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allAfrica.com: Health and Medical News Plus (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
This is a daily health bulletin gathered from African
correspondents and 60 national news agencies. It is organized
by date and category lists and contains numerous articles on
HIV/AIDS in Africa. The site is available in English and
French.
http://allafrica.com/health/
Eldis: Resource Guides (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The initial page of the Eldis site contains a series of Resource Guides that provide quick access to research and news on major policy issues including numerous health-related topics. It also contains current news items and links to the organization's of manuals and toolkits plus country profiles.
http://www.eldis.org/
HealthNet News (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 SatelLife, a non-profit organization based in Boston, USA.
http://www.healthnet.org/e-newsletters
Medilinks: The Gateway for Health Information in Africa (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Medilinks is an online source of relevant, concise health
related information for Africa. The site emphasizes current
health information. It also contains regional and country
based health statistics plus fact sheets on numerous
diseases.
http://medilinkz.org
SciCentral.com: Health Sciences Research News
SciCentral contains summaries of current research news with
links to fulltext articles. It includes feature articles and
more than 40 'specialty gateway' sections . It also contains
links to conferences, journals, databases, jobs and products.
http://www.scicentral.com/H-02heal.html
SciDev.Net: Health (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (Spanish, French)
The aim of the Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net)
is to provide reliable information on science and
technology-related issues that are relevant to developing
countries. The organization operates a free-access website
that provides news, views and information on science,
technology and the developing world. It includes news
stories, policy brief and opinion articles - on key issues
(HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Brain Drain, Research and Development,
etc.). The site provides "gateways" to regional news and also
contains "eguide to science communication" and "what's new"
sections in English, Spanish and French.
http://www.scidev.net/en/health/
World Health News (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
World Health News is an online news digest from the Center
for Health Communication of the Harvard School of Public
Health, U.S. It includes original reporting and a digest of
news stories and commentaries from newspapers and magazines
worldwide. The site is designed for policy makers,
journalists, public health researchers, practitioners, and
advocates.
http://www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/
World Health Organization: Disease Outbreak News (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site reports disease outbreaks that have been submitted
to the WHO's Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control
Committee. It is a tool to strengthen national and
international capacity in the surveillance and control of
communicable diseases.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
World Health Organization: World Health Reports (Focus on Low-Income Countries) French, Spanish)
The WHO World Health Reports are annual thematic reports
produced by WHO. The site includes access to the full text of
'World Health Report 2000 Health Systems: Improving
Performance'. The site contains links to previous reports,
the organization's press releases and other WHO resources. It
is available in English, Spanish and French.
http://www.who.int/whr/
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