Essential Health Links: Pediatrics


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Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS)
Child to Child Trust
CHILD2015: Child Healthcare Information and Learning Discussion Group
Child Health Care
Childhealth Advocacy International (CAI)
Facts for Life
International Child Health Group
International Child Health Review Collaboration
Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition
Neonatology on the Web
Paediatrics for Doctors in Papua New Guinea
Perinatal Educational Programme
Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children: Guidelines for the Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Pediatrics
Randomized Trials in Child Health in Developing Countries
Rehydration Project: Focus on Diarrhoea, Dehydration and Rehydration
Serious Childhood Problems in Countries with Limited Resources
WHO: Child and Adolescent Health Development (WHO/CAH)
WHO: Division of Child Health Development

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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-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/
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://www.dgroups.org/groups/CHILD2015/

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/

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://www.caiuk.org/

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.unicef.org/ffl/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
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 (3800+)
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 the the Healthlink Worldwide newsletter, 'Dialogue on Diarrhoea' and 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/

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