Rural and Remote Health, the international, electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health education, practice and policy is an initiative of the Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, located in south-eastern Australia. The Journal's aim is to provide an easily accessible, peer-reviewed, international evidence-base to inform improvement in health service delivery and health status in rural communities.
Useful Resources
Strategic Communication in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
This book promotes the use of strategic communication to fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Focusing on strategic communication for positive and measurable behaviour change, the authors elaborate on a wide range of issues including: the importance of advocacy and community mobilization; comprehensive approaches to prevention and the use of communication in reducing stigma; communication programmes for a wide range of specific groups including intravenous drug users and refugees; the role of communication in support of clinical and social services; the care and support of vulnerable children; and selected communication approaches such as entertainment-education, telephone hotlines and digital communication.
Newsletter of the Council on Health Research for Development
The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) is an international non-governmental organisation that works towards enabling countries to set up and use health research to foster health, equity in health, and development. A special edition of the COHRED newsletter looks at COHRED's impact on health research for development since it was established in 1993.
The Link: HIV/AIDS communication
The first issue of the Healthlink Worldwide newsletter, 'The Link', looks at the efficacy and appropriateness of HIV/AIDS communication - which become ever more critical as the epidemic's complexity and spread continue to grow.
Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe web page
The Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe web page http://www.afronets.org/mrcz.php has just been updated. You may visit this page if you require information on conducting health research in Zimbabwe. Ethics Committee application forms can also be downloaded from our page.
New AIFO webpage
Among the new additions are online books, documents and reports related to leprosy, disability, primary health; etc, some online learning courses and online exhibitions.
Pharmatalk - Creating communities
Pharmatalk.co.tz will feature a variety of discussion groups and you can post and receive messages online as well as create your own groups as you go along.
Building Blocks
Building Blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes is a set of six locally adaptable resources to help communities and local organisations in Africa support children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. These resources are based on the experience of the Aids Alliance, its partners and other organisations and have been produced in English, French and Portuguese.
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
In response to an overwhelming appeal for access to health information from researchers and scientists in the developing world, the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) was launched in January 2002. HINARI is a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and major international publishing companies and offers access to academic institutions, which currently provides free or low-cost access to over 2400 online biomedical and social science journals for eligible institutions in 103 countries.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30573
Training Manual for Health and Social Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implementation of the Essential Nutrition Actions
Health care workers are an invaluable resource for improving maternal and child nutrition in developing countries. Recognizing the need to reinforce the capacity of health care workers in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) and BASICS II projects developed a comprehensive training manual on implementation of Essential Nutrition Actions.