Oxford University Press has set up a program wherein scholars from developing nations are eligible for free or greatly discounted electronic access to a large number of professional journals.
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HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice #7, 12 June 2003
'HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice' is an email newsletter for doctors, nurses, health care workers and community treatment advocates working in limited-resource settings. The newsletter is published twice every month by NAM, the UK-based HIV information charity behind www.aidsmap.com.
OECD/WHO - Poverty and health guidelines
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and WHO have recently jointly published Poverty and Health in the Development Assistance Committee - DAC Guidelines and Reference Series. This DAC Reference Document dedicated to health and poverty in developing countries expands on the DAC Guidelines on Poverty Reduction and provides a set of policy recommendations to a broad range of development agency staff working on policy and operations. It provides a framework for action within the health system, and beyond it, through policies in other sectors and through global initiatives.
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Survey of thirty key medicines relevant to global disease burden in developing countries
In developing countries, most medicines are paid out-of-pocket by individual patients rather than being subsidised through social insurance. High prices are a major barrier to the use of medicines and better health, yet too little is known about the prices that people pay for medicines in low- and middle-income countries. This manual and the accompanying workbook and database, produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Health Action International (HAI), provide a new approach to measuring the prices of medicines. The survey is focused on thirty key medicines covering the spectrum of the global disease burden, particularly as it falls on low- and middle-income countries. This manual results from the widely-felt need for greater transparency on prices in the global medicines marketplace.
Synergy Project: HIV/AIDS Programming Toolkit Website and CD-ROM
The Synergy APDIME Toolkit is a resource to support programme designers and managers in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programming in the developing world. It is a window through which you can learn about programme outcomes, training guides and research findings. Tools include worksheets, budget templates, survey instruments, data and software produced by HIV/AIDS organisations from around the world. It was developed in collaboration with the University of Washington and contains five modules covering Assessment, Planning, Design, Implementation Monitoring, and Evaluation. Each module outlines a comprehensive step-by-step method and weblinks to hundreds of resources for programming.
The Supply Challenge
Throughout the world, reproductive health programmes are facing a growing crisis as a result of a lack of supplies which are essential for HIV/AIDS prevention, family planning, contraception and other vital sexual and reproductive health care services. This threatens the lives and rights of millions of men, women and children. The Supply Initiative has been set up to call attention to this crisis as well as to increase the availability and efficient use of human, institutional and financial resources for reproductive health supplies. The Supply Initiative web site is online under http://www.rhsupplies.org. Here you will find more details on reproductive health supply shortage and the activities of the Supply Initiative.
Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is one of the most widespread human rights abuses and public health problems in the world today, affecting as many as one out of every three women. It is also an extreme manifestation of gender inequity, targeting women and girls because of their subordinate social status in society. The consequences of GBV are often devastating and long-term, affecting women's and girls' physical health and mental well-being. At the same time, its ripple effects compromise the social development of other children in the household, the family as a unit, the communities where the individuals live, and society as a whole. Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds provides a strategy for addressing this complex problem and concrete approaches for carrying it out, not only for those on the front lines attending to the women who live with violence, but also for the decision-makers who may incorporate the lessons in the development of policies and resources.
WHO Macroeconomics and Health web site launched in May 2003
The new WHO Macroeconomics and Health website was launched in May 2003. The website will provide detailed information on WHO macro-economics and health work, the latest action in countries, news and links with related sites, and links to the CMH Report and its Working Group Reports. Published documents and reports can be downloaded from the site. To ensure that the website becomes a forum for sharing ideas, information and news, readers are encouraged to submit their views and work on macroeconomic and health issues.
Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
launch of international HIV/AIDS Internet resource
The Centre for HIV Information (CHI) at the University of California, San Francisco has launched an internationally oriented, HIV/AIDS Internet resource. The pages feature detailed global and regional overviews of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well as 194 individual country profiles containing key documents and links. This information is complemented by the Database of Country and Regional Indicators, which allows users to create customized, comparative tables of epidemiological and socio-economic data. Through this continuously updated, "one-stop" resource, visitors can access the best online information on the international AIDS pandemic.