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African Networks for Health Research and Development (AFRONETS)
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
Building Partnerships for Research in Global Health
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
Designing and Conducting Health Systems Research Projects
Equator Network
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Global Forum for Health Research
Global Forum for Health Research: Meetings List
HR4D-net
id21 health: Communicating Development Research
Intute: Health and Life Sciences (formerly BIOME/OMNI)
Medical Research Council of South Africa
National Health Research
SciCentral.com: Health Sciences Research News
SciDev.Net
Scientists for Health and Research for Development (SHARED)
Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA)
Webgraphy of Health Resources

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African Networks for Health Research and Development (AFRONETS)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site links to more than 20 African health research sites, and contains instructions on how to subscribe to the email discussion list, AFRO-NETS. The site is sponsored by SatelLife. http://www.afronets.org/

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Alliance is an international collaboration based in the Health Systems and Services Cluster in the World Health Organization (WHO). It promotes health policy and systems research to improve the health systems of developing countries. The site contains a link to the 2007 WHO Biennial Review that deals with ‘enhancing capacity for evidence-informed health policy’. http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/resources/Alliance_BR.pdf

Building Partnerships for Research in Global Health   (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Aimed at reducing the 10/90 discrepancy in health research, this toolkit has developed a set of actions to foster collaborative research and partnerships. It also contains a survey of global factors that have an impact on health systems and populations. Published in 2005, it was produced by the Task Group on Building Partnerships, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. http://www.ccghr.ca/docs/toolkit/050045_global%20health-eng.pdf

Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
COHRED is a Switzerland based non-governmental organization that promotes the use of health research for health, health equity and development in low-income countries. The site contains information on the organization’s goals and projects. The COHRED Site Map includes links to resources such as Health Research Web and the Health Research Watch. http://www.cohred.org/

Designing and Conducting Health Systems Research Projects  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This e-book is structured as a course, with 33 modules in two volumes. Volume 1 describes proposal development and field testing; Volume 2 looks at data analysis and report writing. The course was developed by the International Development Research Centre, Canada http://www.idrc.ca/panasia/ev-33013-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Equator Network  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Launched in the fall of 2007, the ‘Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research’ Network is an initiative that seeks to improve the quality of scientific publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research. The site contains a resource centre for authors, journal editors and peer reviewers and reporting guideline developers plus, from early 2008, educational material and training modules for these groups. The Network is an international group of experts on health research methodology, statistics and reporting. http://www.equator-network.org/

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research  (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
This site contains several full-text publications on health, reproductive healthcare and family planning, in English and French. The Foundation has a focus on Francophone regions, and developing and transitional countries. http://www.gfmer.ch/000_Homepage_En.htm

Global Forum for Health Research  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Global Forum focuses on the health problems of the poor. It aims to improve the allocation of research funds and facilitates collaboration among partners, both in the public and private sectors. The site includes the "10/90 Report" (an estimated 10% of global biomedical research funds are used for research into 90% of the world's health problems), the Annual Forum on Health Research, and Communicating Health Research. It has a substantial links page of organizations with an interest in health research and communication.  http://www.globalforumhealth.org/Site/000__Home.php  

Global Forum for Health Research: Meetings List  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site contains a list of current meetings that are relevant to researchers and practitioners in developing countries. For each conference, the site contains the date, title, location, organization, target audience, website link and a description of the event. It is maintained by the Global Forum for Health Research. http://www.globalforumhealth.org/Site/002__What%20we%20do/006__Provide%20information/001__Meeting%20list.php

HR4D-net  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
HR4D-net was launched 22 May 2006. Hosted by INASP, supported by the Global Forum for Health Research and INASP, and moderated by Robert Walgate. HR4D aims to bring people together to share ideas and debate on ways to communicate, improve and utilise health research. The list particularly aims to engage researchers, policy makers and health professionals in developing and transitional countries. To join the list send an email including your name, organisation, country, and brief description of professional interests to hr4d-net@dgroups.org or complete your profile at http://www.dgroups.org/groups/HR4D-net/

* id21 health: Communicating Development Research  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
id21 health contains a selection of the latest and best UK-based development research. It includes links to full text articles on: non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, sexual health, family planning, maternal health, child health, and environmental health, health economics and financing, and health systems and policy. http://www.id21.org/health/

Intute: Health and Life Sciences (formerly BIOME/OMNI)
BIOME provides access to quality Internet resources in the fields of agriculture, food, forestry, pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, nursing, dentistry, biological research, veterinary sciences, the natural world, botany, zoology, and more. Its five subject gateways are cross-searchable and cross-browsable. The service is coordinated by the University of Nottingham (UK), together with a formidable range of high profile partners and content providers from the UK health and life science sectors. The health sciences section is called OMNI (see below). http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Medical Research Council of South Africa  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The South Africa MRC site includes information about the organization's structure and activities including conferences, research, funding information, interorganizational collaboration and press releases. http://www.mrc.ac.za/

National Health Research   (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Sponsored by the Council on Health Research for Development (Switzerland), this series highlights key issues in managing health research in developing countries. It offers fulltext access to a synthesis of analysis, substantive reports and publications. The most recent publication is titled "What factors influence health research agendas in developing countries". http://www.cohred.org/publications/national_health_research.html

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  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
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 policy-oriented 'dossiers' (http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/) - 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/

Scientists for Health and Research for Development (SHARED)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Portuguese, Spanish)
SHARED provides information about ongoing research and development projects related to major health problems in developing countries. SHARED aims to enhance availability and exchange of information on health research with and in developing countries. It promotes partnerships in research through international equitable networking and improves the relevance of health research for development through enhanced coordination with the health sector. The site is funded by the European Union and European Commission and is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. http://www.shared-global.org/main.asp

Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA)  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
SARA focuses on building capacity in African health-related institutions to strengthen research and analysis skills, and develop dissemination and advocacy strategies. It collaborates with over 20 African organizations. The site includes full-text reports on the projects. http://sara.aed.org/

Webgraphy of Health Resources   (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This resource can be used to find information useful for identifying priorities on global health research, to get access to databases and bibliographic resources to formulate research project and to provide links to potential collaborators. Criteria for inclusion in the webgraphy were the scientific, social and technical relevance of each organization. Each cited source contains an annotation and hypertext link to the specific organization. Published in 2005, it was produced by the Task Group on Building Partnerships, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. http://www.ccghr.ca/docs/toolkit/webgraphy_e.pdf


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