This new journal will publish papers that make an original contribution to understanding the social dimensions of HIV/AIDS in African contexts. AJAR should be of interest to researchers in sociology, demography, epidemiology, psychology, anthropology, media, cultural studies, nursing, health promotion, social work, and economics.
Useful Resources
Electronic Delivery Kit Guide Announcement
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) has just published the Basic Delivery Kit Guide, a step-by-step manual for developing delivery kit programs. Designed for program managers who wish to develop a basic delivery kit as part of their integrated maternal and child health programs, this resource provides comprehensive and practical information on the design, development, distribution, and promotion of single-use, disposable delivery kits.
Further details: /newsletter/id/28886
Contact: apallat@path.org
Health Link Worldwide
CONSULTANCY UNIT UPDATE
Bulletin 2, September 2001
Welcome to Consultancy Unit Update! The update aims to provide an insight into the range and scope of services available to clients, and to enable general readers to follow the progress of the consultancy unit, in accordance with Healthlink’s drive toward greater transparency. This month’s update focuses on the effective development of resource centres; and the need for monitoring and evaluation. In STAFF PROFILE we talk to Victoria Richardson (Information Systems Officer), and Christine Kalume (IP&M Team Leader) about the launch of SOURCE and their role in Healthlink Worldwide.
Further details: /newsletter/id/28916
Contact: drew.r@healthlink.org.uk
Meeting Young Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health Needs
Today's young women are the healthiest and most educated to date, but they still face obstacles to achieving their full potential. This four-page fact sheet discusses the sexual and reproductive health of young women and the steps that countries can take to meet young women's needs for reproductive health information and services.
Document code: PRBIWOKIT01. To obtain, put document code in the body of an e-mail.
Contact: documents@prbdocs.org
reproductive health
Tracking Changes and Optimising Performance
How do you measure the value of a specific reproductive health (RH) programme? What indicates the value of NGO interventions in the field of RH? What is the difference between monitoring and evaluating? These and many more questions are answered in the eleventh EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia (RHI) Fact Sheet on Monitoring and Evaluation in a sexual and reproductive health (SRH) context, written by Megan Douthwaite and Ronald Horstman of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), respectively.
Further details: /newsletter/id/28913
Contact: rhi_info@asia-initiative.org
Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa:
A Chartbook on Sexual Experience and Reproductive Health
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the world's youngest populations. At the beginning of the 21st century, about one out of every four people in sub-Saharan Africa is 10 to 19 years old. This is the largest group of young people ever in the region. To what extent are young people in the region prepared for adulthood? This chartbook examines factors that are important to a healthy transition, including education and exposure to information, sexual experience and marriage, HIV/AIDS, childbearing, contraception, and maternal health. Document code: PRBIYSSAENG
To obtain, put document code in the body of an e-mail.
Contact: documents@prbdocs.org
Heredity
An International Journal of Genetics
From 2002, Nature Publishing Group will publish Heredity, a journal of the Genetics Society. Focusing on eukaryotes, the journal publishes key papers on ecological, population and evolutionary
genetics, including human population genetics; genomics and post-genomics as applied to evolutionary questions; biometrical and statistical genetics; animal and plant breeding and cytogenetics. For submission and subscription enquiries e-mail us.
Contact: hdy@nature.com
HOSPICAL - tool for allocating hospital costs
From Management Sciences for Health
Hospital managers, policymakers and provincial health officers can use HOSPICAL to analyse current costs and revenue. It consists of a user's guide and an electronic spreadsheet file that allows managers to manage resources more effectively. It is available free of charge to institutions in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Contact: bookstore@msh.org
Mini-portal on environmental health
The Info Services page on the Environmental Health Project website has been changed to a mini-portal on environmental health to hopefully provide a more organized and convenient method for obtaining information on environmental health. Please check it out and contact Dan Campbell if you find it useful and if you have suggestions and other categories or resources to add.
Contact: campbelldb@ehproject.org
Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences
Updated August 1, 2001
Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health - USA
The National Institutes of Health is one of many public and private organizations across the globe that provide international support for biomedical research and training. Since 1988, the Fogarty International Center has published the Directory of International Grants and Fellowships in the Health Sciences. This directory is a comprehensive compilation of international opportunities in biomedical research.