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Over the past two years the number of papers published in IJIC from PhD students has risen steadily to the point where they now contribute to about one-third of all original articles. This is a cause for celebration regarding the quality of work being undertaken by young researchers internationally, but unfortunately it has posed a problem for the ability of the Journal to self-finance its open-access approach to publishing. Given that many PhD students today receive a budget for open-access publishing, IJIC must announce that from 1 January 2019 we will be requiring all articles first authored by PhD students, and submitted after that date, to pay a discounted author fee of £625 GBP plus VAT. If any PhD student does not have access to such a publication budget then, with an accompanying signed and stamped letter from their University, we will continue to publish articles from those PhD students at no cost. We thank all the PhD students who have published successfully their original articles in our Journal. We would also like to remind our PhD students that IFIC retains a policy to publish short thesis summaries for free within the Journal and that IFIC runs an Emerging Researchers in Integrated Care (ERIC) programme that is designed to support the next generation of students and young academics to shape the integrated health and care systems of tomorrow. Further information on ERIC can be accessed here: https://integratedcarefoundation.org/ific-integrated-care-academy/emerging-researchers-in-integrated-care

International Medical Corps’ Toolkit aims to support the understanding and implementation of integrated mental health programs in humanitarian settings. It includes key guidance and resources that reinforce the integration process among implementation partners, donors and governments. The toolkit outlines the steps for integrated mental health programs and provides valuable guidance for better resource allocation, program design, contextualization, implementation and evaluation. The Toolkit is the result of a two-year process of consultation, resource-mapping and development with a Toolkit Advisory Group. This Toolkit was made possible by the generous support of the U. S. Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.

Additional Resources:

• PODCAST: Listen in on why we need a Toolkit for Mental Health Integration
• BLOG: What is the Mental Health Integration Toolkit and How to Use it - Learn here!
• FORUM: Discuss mental health integration within humanitarian settings

IFIC was delighted to help launch the countdown to the 1st North American Conference on Integrated Care taking place in 2020.

Called Innovation. Inspiration. Integration: Co-designing for Health and Wellbeing with Individuals and Communities, this conference, in association with the 6th World Congress on Integrated Care, will take place in Toronto, Canada.

The 2020 conference is a partnership with the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), The Change Foundation, the University of Toronto and KPMG, and is in association with iCoach and the Health System Performance Research Network.

Dr Nick Goodwin, CEO and IFIC Co-founder, said “I would like to thank our willing and committed partners from the University of Toronto, the Change Foundation and KPMG Canada for all their leadership and support in bringing us to this point, and to the collective ambition to build a legacy around the event that builds recognition on the need to embrace people-driven care in policy and practice in the future.”

Cathy Fooks, President and CEO of The Change Foundation, added: “We are proud to be a key partner in bringing such a prestigious and growing event to the city of Toronto and believe that it is an opportunity to showcase Canadian models and to hear about what works internationally.”

For more information click here.

The International Foundation for Integrated care has expanded, creating a new Collaborative Centre in Ireland.

IFIC Ireland is a collaboration with University College Dublin and supported by the HSE. The core mission is to develop the capacity and capabilities of Ireland in the design and delivery of integrated care. IFIC Ireland will seek to achieve this by providing a platform to develop and exchange ideas and promote activities in the region in keeping with its mission.

This collaboration developed after Ireland hosted the successful 17th International Conference on Integrated Care, ICIC17, in Dublin in 2017.

Founding member and Co-Director Prof Áine Carroll, Professor of Healthcare Integration and Improvement, University College Dublin/National Rehabilitation Hospital, said: “This is an exciting new venture for those tasked with the design and delivery of integrated care in Ireland. We need to move from evolution to revolution in integrated care.”

For more information click here.