that "HIFA achieves an extraordinary level of activity on minimal resources from which many people around the world benefit". The British Medical Association and the World Medical Association adopted healthcare information for all as official policy in 2015 and 2019, respectively. By 2022, almost 500 health and development organisations worldwide had officially declared their commitment to healthcare information for all. In February 2022, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC (the NGO that houses the secretariat of HIFA) was admitted as a non-State actor in official relations with the World Health Organization. Challenges HIFA's impact is limited by its very low human resource capacity (one professional staff plus volunteers). This in turn is related to lack of investment by funding agencies in the availability and use of reliable healthcare information. However, since 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated "infodemic" have underlined the fundamental importance of access to reliable healthcare information. "Never before has everyone been so aware of the need for reliable healthcare information, and yet so vulnerable to misinformation." References External links Medical and health organisations based in the United Kingdom Health campaigns Organizations established in 2006