YouthNet, a program of Family Health International, is pleased to announce Youth InfoNet No. 7, a one-stop monthly source for new publications and information on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. You can read the newsletter online at the URL provided.
Useful Resources
Human rights related educational materials
The Department of International Law and Human Rights of the University for Peace, with the support of the Government of the Netherlands, has been working since October 2003 on an innovative human rights project, the Human Rights Educational Project (HREP). The aim of the project is to develop and disseminate educational materials related to human rights in response to the need of individuals and organisations, particularly in developing countries, to obtain convenient access to up-to-date human rights instruments and academic materials. Professionals, practitioners, volunteers, educators and human rights defenders can all benefit from the availability of human rights instruments through the use of a manual and a CD-ROM.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30460
Newsletter on poetry and HIV/AIDS launched
A new newsletter of Poetry on HIV/AIDS in Africa has been launched. The name of the newsletter is AIDS out of AFRICA. AIDS out of AFRICA will be a bi-annual newsletter appearing in June and December.
Contact: Mwaganu@aol.com
PDA4HEALTH electronic forum
PDA4HEALTH, a new electronic forum setup by SATELLIFE, aims to share up-to-date information, knowledge, and experiences on the use of handheld computers for data collection and information dissemination in developing country health settings. Organisations and institutions engaged in field projects are encouraged to exchange the lessons they have learned, challenges faced, and successes achieved. Join for free by sending a message to the email address below.
Contact: pda4health-join@healthnet.org
World Health Assembly Documentation
To access a range of World Health Assembly documents, speeches and resolutions, click on the link below.
Youth InfoNet newsletter online
Youth InfoNet No. 6 is now online. This one-stop monthly source for new publications and information on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention is produced by Family Health International's (FHI) YouthNet program.
2003 International Drug Price Indicator Guide with CD-ROM
The 2003 edition of the International Drug Price Indicator Guide provides a spectrum of prices from 19 sources, including non-profit drug suppliers, commercial procurement agencies, international development organisations, and government agencies. The Guide helps supply officers determine the probable cost of pharmaceutical products for their programs, compare current prices paid to prices available on the international market, assess the potential financial impact of changes to a drug list, and support rational drug use education.
e-discussion forum: Global reports
Looking at global reports over time gives us a sense of the various issues that have captured sufficient attention from policy makers and civil society to justify the effort to produce and diffuse a global report. One way to interpret the growth in the number and widening range of issues covered by Global Reports is to suggest that this growth in global reporting reflects the fact that an increasing range of global challenges has emerged. The point up for debate is: Has there been a match or a mismatch between the two? To subscribe to this debate, and to share your views with over 350 people who have registered with this e-discussion forum, send a blank email to: subscribe-gpgnet-reports@groups.undp.org. Read the complete background paper at http://www.gpgnet.net/topic06.php
IDRC Online courses: Designing and conducting Health Systems Research projects
This two-volume set presents a course outline, in modular format, that deals step-by-step with the development of a Health Systems Research (HSR) proposal and field testing (Part 1) and with data analysis and report writing (Part 2).
Web Tips: Useful web sites
* http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/const.htm
Search engine for Constitutions, treaties and declarations at Political Science Resources, UK Contains international conventions and treaties and national constitutions listed by country, A to Z.
* http://confinder.richmond.edu
Search database for National constitutions, organized alphabetically. University of Richmond, School of Law, USA
* http://doc-iep.univ-lyon2.fr/Resources/Liens/constitution-etr.html
Search database for national constitutions at University of Lyon. However, it is all in French, no obvious English option!
* http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
The World Fact Book. You select a country and under the government section, you can locate the icon for constitution. However, it only provides general information on when adopted, etc. The actual constitution is not listed.