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dgCommunities: Population and Reproductive Health (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)
This site is an overview of reproductive health issues from
the development perspective (eg fertility, gender equity,
adolescence, sustained economic growth, refugees,
legislation) and contains numerous annotated links to
fulltext articles. It also contains a current news section,
calendar of events and database of programs and projects. The
site is maintained by the Development Gateway Foundation,
U.S. and is available in English, Spanish and French.
http://population.developmentgateway.org/
Info Project (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The INFO Project identifies and synthesizes available
information and best practices in reproductive health. INFO
works to enhance local capacity building and strengthen
South-South and South-North knowledge networks. The site
includes fulltext policy and research reports and links to
sister projects such as Popline, Photoshare, the RH Gateway
and Netlinks. Users can request copies of electronic and
'free to developing country' print articles via the
Info
Project Order Form The site is maintained by the
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health's
Center for Communication Programs, U.S.
http://www.infoforhealth.org/
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health (INTUTE)
The INTUTE is a searchable gateway to evaluated, quality
Internet resources, aimed at students, researchers, academics
and practitioners. It is closely related to the OMNI gateway.
Formerly known as NMAP/OMNI, it does not have a focus on
developing country needs, but is nevertheless a valuable
resource for health professionals worldwide.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/nursing/
OneSource Topics (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is a gateway to resources related to child health,
reproductive health, health communication, HIV/AIDS,
infectious diseases, and demography. It includes over 400
instant searches that link to fulltext documents and images
from Popline, Photoshare, Pop-Reporter and the
Media/Materials Clearinghouse. OneSource is a Johns Hopkins
University Information & Knowledge for Optimal Health
(INFO) Project, sponsored by USAID.
http://www.infoforhealth.org/topics/hierarchy.php
Popline: Document Delivery Services (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Individuals in developing countries can request - free
of charge - full-text reprints of most documents cited in
POPLINE. Up to 15 requests per day can be emailed to Popline
if the material is not available locally, is not a
commercially published book, and is less than 100 pages in
length. Within 5 working days, the reprints will be airmailed
with an expected delivery of six weeks. Articles are selected
by searching the keyword or subject indexes on the initial
Popline webpage.
http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/basic.html
Population and Health Information Share (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site is a library of fulltext electronic documents
created by organizations working in reproductive and child
health, HIV/AIDS, and population. The site features easy
access to research findings, analysis by experts in their
respective fields, email document delivery and customized
email updates by topic and region. The site is maintained by
PH InfoShare, a U.S. based NGO.
http://www.phishare.org/
WHO: Reproductive Health and Research (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)
This site is an annotated gateway to numerous fulltext
reproductive health publications of the WHO. The descriptions
are organized by health topic or cross-cutting issues. The
publications emphasize �best practices� and are available
in print, html and/or pdf format. Also available in French,
the site is maintained by the Department of Reproductive
Health and Research (RHR), WHO.
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/index.htm
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