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Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Basics is a USAID supported project that works at country
level to improve child health. It provides technical
leadership in policies and programming. The project focuses
on four areas: child immunization, perinatal and neonatal
health, nutrition, and community management of childhood
illness. The site contains links to numerous pdf documents on
these topics.
http://www.basics.org/
Child Health Care (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is a self-help learning course developed for nurses and
doctors in Southern Africa. While the course evaluation is
fee based, the textbook is freely accessible as a series of
PDF files – see the ‘read the book’ link.
The material is a series of overviews with case studies. It
was developed by Eduhealthcare, a non-profit organization in
South Africa.
http://www.childhealthcare.co.za/
Child Health Resource Package (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site contains pediatric and neonatal guidelines, a
comprehensive record keeping system, mortality audit tools
and other pediatrics related tools for low income countries.
The project was designed as a stand-alone and comprehensive
package to provide health workers with essential materials.
It was developed and is maintained by the Department of
Paediatrics, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospitals Complex,
KwaZulu-Natal, Department of Health, South Africa.
http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/chrp/index.htm
Child-to-Child Trust (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Trust acts as a central core for health and education
workers and programmes that encourage children and
adolescents to take an active role in their health and
development. The site contains information about the
organization and participating groups, and its projects and
training programs. It is maintained by the Institutes of
Education and Child Health at the University of London, UK.
http://www.child-to-child.org/
Childhealth Advocacy International (CAI) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
A UK based ngo, CAI works to alleviate the suffering of
mothers and children in countries where there is extreme
poverty, armed conflict or other disasters. The
organization’s projects emphasize ‘hands
on’ maternal and child friendly healthcare in hospitals
and primary healthcare settings. The site provides several
practical healthcare manuals, which can be downloaded free of
charge.
http://caiuk.org/
CHILD2015: Child Healthcare Information and Learning Discussion Group (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
CHILD2015 is a global email discussion group on the information and learning needs of child health workers in developing countries. The main focus is at the local level: households and communities, primary health workers, and health professionals working in district hospital facilities. CHILD2015 is open to anyone with an interest in improving child healthcare in developing countries and membership is free. Individuals can join by sending an email to
CHILD2015-admin@dgroups.org with your name, organization, and a brief description of your professional interests. CHILD2015 is managed and moderated by Global Healthcare Information Network and the International Child Health Group.
http://dgroups.org/Community.aspx?c=552dfbda-0be9-440c-a0b2-55e83bdd7e87
Facts for Life (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
'Facts for Life' presents, in simple language, authoritative
information about practical, effective and low-cost ways to
protect children's lives and health. The 2002 Internet
edition contains summaries of the subject chapters and has
new sections on HIV/AIDS, emergencies and accidents. It is
available in English, French and Spanish. From this website,
the complete chapters can be downloaded as PDF or text files.
It is co-published by UNICEF, WHO, several other UN agencies
and the World Bank.
http://www.factsforlifeglobal.org/11/3.htm
International Child Health Group (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Formed in the 1970's as the Tropical Paediatric Group, the
International Child Health Group is a Specialty Group of the
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), with
membership open to everyone with a professional interest in
advancing child health internationally. The site has
information about the organization, membership, educational
and training programs and publications.
http://www.ichg.org.uk/index.php
International Child Health Review Collaboration (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The International Child Health Review Collaboration is a
multi-centre project with the aim to produce concise and
reproducible systematic reviews which provide the evidence
base for the guidance contained in the WHO publication Pocket
Book of Hospital Care for Children: Guidelines for the
Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources.
Organized by broad subjects, the site contains links to many
completed reviews and the yearly Summaries of Randomized
Controlled Trials in Developing Countries.
http://www.ichrc.org/
Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
This manual is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other
senior health workers who are responsible for the care of
young children at the first referral level in developing
countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines,
prepared by experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care
in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and
essential drugs and inexpensive medicines are available. The
manual is a WHO Child and Adolescent Health and Development
(pdf) publication and can be downloaded free of charge, in
full text, in English or French.
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/fch_cah_00_1/en/
Neonatology on the Web
This site provides links to general reference materials,
including a formulary for neonates, with dosing guidelines by
gestational age and weight and references. The site also
contains a section on the use of computers in neonatology,
and abstracts of current literature. The website is
maintained by a paediatrician in the USA and is not
supported, endorsed, or subsidized by any agency,
organization, or company. The site is targeted mainly to
health professionals in developed countries.
http://www.neonatology.org/
Paediatrics for Doctors in Papua New Guinea
This site contains downloadable PDF files of the chapters of
the 2nd edition (2003) guide for doctors providing health
services to children in Papua New Guinea. The book provides
practical advice about how to deal with the day to day
problems encountered by health professionals responsible for
the health of children. It contains information that is
directly relevant to pediatric care in developing countries.
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/67
Perinatal Educational Programme (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site contains a series of training resources for health
professionals in developing countries. The site also contains
full-text manuals on newborn care, maternal care, and
perinatal HIV/AIDS. It is maintained by the Perinatal
Education Trust, Republic of South Africa.
http://www.pepcourse.co.za/
Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children: Guidelines for the Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is a pocket-sized manual for use by doctors, senior
nurses and senior health workers who are responsible for the
care of young children at the first referral level in
developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical
guidelines which are based on a review of the available
published evidence. The book is a WHO Child and Adolescent
Health and Development (pdf) publication and can be
downloaded by chapters or fulltext in either high or low
resolution.
http://www.afro.who.int/cah/documents/training/imci/pocket_booklet_hospital_care.pdf
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Pediatrics (5500+)
This PubMed search will identify all paediatrics/pediatrics related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28pediatrics%5BText%20Word%5D%20OR%20paediatrics%5BText%20Word%5D%20OR%20%22pediatrics%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%29
Randomized Trials in Child Health in Developing Countries (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Compiled for the International Child Health Review
Collaboration, these reports contain the abstracts of
randomized trials in child health/developing countries.
Organized by broad subject category, the publications are pdf
files that contain data collected from PubMed searches.
Note - click on the bi-annual year reports at the bottom
of the "reviews" page.
http://www.ichrc.org/reviews.html
Rehydration Project: Focus on Diarrhoea, Dehydration and Rehydration (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Rehydration Project provides a vast amount of full-text
clinical and research information about diarrhoea,
dehydration and rehydration. It also includes access to
selected journal articles.
http://www.rehydrate.org/
Serious Childhood Problems in Countries with Limited Resources (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This book is aimed at medical, nursing and other health-care
students and presents a summary of the technical background
and the evidence-base underlying the clinical guidelines
presented in the companion manual, Management of the Child
with Serious Infections or Severe Malnutrition. It is a WHO
Child and Adolescent Health and Development (pdf) publication
and can be downloaded free of charge, in full text.
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9241562692.pdf
WHO: Child and Adolescent Health Development (WHO/CAH) (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Russian, Spanish)
The site contains information on the CAH and its programs.
The Department's work aims to better the health of infants,
children and adolescents. It contains the full text of
numerous publications including clinical manuals and
guidelines, HIV/AIDS prevention programs, nutritional
information, policy papers and links to other related sites.
It contains a key word search engine and some documents in
French, Spanish and Russian.
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/en/
WHO: Division of Child Health Development (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This WHO site contains clinical information on the Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness, Acute Respiratory Infection,
Diarrhoeal Disease, and Cholera.
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/en/
Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children (French, Russian, Portuguese)
This WHO manual is for use by health workers in the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines and focuses on the inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality including pneumonia, diarrhoea, severe malnutrition, malaria, meningitis, measles, HIV infection and related conditions. Also covered are neonatal problems and surgical conditions of children which can be managed in small hospitals. http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/9241546700/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/9241546700/en/index.html
Resources for Diarrheal Disease Control
This website provides tools for health workers and advocates disseminating information about diarrheal disease and solutions. It contains key documents and links to information on simple, lifesaving interventions. The site also contains news items and information about projects in numerous countries. The site is a joint project of PATH and UNICEF
http://www.eddcontrol.org/
Pocket Book of Obstetric, Neonatal, and Paediatric Emergencies including Major Trauma
This large pdf files contains extensive information on all major facets of obstetric, neonatal and pediatric emergencies. It includes step-by-step guidelines and numerous graphics. The book is collaborative work of the Childhood Advocacy International, UK, Government of the Gambia and WHO the Gambia.
http://caiuk.org/projects/downloads/Pocket-Book_ESS-EMCH.pdf
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