For an overview of what ejournals are accessible in developing and transitional countries, go to the Fulltext Journals page of INASP Health. The page contains numerous annotated links. Of particular interest are: BMJ Journals: Countries with Free Access; FreeMedicalJournals.com; Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI); Highwire: Free Access to Developing Countries sites; and INASP: Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI).
Useful Resources
world bank website on health equity analysis
The World Bank has launched a website containing technical notes on quantitative techniques for health equity analysis. The site will eventually contain 20 notes covering: The measurement of key variables in health equity analysis; Generic tools in health equity analysis; and Applications to the health sector.
HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice
'HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice' is an email newsletter for doctors, nurses, health care workers and community treatment advocates working in limited-resource settings. It is published twice every month by NAM, the UK-based HIV information charity behind www.aidsmap.com. The newsletter is edited by Julian Meldrum, NAM's international editor.
information for aids professionals
The International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN /
http://www.iaen.org) recently polled its members in 130 countries about the best information resources available to AIDS professionals worldwide. The polling returned 85 completed surveys from 32 countries listing over 700 information resources. Approximately half of the returned surveys were from developed countries, half from developing countries.
Malaria Journal Available Online
Malaria Journal is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes original research papers on all aspects of malaria. The journal is edited by Marcel Hommel and a broad-based international editorial board. Malaria Journal has now published 24 articles, all of which you can freely access over the internet. Take a moment to browse the latest articles and consider sending your next manuscript to them.
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
Paul Farmer
Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues that promoting the social and economic rights of the world's poor is the most important human rights struggle of our times. With passionate eyewitness accounts from the prisons of Russia and the beleaguered villages of Haiti and Chiapas, this book links the lived experiences of individual victims to a broader analysis of structural violence. Farmer challenges conventional thinking within human rights circles and exposes the relationships between political and economic injustice, on one hand, and the suffering and illness of the powerless, on the other.
The Matrix: A human rights tool
The Human Rights Matrix lists the international human rights documents that are important to reproductive and maternal health, family planning, and HIV/AIDS. The Matrix permits you to access information about a POLICY country's human rights obligations. You can: Select a POLICY country and see the RH/MH/FP/HIV/AIDS-related human rights documents this country has signed; Select a right and see what RH/MH/FP/HIV/AIDS-related human rights documents have to say about this right; Select a document and see which rights are listed in this document and the document's exact language about this right.
UN Launches First Comprehensive Web Site on Gender and HIV/AIDS
In an effort to place gender equality at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS, the UN has launched its first comprehensive Web site that promotes understanding, knowledge and action on the epidemic as a gender and human rights issue. "By bringing knowledge and information to the global community, we are able to empower women," said Noeleen Heyzer, executive director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Designed to be user-friendly, informative and interactive, the site offers research, training materials, surveys, advocacy tools, current news and opinion pieces by leading experts.
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Virtual Campus for Public Health
The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) is a virtual space for interchange, communication, information, generation of useful knowledge, education and discussions among individuals and institutions on topics and priority issues related to processes of health sector reform, performance of essential public health functions, public health management and the institutional development of public health education.
World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work For Poor People: e-Discussion
During a 7-week period from April 14, 2003 through May 30, 2003, the World Bank and Public World will co-host a moderated electronic discussion on the forthcoming WDR 2004: "Making Services Work for Poor People". The e-discussion is an opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders from government, business, and civil society to exchange views about the content and main ideas of the draft report.
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