HIFA2015 is a campaign and a knowledge network, building the HIFA2015 Knowledge Base, a picture of information needs and how to meet them. HIFA2015 involves more than 1,500 people from 110 countries worldwide. Members include health workers, publishers, librarians, information technologists, researchers, social scientists, journalists, policy-makers and others - all working together towards the HIFA2015 goal: by 2015, every person worldwide will have access to an informed healthcare provider. Membership is free and open to all.
Useful Resources
Public health toolkit
This is Public Health, 19 August 2008
As part of the ‘This is Public Health’campaign, ASPH has developed the This is Public Health toolkit which will serve as a resource for anyone who is interested in educating others about public health issues or the field of public health. The materials in the toolkit are suggestions or templates, which can either be used as is, or tailored to suit your specific audiences. The toolkit also includes links for other sources that can increase knowledge of public health both inside and outside the classroom. Materials will be provided that target a range of individuals, accommodating varying age groups and differing levels of familiarity with the field of public health. Organisations with communication or presentation tools to share with others on this site can email stickers@asph.org and ASPH to upload your suggestions.
The reporting skills and professional writing handbook (a practical guide for development professionals): module one- professional writing and the writing process
Kendrick N: Education, Language & Development, 2008
Professional writing can be a difficult process for development practioners, especially for those who do not have English as a first language. This module is part of the reporting skills and professional writing handbook comprised of eight easy to follow steps covering the entire writing process aimed at creating an understanding of what professional writing is and how to improve these writing skills.
Toolkit: disseminating research online
Fisher C: Global Development Network, 2008
What are the benefits of disseminating research online? How would you go about it if you do not have your own website? This toolkit addresses these and other questions, providing broad tips and suggestions for communicating academic research using the internet. It draws on best practice for web strategies from the information and commercial worlds. The toolkit identifies and focuses on five key elements of the process, including the Global Development Network (GDN) approach to research communication including GDNet style guides and a downloadable power point presentation about communicating research online. The author stresses that this toolkit does not cover everything needed for a comprehensive research dissemination strategy for institutes. Such a strategy will involve other channels of communication (paper-based outputs, meetings, workshops etc) and will depend on target audiences, institutional set up and finances.
Handbook on community-led total sanitation
Kar K, Chambers R: Plan International, 2008
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a participatory process focused on promoting change in sanitation behaviour through social action - stimulated by facilitators from within or outside the community. Aimed at empowering local communities this handbook is a source of ideas and experiences to be used for CLTS orientation workshops, advocacy to stakeholders as well as for implementing CLTS activities. It is intended as a tool for field staff, facilitators and trainers to plan, implement and follow up on CLTS activities.
New Europeafrica.org website
The new Europafrica.org website has been launched. It presents news and resources on the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and its Action Plan.
New HIFA2015 website launched on 1 July 2008
The new HIFA2015 website was launched on the 1st July 2008 and addresses the knowledge gap in health provision in developing countries. The aim is to develop this site substantially over the coming months - especially the
HIFA2015 Knowledge Base section.
Positive prevention: HIV prevention with people living with HIV and AIDS
The International HIV and AIDS Alliance, 2007
The International AIDS Alliance has produced a resource to help service providers working across the spectrum of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to take steps towards integrating HIV prevention for, by and with people living with HIV (PLWHA). The guide does not discuss or review all HIV prevention strategies and focuses largely on the sexual transmission of HIV. It consists of 15 strategies arranged into four themes including individually focused health education and support; ensuring access, scaling up and improving service delivery; community mobilisation and advocacy and policy change. For each section the guide details issues to consider including the most sensitive ways of dealing with HIV status disclosure; how best to provide information about testing, counselling and treatmentand how to facilitate post test clubs and support groups.
Participatory budgeting in Africa: A training companion with cases from eastern and southern Africa - Volume II: Facilitation methods
Affiliated Network for Social Accountability
Participatory budgeting in Africa is part of an effort to build the capacity of local government officials and their partners for greater accountability and good governance. This toolkit is aimed at helping local governments and other stakeholders to prepare for, design, initiate and manage a participatory budgeting process, by training key actors who initiate the budgeting processes. This is the second of two volumes that provide users with information, tools, methodologies, case studies and tips on how participatory budgeting can be introduced and sustained. These resources have been collected from local governments where participatory budgeting is already being practised.
Website on human rights and HIV in southern Africa
The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) is based at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa. PULP endeavours to publish and make available innovative, high-quality scholarly texts on law in Africa. PULP also publishes a series of collections of legal documents related to public law in Africa, as well as text books from African countries other than South Africa. On their website, they have interesting information on human rights and HIV and give case studies from southern African countries.