Disasters info Disastres
The site is a gateway to websites and full-text publications that relate to disaster management in the Caribbean and Latin American. The links include regional organizations and courses in disaster management. The site is available in English and Spanish and is maintained by the Pan American Health Organization.
http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/socios_eng.htm
Environmental Health Project The Environmental Health Project aims to reduce mortality and morbidity in children by improving environmental health, providing access to expertise in environmental health at the USAID. The site is maintained by the Bureau for Global Health, Agency for International Development, U.S. http://www.ehproject.org/
Ethnomed
This site provides medical and cultural information that relates to health care of the following cultural groups: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Mexican, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, Vietnamese. The site is designed for use by health professionals in the USA, but is useful for any health professional who deals with patients from a diverse range of cultures. The site is maintained by the Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, U.S. http://www.ethnomed.org/
Focus on Field Epidemiology
This site contains a series of pdf files and presentation slides about topics on ‘practical approaches’ in field epidemiology, including management of disease outbreaks. The information is intended primarily for U.S. health professionals, but the content is clear, generic and applicable in any country. The site is maintained by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, U.S. http://www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp/focus/
Global Forum for Health Research
Established in 1998, the Forum aims to correct the '10/90 gap'. Every year more than US $70 billion is spent on health research and development by the public and private sectors. An estimated 10% of this is used for research into 90% of the world's health problems. This is what is called "the 10/90 gap". The Forum organizes annual meetings, helps develop priority-setting methodologies and supports networks in priority health research areas. The site contains information about the Forum’s programs and fulltext pdf files of relevant research. http://www.globalforumhealth.org/
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd ed. This site provides recommendations on preventive interventions for more than 80 conditions. It contains links to full-text (PDF) files, organized by disease and intervention (screening, counselling, immunizations and chemoprophylactic regimens). The site is maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/guidecps/
Health Manager’s Toolkit
The site provides a selection of tools for health professionals to provide high quality and sustainable health services. The tools are organized by subject area and include spreadsheet templates, forms for data gathering, checklists, guidelines and self-assessment tools. The content is available in Spanish, Portuguese and French and is maintained by Management Sciences For Health, U.S. http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=toolkit&language=english
Health Systems Resource Center (HSRC)
The site contains practical information on health service delivery, with an emphasis on the delivery of affordable health services to poor people in developing countries.. The site is organized by topics and countries and also contains links to related newsletters, journals and databases. It features a ‘human resources for health’ dossier or online guide - see http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/dossiers/hr/index.htm. The site is a collaboration between Eldis and the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, UK.
http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/
HEALTHe COMMUNICATION: an online resource for health communication practitioners
This site is an on-line resource of health communication tools. The resource is designed to grow and evolve as practitioners worldwide submit and review case studies, planning models, research and evaluation documents, and lectures and speeches. Besides the broad subject listings, it includes a keyword search engine and a ‘quick list’ tool. Individuals can submit resources online. The site is maintained by the Communication Initiative, USA. http://www.comminit.com/healthecomm/
Human Resources for Health Dossier The site describes how to develop human resources to improve health service delivery for poor people. It offers practical, up-to-date information and draws upon field evidence. The site is organized into broad subject categories and also contains a keyword search engine. This is a joint project of Health Systems Resource Centre and ELDIS, UK. http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/dossiers/hr/
Iron World Site Map
The site has extensive fulltext (pdf) information and links to iron deficiency, anaemia and micronutrient health issues (assessment, intervention strategies, guidelines and policies). The site is maintained by the Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service, based at Tufts University, U.S.
http://www.micronutrient.org/IDPAS/SiteMap.html
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
This site contains information about the organization and its projects. MSH is a non-profit educational and scientific organization that works to bridge the gap between science and public health. It currently has projects in 15 countries and works in the areas of primary health care, maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health. The organization has developed an extensive ‘electronic resource center' (http://erc.msh.org/) for health managers. http://www.msh.org/
Materials Media Clearinghouse
This is an international resource of pamphlets, posters, videos, and other media/materials designed to promote public health. It is supported by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, U.S. http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc/index.stm
The Nutrition Society: Information Sheets
This site contains MSWord bibliographies for nutritionists in developing countries. The ‘information sheets’ are: (1) Low cost journals and newsletters for nutritionists, (2) Sources of print materials for nutritionists in developing countries and (3) Sources of CD-ROMs for nutritionists in developing countries. It also contains a pdf file titled ‘Nutrition materials: Electronic information resources’. The website is maintained by the Nutrition Society, UK.
http://www.nutritionsociety.org/careers/studentsinfo.htm
portable Knowledge Assessment Development System (pKADS)
This site is a link to an open source, portable version of the Knowledge Asset Development system (pKADS) developed by the United Nations Population Fund. This tool is used to capture and share knowledge within an organization, by creating and editing knowledge asset details (categories, questions and answers, objectives, resources, network members, etc.) on a computer. It would be applicable to numerous health related projects. http://pkads.bis.ucc.ie/
Public Health Care Laboratory
The site emphasizes information for laboratory services in developing countries. It contains full-text information on equipment, training, total quality management procedures and a resource centre with links to related organizations, books and documents. http://www.phclab.com/
Public Health Resources Library This is an extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health. It includes links to related (image) sites. The site is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/
RHINO Listserv
RHINO (Routine Health Information Network) promotes high quality and practical approaches to the collection and use of routine health
information in developing countries. 'Routine health information' includes data such as patient records, epidemiological surveillance data, and vital
statistics such as mortality rates. RHINO is a joint venture of the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation Project, the World Bank, and John Snow, Inc
(U.S.).http://www.rhinonet.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=RhinoListServ
Routine Health Information Network (RHINO)
RHINO promotes high quality and practical approaches to the collection and use of routine health information in developing countries. 'Routine health
information' includes data such as patient records, epidemiological surveillance data, and vital statistics such as mortality rates. RHINO
provides workshops, on-line forums, a web based bibliography, full text documents and a listserv. The project's participants include developing
country governments, donor agencies and technical groups. It is a joint venture of the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation Project, the World Bank, and
John Snow, Inc (U.S.).http://www.rhinonet.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php
Social Medicine Portal The portal contains annotated links to fulltext documents on social medicine, a discipline that seeks to understand how health, disease and social conditions are interrelated. It is organized by broad subject categories that include social medicine, community health and health activism. This portal is a project of the Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, U.S.
http://www.socialmedicine.org/
Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) is a WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on the global tobacco pandemic. The site contains information on the programs, taskforces and international policies that deal with this epidemic. It also includes information on the health impact of tobacco use and links to tobacco related sites by country.
http://tobacco.who.int/
TraQ Program The site contains information on the ‘transfusion quality program (TraQ)’. It includes guidelines and manuals for the implementation of the program. The procedures are applicable to developing and transitional countries. Registration is required but is free. http://www.traqprogram.ca/
World Bank: Health Systems Development This site describes the World Bank’s policies and programs to foster good health and illness including sustainable financing and financial protection. It contains links to numerous fulltext policy statements and reports on public health and primary care topics. http://www1.worldbank.org/hnp/hsd/index.asp
World Oral Health Report 2003
This site is an abstract of the WHO World Oral Health Report and includes links to the fulltext pdf files in English and French. The document outlines the current oral health situation at global level and the strategies and approaches for better oral health in the 21st Century. http://www.who.int/oral_health/publications/report03/en/
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