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C-Channel (Communication for Change) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The purpose of this monthly e-newsletter is to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of communication for behavior change and social change as an integral part of development efforts. Primary sources of information are peer-reviewed journals, predominantly Open Access journals with content areas including family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, malaria and social and gender norms. Registration is required but is free. The newsletter is funded by USAID and hosted by AED/SatelLife.
http://sympa.healthnet.org/wws/info/c-channel-dw
Health and Family Planning Publications (USAID): Recent Bureau for Africa Publications (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is an extensive list of full-text articles on child
survival, health sector reform, family planning and
reproductive health and emerging health threats and crisis
response.
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/publications/health.html
HealthLink Bulletin (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Healthlink Bulletin is a free, weekly electronic newsletter
on health systems, development and policy in Southern Africa.
The content includes research, publications, conferences,
events, and news. The link listed below is the subscription
page of this e-bulletin. It is sponsored by Health Systems
Trust, an independent, South African non-government
organization.
http://www.hst.org.za/generic/33
HealthNet News: Publications (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
HealthNet News Publications contain recent, relevant, and
reliable health information taken from leading peer-reviewed
medical journals and international health organizations.
Newsletters are free-of-charge and are sent out via email.
The HNN newsletters address clinical issues, community
health, HIV/AIDS, and nursing. Many developing country health
care practitioners, researchers, librarians, and others use
HealthNet News as a convenient source of continuing medical
information. Due to contractual obligations with journal
publishers, permission to receive HealthNet News will only be
granted to developing country residents. 'HealthNet News' is
compiled by AED-SATELLIFE, a non-profit organization based in
Watertown, USA.
http://www.healthnet.org/e-newsletters
Medic8.com
Medic8 is mainly targeted to U.K. health professionals but it
provides useful lists of online medical journals, textbooks,
and medical dictionaries.
http://www.medic8.com
SciDevNet (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Chinese, French, Spanish)
The site is devoted to reporting on aspects of modern science
and technology that are relevant to sustainable development.
This site includes news, features, editorials, book reviews
and links to related organizations. It contains 'regional
gateway' pages for Latin America, Middle East, South and East
Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and a 'What's New' section in
English, French, Spanish and Chinese.
http://www.scidev.net/en/
Source: Newsletters and Journals Database (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This database contains links to over 150 'free or low cost'
newsletters and journals that are relevant to health in
developing and transitional databases. Many can be accessed
electronically from the database. Besides an alphabetical
listing, the titles can be accessed by keyword, country,
region, publisher or subject. It is maintained by the
International Information Support Centre, Source, UK.
http://asksource.ids.ac.uk/serials/browseregion.htm
WHOLIS (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
WHOLIS is the WHO Library's database. The site contains
numerous WHO full-text articles and technical documents from
1985 to date. Access is by keyword, author, title, series,
publication or series search. The site is available in
English, French and
Spanish.
http://www.who.int/library/databases/en/
World Health Organization Information Office: Fact Sheets (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
The site contains full-text fact sheets from the WHO. The
articles feature primary care, infectious diseases and
environmental and public health issues in developing
countries. The site is available in English and French.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/en/
World Health Organization: Health Topics A to Z (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
The site contains A to Z listing of all full-text health
topics ranging, from specific clinical topics to preventive
and environmental medicine. It includes a key word search
index and is available in English, French and Spanish.
http://www.who.int/topics/en/
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