INASP Links & Resources INASP HEALTH LINKS: Library and Publishing SupportInformation for Development
Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) AHILA is a professional association with 46 country members and many partners and collaborators worldwide. The AHILA web site includes news and reports relevant to health information in Africa, and the opportunity to join the AHILA email discussion list, AHILA-net. http://www.ahila.org/
Basic Medical Library Management The site is geared toward non-professionals and professionals in health and hospital libraries within the United States. Topics discussed include administration, sources of information, medical databases, collection development and links to additional resources. Many of the basic concepts would apply to libraries in lesser developed countries. The site maintained by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, U.S. http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/mgmt/
Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library This ‘core collection’ for small medical libraries includes 630 books and 143 journals and is organized into 59 book and 46 journal subject headings. A classic in the U.S. medical library world, the list includes numerous books and journals that would be useful in building a print collection for a developing country library. Its use is limited because it is intended primarily for small medical libraries in the U.S. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=11337945
Child-to-Child Trust The Trust acts as a central core for health and education workers and programmes that encourage children and adolescents to take an active role in their health and development. The site contains information about the organization and participating groups, and its projects and training programs. It is maintained by the Institutes of Education and Child Health at the University of London, UK. http://www.child-to-child.org/
The Communication Initiative The Communication Initiative is a partnership of development organisations seeking to support advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international development. The site provides summaries of health related communication projects and studies. The material ranges from academic studies to grass roots projects. It is available in English and Spanish and includes a search engine. This is a USAID funded and maintained project. http://www.comminit.com/
Development Gateway This is the website of the Development Gateway, an organization that helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships to reduce poverty. It contains subject-based and keyword indices. For each topic, the sub-page contains a discussion of the key issues, current news and projects. Many of the subjects are health related including HIV/AIDS, population and reproductive health, gender issues and ICT for health care. http://www.developmentgateway.org/
Digital Dividend Project Clearinghouse This is a database of several hundred activities, ideas and shared experiences on digitally-enhanced projects providing services to underserved populations in developing countries. The database covers all sectors, including health. Registration is required (free). http://wriws1.digitaldividend.org/wri/app/index.jsp
Directory of Medical Libraries in Africa This site is an alphabetical country listing of medical libraries in Africa. For each institution, the site has name, contact, street and email addresses, telephone and url address if available. It is maintained by the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA). http://www.ahila.org/directory.php
Donation Programs for Books, Journals and Media This site links to organizations that supply printed materials specifically for health related organizations. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/hsl/donationprograms.html
Dreyfus Health Foundation The Dreyfus Health Foundation is a US non-profit organisation that aims to serve as a catalyst for better health world-wide through communication and collaboration. Its two main programmes are ‘Problem Solving for Better Health’ and ‘Communication for Better Health’ http://www.dhfglobal.org/
Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) EPT aims to support the electronic publication of scientific journals published in developing countries and thus contribute to narrowing the knowledge gap between scientists in the developed and developing regions of the world. http://www.epublishingtrust.org
Exchange: a Networking and Learning Programme on Health Communications for 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's underlying principle is that it strengthens and links existing initiatives and networks. The site includes the publication 'Findings', a new series of international perspectives on health communication. http://www.healthcomms.org/
Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centers This site is a directory of health information resource centres that is arranged alphabetically by country. The directory is maintained by the Health Information for Development project. http://www.iwsp.org/directory.htm
Handbook for Telecenter Staffs The Handbook provides an overview of the numerous aspects that are involved in the planning and daily functioning of a telecentre for community development. It is a self-learning tool and management guide and also serves as a reference resource for additional educational materials. The site is organized into ten pdf file modules. Although not specifically geared toward telehealth sites, the handbook contains considerable useful information. It is maintained by Cornell University, U.S. http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/commdev/handbook.cfm
Health Communication Materials Network (HCMN) HCMN is an international network of professionals specializing in the development of health communication materials - pamphlets, posters, video, radios, training materials, electronic media, etc. The site includes a visual database of health communication materials. It is maintained by the Media Materials Clearinghouse of the Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University , U.S. http://www.hcmn.org/
Health Information and Health Organizations in Africa This site is a gateway to African-related sites on travel health, health news, health research, UN agencies and WHO, conferences, bibliographies and indexes. It is maintained by the Department of African Studies, Columbia University, U.S. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/health.html
Health InterNetwork The Health InterNetwork project aims to bridge the "digital divide" in health information. Led by the World Health Organization, the project brings together public and private partners to ensuring equitable access to health information. The core elements of the project are content, Internet connectivity and capacity building. The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative is the initial project and provides access to 1500 ejournals. http://www.healthinternetwork.org/
Health on the Net Foundation (HON) Created in 1995, HON is a not-for-profit international organization whose mission is to guide lay persons and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. The site describes the organization and its projects and contains numerous e-health surveys and reports. The organization has developed the HON code of conduct, a set of eight principles for health sites’ reliability and credibility. http://www.hon.ch/
Healthlink Worldwide Healthlink Worldwide provides technical assistance to resource centres and publishers of health learning materials in developing countries. http://www.healthlink.org.uk/
Hesperian Foundation The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher committed to the promotion of the health of poor people around the world. It publishes books and other educational resources for community-based health care. The organization provides 1000 free copies per year of its titles to health workers from developing countries on demand. It also provides a quarterly women's health newsletter. http://www.hesperian.org/
INASP-Health Directory: 2003/2004 The INASP-Health Directory describes the range of international programmes working to improve access to reliable information for healthcare workers in developing and transitional countries. Intended for use as a reference and networking tool for all those with an interest in health information access, the Directory includes sections on Organizations that support book and library development; Providers of free or low-priced information; Professional associations and institutions; Distribution programmes; and Funding agencies. The online version is based on the INASP-Health Directory 2003/2004. http://www.inasp.org.uk//pubs/healthdir/index.html
International Health CD-ROM Exhibition This site is a list of health related CD-ROMs for developing countries. Many of the CD-ROMS are available free of charge to users in these countries. They are organized by medical subject, except for CD-ROMs produced by TDR, Wellcome Trust and Update Software, which produce CD-ROMs on several subjects and are listed separately. All the CD-ROMs were exhibited at the 25 November 2003 Health Information Forum held at the Wellcome Trust, London. http://www.inasp.info/health/workshop32/cdroms.html
International Health Impact Assessment Consortium (IMPACT) IMPACT is a consortium that brings together specialists to implement the use of ‘health impact assessment’ in developing and transitional countries. The site has information about the organization and its programs. It is maintained by the Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, U.K. http://www.ihia.org.uk/
Libraries for All: How to Start and Run a Small Library The site contains a manual with practical, step-by-step instructions for creating and managing a successful library. It was reviewed and field tested by a panel of international librarians and development workers. The site is maintained by the World Library Partnership with funding from UNESCO. http://worldlibraries.org/publications/lfa.shtml
Licensing Digital Information: Developing Nations Initiatives The site identifies programmes that bring high quality, peer-reviewed sciences journals to developing and transitional countries for free or minimal cost. It is organized alphabetically by publisher/organization with links to information on access procedures. The site is maintained by Yale University Library, U.S. http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtml
Media Materials Clearinghouse (MMC) MMC is an international resource for samples of pamphlets, posters, and videos designed to promote public health. Most of the information is free and some can be obtained online. The site includes NETLINKS, a database of organisations related to health, population, and international development. It is maintained by the Johns Hopkins, U.S; Population Information Program. http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc/
NGO Networks for Health The organization is a five-year global health project created in 1998 to meet the need for family planning, reproductive health, child survival, and HIV/AIDs information and services in developing countries. The site describes the organization's membership and projects. It contains full text pdf files of projects and strategies that can be adapted. The project is funded by USAID. http://www.ngonetworks.org/
Partnerships In Health Information (Phi) This website describes the organization and activities of Phi. The organisation creates partnerships and twinning between health science information services in the ‘North’ and developing countries. It works to build health information services in developing countries through professional development, information technology and co-operative initiatives. http://omni.ac.uk/hosted/phi/
pm2mail pm2mail (PUBMED-TO-EMAIL) is a free software that allows email access to PUBMED and to full-text articles of scientific and medical journals indexed by Medline. This is a useful tool for all professionals with slow access to the Internet. It can also be used to access articles via HINARI. Users that have questions about the program and use for access to HINARI or want to download it should contact Kurt Brauchli, Department of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland, the developer of the program. http://ipath.krot.org/cgi-bin/pm2mail/pm2mail
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/
Resource Centre Manual, 2nd edition This new edition was launched in October 2003. It contains detailed information on how to set up and manage a health ‘resource centre.’ Topics covered include: planning, management and finance, space and furniture, collection development, organizing information and computer/database usage. The content is available in PDF format (258 pages, 3.6MB) at the URL below, and is also available in plain text at http://www.healthlink.org.uk/pubs/rc-man-text.html The site is maintained by Healthlink Worldwide, UK. http://www.healthlink.org.uk/PDFs/resource-centre-manual.pdf
SatelLife SatelLife is an international, not-for-profit organization that provides connectivity and health information for health professionals in the developing world. The site includes links to a series of email discussion lists documents with some also being available in Spanish, French and Russian. http://www.satellife.org
Scientists for Health and Research for Development (SHARED) SHARED’s objective is to disseminate essential information on health research and development for developing countries. The website contains information about the organization, partners and projects. It includes a ‘health and development sites’ links section. http://www.shared.de/sharedhome.html
Teaching-aids at Low Cost (TALC) TALC is a non-profit organization based in the UK. It is a major distributor of low-price health books, slides and teaching equipment to developing countries. A new programme, e-TALC, aims to provide selected resources on CD-ROM. The TALC website includes an outline of its programmes and catalogues of available resources. http://www.talcuk.org/
World Health Report 2003 This year's report, shaping the future, emphasizes international action to tackle HIV/AIDS, polio, SARS and noncommunicable diseases can help strengthen health systems and meet other major public health challenges. The fulltext report also is published in Spanish and French with the overview being available in numerous languages as a pdf file. http://www.who.int/whr/
World Health Report 2004: Knowledge for Better Health This is an April 2004 pdf summary draft of the WHO report on the use of knowledge and research to improve health globally. The full report will be published later in 2004. http://www.who.int/whr/en/
World Report on Knowledge for Better Health 2005 The 2005 WHO Report focuses on bridging of the "know do" gap - the gulf between what we know and what we do in practice. The report is available as a pdf file and the summaries also are available in French and Spanish. http://www.who.int/rpc/meetings/pub1/en
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