Making progress through partnerships
Knowledge resources that inform, engage and transform
Curate your own BMJ Group collection of articles to draw attention to neglected issues and stimulate needed debates
Now you can draw on our community of expertise. With over 80 experienced journal editors and 65 specialty journals, we can connect you to a vast network offering expert-led, unbiased, peer-reviewed, and evidence-based outputs.
You can also benefit from our web reach of 10.5 million users per month – along with over two million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Drive the discussion forward with BMJ Collections
BMJ Collections brings together articles that draw attention to key priorities, neglected issues or needed debates within global medicine and health.
They are often developed in collaboration with international organisations that share our passion for improving global health by influencing policy and decision-making. They include academic, bilateral, multilateral, and non-governmental organisations.
These programmes align with our vision to create a healthier world.
“BMJ [Group] has very good people on the ground. They made it happen, and it worked.”
Dr Luis Gabriel Cuervo
Senior Advisor for a leading international organisation specialising in health, on why he chose BMJ Group to publish the BMJ Innovations Social Innovations in Health special supplement.
“We found in BMJ Group a voice to report on what was happening to us during the pandemic to the international world.”
Dr Magaly Blas, Medical epidemiologist, professor and researcher at Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, and Director, Mamás del Río (Mothers of the River), Peru
We bring together leaders across multiple sectors and geographies in BMJ-convened and organised roundtables, events or webinars
There are so many ways BMJ Group can help you discuss and debate healthcare challenges.
Fund learning modules and content to educate a global network of healthcare professionals.
Collaborate with us to create events focused on priority healthcare themes and challenges and share thought leadership.
Bring experts together for roundtable discussions including editors, healthcare leaders and experts who can make a real contribution while also informing marketing campaigns
Include patients and people with lived experience in the dialogue
Find a home for your research within our impactful specialty journal portfolio
Generate interest and leads and connect with key policy influencers and senior decision-makers
How our partnerships work
Whether amplifying research, informing policy or helping populations in need, we collaborate with many international organisations to deliver results.
Helping to influence health policy in Peru
BMJ Group published a special collection on social innovations in 2022. It showcased the Mamás del Río programme that helps community workers adapt to a new post-pandemic clinical setting.
The Peruvian Health Minister considered the evidence provided in the paper. The idea was to inform a policy change that would formalise the programme throughout the region as part of the country’s national health system.
Empowering systems leaders to establish effective leadership for quality and safety in hospitals around the world
In healthcare, leadership is decisive in influencing the quality of care and the performance of hospitals. BMJ Group orchestrated a symposium series that brought together hospital chief executives and presidents worldwide to discuss leadership, and how to maintain quality and safety in their hospitals.
The online symposia in webinar format were curated in collaboration with the China Hospital Association, and sponsored by Johnson & Johnson China. Our team successfully stimulated effective interactions, discussions, and decision-making between healthcare professionals. Our privileged networks and global footprint meant we could bring together the most innovative and influential hospital leaders today, including Tomislav Mihaljevic, President and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, USA and Steve Swensen, Professor, Mayo Clinic, USA.
Mobilising institutional health partnerships
On behalf of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), BMJ Group facilitated an interactive workshop for eight countries. We brought together top health officials and experts from the UK, and most other partner countries, to share best practices, facilitate learning, and create a stronger network across the Better Health programme.
Together they addressed the often overlooked and growing burden of non-communicable diseases. In particular, how could we strengthen local health system structures, processes, governance, regulation, and capabilities to drive improvements in quality of care.
Creating dialogues that shape frameworks and inform policies
In 2022, BMJ Group played a pivotal role in supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). We put together a team of 15 global health experts to review the principles outlined in a NAM publication. Together, we then called for social media companies to adopt global principles for credible health information.
As well as gaining significant media attention across Latin America, the call led to action from digital media platforms. A notable example was YouTube, which strengthened its policy on safe abortions.
Continuing professional development systems
BMJ Group has considerable expertise in health system strengthening, continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development (CPD). This enables us to support governments in developing robust systems that support the ongoing medical education of frontline professionals.
The availability of our resources in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine ignited a demand for evidence-based medical information and highlighted the importance of formalised systems of professional development. We provided each government with advice, resources, and examples of international best practices to guide their decision-making.
Advancing health priorities in China through BMJ Collections
In 2024, The BMJ launched two impactful Collections to help advance health priorities in China. These Collections focused on two pressing health issues: women’s health and chronic disease management.
Both were launched at high profile academic and policy events, receiving significant attention from healthcare professionals, researchers, and the public. Through this strategic combination, the collection fostered a high level of engagement, elevating women’s health on the national agenda and influencing public discourse in China.
