Earlier this year, 'HIF-net at WHO' subscribers contributed ideas and perspectives around the theme of 'Local creation and adaptation of health information'. This took the form of a vibrant discussion on 'HIF-net at WHO'. Along with other material, the content of this discussion is helping to inform the G8 DOTS Force, a high-level international body 'addressing the global digital divide'. In addition, 'HIF-net at WHO' subscribers and others worldwide contributed more than 30 detailed case stories on health information, which were collated by INASP. These are now available in full at the URL provided.
Useful Resources
Source - A Health Resource Centre
Source is a unique resource centre, designed to meet the information needs of those working in health, disability and development worldwide. Source is an innovative collaboration between an academic institution, the Centre for International Child Health (at the Institute of Child Health, UCL), and two international NGOs, Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG) and Handicap International UK. Source is aimed at health workers, researchers, rehabilitation workers, non-governmental and governmental organisations and disabled peoples' organisations worldwide and has a unique collection of over 20,000 health and disability related information resources.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29452
WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health launches electronic newsletter
The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) has created an electronic newsletter to provide up-to-date information about national efforts to increase investment in health and improve the effectiveness of health expenditure. The MacroHealth Newsletter will feature Macroeconomics and Health Support Secretariat news, new findings on health investment and economic growth, country CMH launches and progress in implementing national work in macroeconomics and health.
Further details: /newsletter/id/29435
Annotated Bibliography on Equity in Health, 1980-2001
James A Macinko , Barbara Starfield
The purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of the published literature on equity in health and to summarize key articles relevant to the mission of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH). The intent is to show the directions being taken in health equity research including theories, methods, and interventions to understand the genesis of inequities and their remediation. Therefore, the bibliography includes articles from the health equity literature that focus on mechanisms by which inequities in health arise and approaches to reducing them where and when they exist.
Dateline Health-Africa.Net
This substantial health and development portal for the Africa region has just launched. It aims to raise living standards in Africa by promoting communication and access to information needed to improve health and wellbeing. The site offers a unique one-stop source for diverse, up-to-date and credible health resources including: news,
disease outbreaks, health alerts, information on diseases and condi- tions, research reports, policy and reform oriented editorials, ask- expert services, as well as reports and best practices in RH and HIV/AIDS, 24/7 TI/HIV/AIDS/TB live help line, lively community com- munication services, Online continuing medical education training and training in advocacy and policy analysis.
Global Plan to Stop TB
The Stop TB Partnership is pleased to announce the publication of the Global Plan to Stop TB. Please click on the links below to access the report. Note that the full report has been broken up in to different sections as otherwise it is too heavy to open online.
Health InterNetwork
The Health InterNetwork was created to bridge the "digital divide" in health, ensuring that relevant information - and the technologies to deliver it - are widely available and effectively used by health personnel: professionals, researchers and scientists, and policy makers. As the first phase of making vital health content available, the Health InterNetwork provides here a vast library of the latest and best information on public health: more than 2,000 scientific publications, one of the world's largest collections of biomedical literature.
Women, Children and HIV: Resources for Prevention and Treatment
This is a CD ROM containing over 5,000 pages of text related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of HIV infected women and children. Designed for ease of use for those who are seeking to establish, or have established, programs for women and children with HIV. Topics include counseling and testing, primary prevention, care of women, perinatal interventions, nutrition and infant feeding, care of children, rape and violence, orphans and families affected by HIV. Within each topic there are overviews, guidelines and policy analyses (WHO, CDC, NIH), community education information, research journal articles and reports, listings of organizations and related Internet sites. Included are sample model brochures and healthcare training instructions. Adobe Acrobat and a browser are included to allow for printing and searching.
Change:
Behaviour change and health
The CHANGE Project develops and applies practical solutions to behaviour change problems relevant to health and nutrition through collaborative partnerships with local governments, private voluntary agencies, non-governmental organisations and USAID co-operating agencies. Examples of problems that CHANGE focuses on include the "deadly delay" in seeking
treatment for sick children or women with complications in childbirth.
Database on Mobile Populations and HIV/AIDS
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) have set up a searchable web-based bibliography database on mobile populations and HIV/AIDS. CADRE is a South African non-profit organisation working in the area of HIV/AIDS social research, project development and communications. CADRE is hosting the database on their website: http://www.cadre.org.za Click on bibliographies in the menu, and put a tick mark left of the database HIV/AIDS and Mobile Populations in Southern Africa and search. Some search results have hyperlinks to electronic documents and other websites. If you have a new entry please email CADRE, they will update the database regularly.