A new website dedicated to science, technology, and development was launched in London, UK on
Dec. 3, 2001. Called SciDev.Net, the site aims to be both a source of information and a forum for the exchange of ideas of relevance to the developing world. Two prestigious journals, Nature and Science, are backing the initiative and will give free access to selected articles each week. In addition, a network of correspondents will bring news about scientific and technological developments in the South to a global audience. Its broad objective is to help empower individuals, communities and decision-makers in developing countries, in particular by increasing their ability to ensure the effective contribution of science and technology to public health and economic well-being in an environmentally sustainable way. An integral part of the website will be a series of 'dossiers'. These will bring together various types of material - ranging from short news items and opinion articles to authoritative 'policy briefs' - on key topics at the interface between science, technology and society, with a particular focus on the relevance of these topics to developing countries.
Useful Resources
The TB Information Guide, Version 2.0 CD-ROM is now available with updated content and improved usability. The CD-ROM provides ready access to education and training materials, major CDC TB guidelines, Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports, surveillance reports, slide sets, and publications ordering information.
The Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB) and the World Bank Early Child Development Team have launched the revised AIDS Orphans Assistance Database (AOAD). The purpose of the AOAD is to facilitate communication among organisations and individuals worldwide which provide assistance to children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS and to their caregivers. The AOAD is an online tool that allows users to enter information, search for, learn about and contact others interested in helping children affected by HIV/AIDS.
The Body's mission is to: Use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians. Demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment. Improve patients' quality of life. Foster community through human connection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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