MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCESAfrican Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)African Medical and Research Foundation PO Box 30125 Contact: Dr John Batten, Director General Tel: +254 2 605229 / 331 / 334 Fax: +254 2 609518 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.amref.org The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) is an African non-govern-mental organisation (NGO) committed to the mission of empowering disadvantaged people to achieve better health. AMREF implements health development programmes in 9 countries in East and Southern Africa and provides training, consulting and appropriate health learning, education and promotion materials throughout the continent. AMREF has an extensive list of publications widely distributed throughout Africa. AMREF has more than 40 health manuals on its publications list and is constantly developing new materials and revising its popular titles. Activities include: • international training programme: a wide range of diploma and certificate courses. Contact: Ms Lynne Elliot, International Training Director; • capacity building for Ministry of Health personnel and staff of NGOs and private sector health initiatives; • operational research programmes: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Contact: Dr Peter Ngatia, Programme Director; • publications programme. Contact: Ms Eva Ndavu, Senior Editor; • AMREF flying doctors outreach services. Contact: Dr Festus Ilako. American Physiological Society (APS)American Physiological Society 9650 Rockville Pike Contact: Dr Martin Frank, Executive Director Tel: +1 301 530 7118 Fax: +1 301 571 8305 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.the-aps.org The American Physiological
Society (APS) is the senior medical sciences society in the US, founded in 1887.
It is a major publisher of journals in the physiological sciences including the American
Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology, Physiological
Reviews, Physiological Genomics, and News in Physiological
Sciences. These journals have been made available to libraries in developing
countries on a need basis. Subscriptions have been made available to libraries
in developing countries through the Third World Academy of Sciences, the
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and the Soros Foundation.
Individual donations are made on a case by case basis.
The APS also provided funds to SatelLife for a satellite downlink to
institutions in Africa. Most recently, the Society launched its Latin American
Initiative, designed to support meetings in this region. American Psychological Association (APA)American Psychological Association [updated Nov 2004] Contact: Joan Buchanan, Director Tel: +1 202 336 6024 Fax: +1 202 218 3599 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.apa.org The American Psychological Association (APA) currently offers two programmes that provide international donations of APA-published and other journals to institutions that meet the APA's criteria (an institutional setting to make journals available, a demonstration of need, a demonstration of a commitment to maintain collections, a time limit for most donations and a reasonable geographic spread). While each of the programmes operates independently, they are coordinated by the APA Office of International Affairs under the direction of the Journal Donations Review Committee (JDRC), a subcommittee of the APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP). American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT)American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Contact: Sharon J Swan, CAE, Executive Director Tel: +1 703 836 6981 Fax: +1 703 836 5223 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.ascpt.org The American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) journal, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, provides a number of gift subscriptions for selected libraries in Third World medical schools and Ministries of Health in twenty-seven countries. It has provided advice to other US medical societies in developing their own programmes. Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa Contact: Ibrahima Bob, Secretary General, AHILA Tel: +221 824 8338 Fax: +221 824 0741 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.ahila.org The Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) is a professional association founded in 1984 at the 50th General Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) in Nairobi, under the sponsorship of WHO/HQ library and WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO). There are now 46 country members and many partners and collaborators worldwide. AHILA aims to: • improve the provision of up-to-date and relevant information to health and medical workers in Africa; • encourage the professional development of librarianship; • promote the development of resource-sharing and exchange of experiences and information among African health information professionals; • promote the development, standardisation, and exchange of national databases of medical and health literature produced in the African countries in the form of an African Index Medicus. The African Index Medicus complements MEDLINE in promoting visibility of locally published health information. AHILA is the point of contact where a wide range of information professionals meet. The target audience is healthcare and biomedical librarians, documentalists, journalists and others involved in the management and dissemination of medical and health-related information. Its objectives are to improve the provision of timely and relevant information to health and medical workers in Africa. AHILA runs biennial congresses. It publishes a quarterly bulletin, AHILA News, in English and French and, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, produces the African Index Medicus (AIM), which provides health resources from several countries in Africa. The National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC) also publishes AIM on CD-ROM. CAB International (CABI)CAB International [updated Nov 2004] Contact: Tim Ison Tel: +44 1491 832111 Fax: +44 1491 833508 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cabi.org CAB International (CABI) is an international, intergovernmental organisation established in 1928. It is owned by its member governments which presently number 40, 25 of which are in the developing world. The organisation is largely self-supporting financially through the sale of its products and services and other sources of income. CABI is dedicated to improving human welfare worldwide through the dissemination, application and generation of scientific knowledge in support of sustainable development, with an emphasis on agriculture, forestry, human health and the management of natural resources, and with particular attention to the needs of developing countries. Scientific and technical information services are provided, derived principally from bibliographic databases built by CABI staff from the world's relevant published literature. These include: Global Health (formerly known as CAB Health) is the definitive international public health database, specialising in human nutrition, parasitic, communicable and tropical diseases, rural and environmental health, and medicinal plants.
Global Health provides access to authoritative abstracts of the world's research literature, from 1973 to the present day. Information is drawn from more than 3500 serials, books, book chapters, research reports, patents and standards, dissertations, conference proceedings, annual reports, electronic only publications and other difficult-to-obtain sources, from over 125 countries. It provides global coverage of both the developing and developed world with over 50 languages translated into English. The database contains over 900,000 records, and 50,000 new records are selected, abstracted and classified by subject specialists every year. CABI also publishes books, primary journals, newsletters and training manuals, plus the Topics in International Health series of interactive training CD-ROMs developed by the Tropical Medicine Resource of the Wellcome Trust. Training in information management is offered, especially for developing countries. Advice and practical assistance are also given in the design and implementation of science-based information systems and in the use of modern information technology. Where necessary, partnerships with development assistance agencies are sought, to help developing countries acquire the products and services they need. Cochrane CollaborationCochrane Collaboration Contact: Ms Jini Hetherington, Administrator Tel: +44 1865 310138 Fax: +44 1865 316023 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cochrane.org The Cochrane Collaboration is an international research network of healthcare professionals, researchers and consumers whose aim is to review systematically the evidence for the effectiveness of healthcare interventions. The initiative is based on concepts derived by Archie Cochrane (1909-1988), who recognised that healthcare resources should be focused equitably on interventions that have been shown to be effective. The Cochrane Collaboration is now acknowledged worldwide as a leading source of reliable, evidence-based information. The Cochrane Collaboration produces The Cochrane Library, which is a regularly updated electronic resource designed to give the necessary evidence for informed healthcare decision-making. It includes The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which is a rapidly growing collection of regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of health care. These are prepared, maintained and disseminated by an international network of individuals committed to this undertaking. The Cochrane Library is published on disk and CD-ROM four times a year. About 50 reviews are added every 3 months. The Cochrane Collaboration also produces the WHO Reproductive Health Library, an electronic journal available free of charge to health libraries in developing countries and health information provider organisations, North and South. The product is the result of a collaboration between the World Health Organisation, the Cochrane Collaboration, and Update Software. It includes systematic reviews from The Cochrane Library with expert commentaries on their relevance to health care in developing countries. To obtain a copy of the WHO Reproductive Health Library, write to Jitendra Khanna, Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, WHO, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, E-mail: [email protected]. College of OptometristsCollege of Optometrists Contact: Mrs Jan Ayres, Librarian Tel: +44 20 7839 6000 Fax: +44 20 7839 6800 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.college-optometrists.org The College of Optometrists has in the past donated books and journals to Book Aid International for shipping to libraries overseas. This donation programme is temporarily non-operational during library refurbishment, but is expected to be revived within 12 – 18 months. Commonwealth Secretariat (Health Department)Commonwealth Secretariat: Health Section The Health Section of the Commonwealth Secretariat is involved in technical assistance to Commonwealth Member States to help them achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals pertaining to health. Proposals include: development of linkages between health institutions in Commonwealth countries for interchange of personnel, information and training opportunities; development of training materials in response to needs expressed at Commonwealth Health Ministers meetings; gathering and disseminating information on key health issues and best practices in Commonwealth countries, production of reports on expert group meetings, workshops or specific projects and sharing these with Commonwealth countries. Publications include Link-In to Education, Gender, and Health, a newsletter
published by The Social Transformation Programmes Division which comprises
Education, Gender and Health sections. The newsletter is published quarterly and
a limited number of free copies are available on request. Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica (EASP)Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública EASP was created in 1985 and has been a WHO collaborating centre since 1989 in the areas of health policy, health services management, and primary care. The activities of EASP include: training in public health and health administration; development of research programmes; consulting for a wide variety of institutions; and projects in cooperation for development. The EASP Library is a WHO documentation centre and runs the Documentation Centre for Health in Developing Countries, which exchanges documents on health with partners in developing countries, works with non-governmental organisations and others to exchange information, supports the technical quality of development projects in health, and supports the information needs of health personnel and medical librarians in developing countries. The Centre has books and periodicals for donation but is unable to pay postage and packing. Future plans include: expansion of an electronic catalogue of images on
audiovisual materials about health in developing countries; a survey-based
information needs assessment of healthcare workers in developing countries; and
participation in international networks to exchange scientific documentation. European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL)European Association for Health Information and Libraries Contact: Suzanne Bakker, EAHIL Supervisor Tel: +31 30 261 9663 Fax: +31 30 231 1830 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.eahil.org/ The objectives of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) are: • to improve cooperation amongst health care libraries throughout Europe; • to raise standards of provision and practice in health care and medical research libraries; • to keep health librarians and information officers informed professionally; • to encourage mobility and continuing education, especially in regard to new technologies; • to represent health librarians at European level, in particular at European institutions and at WHO. Its activities include the Newsletter to European health librarians published quarterly, a directory of health libraries in Europe, the organisation of biennial European conferences of medical and health libraries, professional exchanges of librarians and traineeships, and projects intended to promote cooperation between health libraries in Europe. ExchangeExchange Contact: Andrew Chetley, Director Tel: +44 20 7539 1591 Fax: +44 20 7539 1580 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.healthcomms.org Exchange works to improve the health and quality of life of poor people by encouraging the exchange of relevant knowledge, information and experience. The Exchange programme is hosted by Healthlink Worldwide and supported by the UK Department for International Development. Exchange promotes learning and encourages sharing of information about effective health communication, undertakes advocacy to engender a more favourable climate in which health communication activities can flourish, and maintains a brokerage role to help match health communication needs to available resources. Exchange aims to: • share widely information and knowledge on effective health communication; • increase the involvement of Southern organisations in generating, analysing and applying good health communication practice to encourage pro-poor health services; • develop effective communication and advocacy tools on improving monitoring and evaluation processes and encouraging behaviour change; • support strategic approaches to health communication. Exchange's underlying principle is that it strengthens and links existing initiatives and networks. It supports new initiatives, or meets those needs that are not being undertaken by others and therefore are unlikely to be met. In doing so, it aims to facilitate, enable and strengthen work already going on within the health communication sector. It provides a leadership function and promotes debate and mutual learning about good practice, but without imposing a pre-set agenda. As a facilitating body, it does not normally play a direct role in funding actual health communication projects. As a learning programme and an iterative process, Exchange monitors, documents and evaluates its own achievements to be able to respond to changing needs and demands of the constituencies with which it works. Exchange emerged from a strong consultative process. It continues to consult regularly and widely to ensure that the voices of people living and working in the South are heard, reflected upon and acted upon as Exchange develops. ExtraMEDExtraMED Contact: Diana Zielinski Tel: +44 1730 301297 Fax: +44 1730 265398 E-mail: [email protected] Web: ExtraMED originated from a project of the World Health Organisation. It consists of the publication in CD-ROM format of copies of health and biomedical journals, containing all the text and illustrations of the original journal articles. The text is in page images – printouts look like photocopies of the original articles, catalogued and searchable by keyword. Taking its name from the fact that it comprises journals that are `extra' to MEDLINE, ExtraMED focuses on journals that are largely excluded from the international indexes. The ExtraMED Consortium of Journals now comprises over 290 biomedical journals throughout the world, selected through WHO's various Index Medicus projects. ExtraMED is designed to serve the purposes of promoting the literature of developing countries, while subsidising its production and development through subscription revenue. At the same time it provides a powerful new research and diagnostic tool. The journals in ExtraMED are mostly from developing countries. They include many topics that MEDLINE journals do not cover adequately. Printed copies of the articles can be made from the disk. The main advantage of ExtraMED is that it gives the most important medical journals of the non-MEDLINE world in one source. The CD-ROM is published every month and contains the equivalent of 8000 pages. Global Health Network (GHNet)Global Health Network Contact: Prof Ron LaPorte E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/ The Global Health Network (GHNet) aims to improve international health through the application of telecommunication systems to the public health sector, with direct ties to other sectors of government. The initiative began in 1994 and involves collaboration among individuals from academia (University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University), federal agencies (NASA, USAID), international agencies (World Bank), and industry (IBM, AT&T). It is currently funded by the National Library of Medicine. GHNet consists of five components: internet access for public health workers; telemonitoring of diseases; global health network university; internet access for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in health; and the global health information server. GHNet Supercourse will build on existing low-cost internet connectivity worldwide to monitor disease and provide access to databases to improve healthcare practices. GHNet has developed a global course to improve the teaching of epidemiology/public health and telecommunications. The course is aimed at health professionals, computer scientists, dental and veterinary workers, public health physicians and pharmacists, among others. All lectures are extensively peer-reviewed. Supercourse currently has over 600 lectures from over 115 countries on prevention, epidemiology and the internet, providing an outstanding educational resource for students and instructors from all over the world. Healthlink WorldwideHealthlink Worldwide [updated Nov 2004] Contact: Christine Kalume, Information Production and Management Team Leader Tel: +44 20 7539 1570 Fax: +44 20 7539 1580 E-mail: [email protected] [enquiries] Web: http://www.healthlink.org.uk [email protected] [direct] Healthlink Worldwide works to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged and vulnerable communities in developing countries, by working in partnership to:
These partners include formal partnerships with organisations in countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, informal partnerships and linkages with other civil society organisations, academic institutions and government agencies, and consultancies with clients worldwide.
Healthlink Worldwide is in the process of developing practical approaches to communication for advocacy; to find out about this project visit:
www.healthlink.org.uk/world/seasia.html. Human Info NGO – Humanity Information ProjectHuman Info NGO – Humanity Information Project Contact: Dr Michael Loots Tel: +32 3 448 0554 +32 3 440 5459 Fax: +32 3 449 7574 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] The Human Info NGO / Humanity Libraries Project is a network project of 200 partners. Its aim is to provide practical digital libraries of thousands of essential publications to developing countries through low-cost CD-ROMs and internet. These libraries contain most multidisciplinary solutions, know-how and ideas needed by persons involved in development, well-being and basic needs, either to help themselves or to help other people. The target audience includes libraries, health centres, local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), policy-makers, development workers, and schools. The general project aims are: • to create and distribute a low-cost basic needs library of 3000 essential books, available to all in developing countries; • to create specialised digital libraries in the fields of health, children, nutrition; • to participate in networks of organisations willing to co-operate, and to share resources and publications, in an open, non-profit network system between UN, development agencies and NGOs; • to help other organisations to create their specific development or humanitarian library collections or multimedia discs; • to create a catalyst movement so that the concept can be copied and translated to many local languages and situations. We invite partner organisations to join, to participate in distribution, and to share their publications. International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR)International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR) The IUPHAR newsletter, Pharmacology International, is published twice
yearly in June and December. International Union of Physiological Sciences, see under Agriculture. Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) – Royal Tropical InstituteKoninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen Contact: Drs J H W van Hartevelt, RI Tel: +31 20 568 8290 / 8298 Fax: +31 20 665 4423 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.kit.nl The information, library and documentation department (ILD) collects, documents, interprets, disseminates and manages information about international development issues and developing countries. It also houses the AIDS coordination bureau which acts as a secretariat and resource centre for the Dutch AIDS Coordination Group. The quarterly newsletter, AIDS/STD Health Promotion Exchange, is produced with the Southern African AIDS information dissemination service (SAfAIDS) of Zimbabwe. The newsletter is distributed free to subscribers in developing countries. The resource pack, Facing the Challenges of HIV/AIDS/STDs: a gender-based response, was jointly published with SAfAIDS and the World Health Organisation in 1995, and is available in English and French. In order to close the gap between information needs and information demand, ILD has focused its efforts on ensuring the dissemination of the right information to the right person. Information management projects have been implemented in many developing countries covering, among other subjects, the effective management of information services and the development of library collections. Latin American and Caribbean Centre on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)Latin American and Caribbean Centre on Health Sciences
Information (BIREME) Contact: Abel Laerte Packer Tel: +55 11 5576 9800 Fax: +55 11 5575 8868 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.bireme.br The Latin American and Caribbean Centre (generally known as BIREME, from its original name Biblioteca Regional de Medicina) is an international organisation that aims to improve the access for Latin American health professionals to the best available health literature, and to facilitate the dissemination and application of Latin American health science research. BIREME was founded in 1967 through the collaboration of the Pan American Health Organization, the School of Medicine of Sao Paulo, the Health Secretariat of the State of Sao Paulo, and the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. It now operates in 37 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. BIREME services include: bibliographic searches; document delivery; bibliography supply; selective dissemination of information; information technology development; creation and maintenance of databases; bibliographic, numeric, and factual directories; and the development of electronic publications. BIREME's main database is LILACS (Literatura Latino Americana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud), a trilingual system in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, based on the American equivalent MEDLARS from the National Library of Medicine. The creation and implementation of the Virtual Health Library is the strategy that BIREME intends to adopt for the promotion of technical cooperation in information toward and among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Developed with the Pan American Health Organization, the objective is to provide an organised and efficient response to the emerging needs of the countries in the region to produce and operate health information resources through the internet. National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health (NLM)National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health Contact: Julia Royall, Special Expert Tel: +1 301 496 2311 Fax: +1 301 496 4450 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.nlm.nih.gov The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers free access to Medline and other databases via PubMed and Internet Grateful Med. This resource can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html. Information about international document delivery is also available at this website. The NLM is collaborating with the Fogarty International Center on the International Training in Medical Informatics programme. The goal is to build the capacity of biomedical scientists, clinicians, librarians, and other health professionals in developing countries to access, utilise and construct computer-based tools such as automated libraries, on-line communication, databases and analytical software that may best advance biomedical research and public health in those countries. Grantees are US non-profit institutions collaborating with countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigerian Medical Forum (UK/Ireland) (NMF)Nigerian Medical Forum [updated Nov 2004] The Nigerian Medical forum (NMF) is a voluntary, non-profit-making and non-political organisation with membership open to every healthcare professional of Nigerian origin resident in the UK and Ireland. Associate membership is open to any other person who shares the objectives of the NMF. Ontario College of Family PhysiciansOntario College of Family Physicians The College is seeking support in funding shipping costs and finding
appropriate recipients. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)Pan American Health Organization E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.paho.org/ Web (library): http://165.158.1.110/english/dbl/dbl_home.htm The EPI Bulletin reports and comments on the
epidemiological status of communicable diseases of priority
public health concern. It provides information on technical
aspects of disease surveillance and prevention and control
programmes in the Americas. Partnerships in Health Information (PHI)Partnerships in Health Information Contact: Jean Shaw, Programmes Officer Tel: +44 1761 436641 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://omni.ac.uk/hosted/phi The aim of Partnerships in Health Information (PHI) is the relief of poverty, sickness and distress by contributing to improvements in health care in developing countries, and to advance education by encouraging the more effective flow of medical knowledge between nations, using appropriate technology. PHI creates partnerships between health science information services in the UK and developing countries, and so to: • assist and enable information professionals in developing countries to make the best use of new information services in health information; • explore with information professionals in developing countries ways in which important health information might be made more accessible to all health professionals Health Science Library Liaison Partnerships PHI maintains two long-term partnerships with medical libraries in Uganda and Sierra Leone. The programme is low-cost with an emphasis on training visits and exchange of experience. PHI publishes a handbook outlining the aims of the scheme. PHI also provides support to health library partnerships by means of a triennial news sheet, giving news of other partnerships and information which may be of use to partners. New partnerships will be set up as circumstances allow. Project HOPE - the People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.Project HOPE - the People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. [updated
Nov 2004] Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)Royal Society of Medicine Contact: Peter Richardson, Managing Director, RSM Press Tel: +44 20 7290 2920 Fax: +44 20 7290 2929 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.rsm.ac.uk The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) publishes, through Royal Society of Medicine Press (RSM Press), a number of journals eg Tropical Doctor, International Journal of STD & AIDS and Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. It produces conference proceedings and a wide range of books, and develops educational packages in printed and electronic formats. RSM also maintains a library for members and organises conferences and courses. The Society is willing to exchange journals or other publications with organisations in other countries and is participating in the Health InterNetWork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) with those of its journals that are online. An alternative contact is Delia Siedle (Tel: +44 20 7290 2923). SATELLIFESATELLIFE Contact: Leela McCullough, Director, Information Services Tel: +1 617 926 9400 Fax: +1 617 926 1212 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.healthnet.org SATELLIFE is an international, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the mission of building healthier communities in the developing world through the power of information technology. It was started in 1985 by the eminent cardiologist, Dr Bernard Lown, co-founder of the Nobel Prize winning organisation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. As an innovator in strategic applications of e-mail, SATELLIFE has developed a suite of information services designed to foster the global exchange of information among health professionals, focussing on the needs of the developing world: • Global Electronic Discussion Groups – public e-mail fora in which health professionals from all over the world can discuss issues of common concern and share critical information. SATELLIFE's discussion groups have been designed to focus global dialogue on a number of topics of special importance to the developing world, including HIV/AIDS, essential drugs, cardiovascular health, and health systems research. • Electronic Publications – subscriptions to medical journals are beyond the financial reach of most health professionals and medical libraries in the developing world. SATELLIFE helps those in need to overcome this obstacle by distributing newsletters featuring abstracts, summaries, and selected full-text articles from the world's leading medical journals via e-mail, by special arrangement with the journal publishers. • GetWeb – the world wide web is a rich source of information that could contribute to better health in the developing world. Unfortunately, web access is prohibitively expensive in many developing countries. To facilitate universal web access, particularly to reliable, high quality health sites, SATELLIFE has developed GetWeb, a tool that enables users to download text from web pages by submitting an e-mail request. An automated response system at SATELLIFE extracts the requested information from the web and returns it to the user as an e-mail message. SATELLIFE's information services are available free to health professionals in the developing world. For subscription details, please e-mail . Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC)Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC) [updated Nov 2004] Contact: David Chandler, General Manager Tel: +44 1727 853869 Fax: +44 1727 846852 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.talcuk.org/ Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC) is a registered UK charity (no: 279858) founded in 1965 by Prof.David Morley. Its main objective is to promote the health of children and advance medical knowledge and teaching in the UK and throughout the world by providing and developing educational material. The majority of TALC's work is focused on the production and supply of low cost books, which includes many essential texts on tropical medicine, nursing, surgery, HIV/AIDS, child-to-child teaching books and infectious diseases. TALC provides other teaching aids including 35mm slides sets, PictureCard training packs, rehydration spoons, child growth monitoring equipment. TALC has also recently taken over the Strategies for Hope series (www.stratshope.org), which includes the well-known publication called Stepping Stones. TALC has started to develop health information on CD-ROM under a project heading called e-TALC based at an office in Oxford. Further details are available at www.e-talc.org. Much of TALC's material can also be viewed or purchased within the resource centre housed at the library of the Institute of Child Health at 30 Guilford Street, London. TALC has a small number of dedicated volunteers, part-time and full-time staff. The management of TALC consist of an executive management committee, which meets regularly and is advised by number of experts via a medical advisory board. TALC is keen to work with other organisations throughout the world to achieve its aims and objectives. Strategies for Hope World Health Organization (WHO) HQ-LIBRARYWorld Health Organisation Library Tel: +41 22 791 2062 Fax: +41 22 791 4150 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.who.int/library/ The WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK) provides comprehensive library and information services on WHO-produced recorded information in print and other media. In addition, library services give access to worldwide health, medical and development information resources to WHO headquarters, regions and country offices, ministries of health and other government offices, health workers in Member States, other UN and international agencies, and diplomatic missions. The WHO library programmes help regions and developing countries achieve self-sufficiency in providing information services to the health sector. The WHO Library database (WHOLIS) and the WHO Library historical collections give access to the WHO collective memory. Thousands of WHO technical documents and out-of-print publications are available in full text from the WHOLIS database at: http://www.who.int/library/database/index.en.shtml Among the outreach activities to developing countries are the following: • the Blue Trunk Library Project which aims to to be a resource of some 150 basic manuals intended for developing countries, many published by WHO, packaged in a blue mental trunk as a ready-to-use library for doctors, nurses and health workers in community health centres or district hospitals. Over 1000 have been purchased and distributed to African and the Middle East, in English and French versions. • an international exchange of health science books and periodicals. Membership in the exchange simply entails sending in the name of the library to the WHO Library. Participating libraries send their lists of offers and needs to the WHO Library, which duplicates the lists and sends them to the member libraries. These libraries then contact each other to request specific items. Libraries in the developed world are asked to pay the postage for material going to the developing world. • the regional index medici are published by the different WHO Regional Offices in order to promote visibility of locally published health and biomedical journals and grey literature. (See the links from the WHO Library site to the Regional Office indexes at : www.who.int/library/country/regional/index.en.shtml ). World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO-EMRO)World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern
Mediterranean [updated Nov 2004] Contact: Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Regional Advisor, Health Information Management Tel: +20 3 4830090/7/8/9 Fax: +20 3 4838916 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.emro.who.int The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) represents 22 Member States, working with ministries of health to support health development in the region. One of its aims is to foster the generation, dissemination and organisation of health literature and biomedical information services relevant to the Region.
EMRO supported the development of a global collaborating centre for health and biomedical information in Teheran and has 17 National Focal Point Health Science Libraries operating as tributaries to the regional system. They are able to offer WHO and non-WHO (new) books, current journals, CD-ROM publications, library equipment, and photocopies of articles to health and medical libraries. The Office produces the
Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, which lists all journal articles from the Region and can be accessed at:
http://www.emro.who.int/his/VHSL/Imemr.htm.
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