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).
Useful Resources
IDRC Online courses: Designing and conducting Health Systems Research projects
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.
Book to help young people
This 78-page resource manual, produced by JSI(UK)-Zimbabwe and funded by DFID Zimbabwe, is designed to encourage and help groups of young people support either younger children or their peers who are living in communities and households affected by AIDS. It contains a Training Guide for facilitators to use to prepare young people to implement community activities, and a Community Activities section that suggests activities young people can undertake in their communities.
IPHC/Medact international health newsletter
The International People's Health Council and Medact have launched a clearinghouse on the politics and economics of international health. This comprises a website (the global economics and health folder at www.medact.org) and a monthly e-mail bulletin. Associated resources are also available at www.iphcglobal.org.
Sabbatical Research Grants
The Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) is offering Sabbatical Research Grants to successful applicants based in Eastern and Southern Africa. Proposals may be submitted by researchers from any of the disciplines in the social sciences involving applied social and economic analysis of contemporary development issues.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30312
INASP Health Links
INASP Health Links is an Internet Gateway to more than 600 websites selected for health professionals, medical libraries, and publishers in developing and transitional countries. Several updates have recently been added.
The Social Medicine Portal
This website is devoted to promoting the principles and practice of social medicine. The goal in developing this site is to put readers in touch with some of the diverse international resources available for health activists and those interested in the interactions between health and society.
Treating HIV & AIDS: A training toolkit
NAM, the publisher of http://www.aidsmap.com and the electronic newsletter "HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice", has launched a major new resource, 'Treating HIV & AIDS: A Training Toolkit'. This project is a response to the scaling-up of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings, and was developed with the support of doctors providing training on ARVs in Botswana, Kenya and South Africa.
African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI) newsletter
The African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI) is a collaboration of youth and community-based projects and organisations in Africa working to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria. The ARYI releases a newsletter every two months full of latest activities and events being implemented by ARYI members around the world. The January edition of the newsletter has just been released.
AMEDEO weekly emails
AMEDEO has been created to serve the needs of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, other members of the health professions, and patients and their friends. They can easily access timely, relevant information within their respective fields. AMEDEO’s core components include weekly emails with bibliographic lists about new scientific publications, personal Web pages for one-time download of available abstracts (see example), and an overview of the medical literature published in relevant journals over the past 12 to 24 months. All these new information resources are free of charge.