About AHILA

AHILA is a non-profit professional body founded in August 1984. With 46 member countries, partners, and collaborators worldwide, AHILA is the professional home for health sciences libraries, librarians, and information specialists in Africa.

Through its activities and congresses, AHILA fosters collaboration, knowledge and resource sharing, networking, capacity building, and professionalism within the health information and library community in Africa and beyond.

AHILA Aims

Among others, AHILA aims to:

  • Promote collaboration and association among health information professionals in Africa.
  • Improve the provision of up-to-date and relevant information for medical education, research, and practice in Africa.
  • Encourage professional development in librarianship and information sciences.
  • Facilitate resource-sharing and the exchange of information, knowledge, and experiences among health information professionals in Africa and beyond.
  • Promote the development, standardisation, and exchange of national databases of medical and health literature produced in African countries.

Vision and Mission

Vision

The vision of AHILA is to become a leader in promoting access to and use of health information in Africa by providing up-to-date and relevant health information.

Mission

AHILA’s mission is to facilitate professional development and conduct among health information professionals and libraries, and to promote resource sharing for health information access and utilisation in Africa.