African Directory of Health Information Resource Centres - SAfAIDS

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Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centres treatment, A/N Gynacological Programme, Councelling and referrals. Users of the Centre’s information: Our own staff Primary or community level health workers, Hospital staff, doctors, nurses. We use information from other centres and sources within the country. We receive information by e-mail or from the Internet. We adapt and modify information we have received. We provide information to users by mail or other non-electronic means. Users come to the centre to consult our information. We would like to receive training in information production, handling and dissemination skills. We would like to receive training in computer and Internet use. We could provide training to other centres in technology use. Gambia The Gambia Family Planning Association (GFPA) Working language(s): French, German Countries of operation: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire VISION The programme was created in January 1994 in Accra, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Ghana. It aims to contribute to the conception and implementation of acceptable, appropriate, and effective support to the region's efforts to slow the spread of HIV, and to respond to new social and economic pressures arising as a consequence of the HIV epidemic. INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY Subject areas covered: consultancies, information exchange, networking, project evaluation, funding, training, courses, workshops, training of trainers, translating, technical support, resource centre, materials distribution. Users of the Centre’s information: community development workers, government personnel, media, media, NGOs. BASIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR: Mr. Yankuba Dibba, Executive Director ADDRESS: PO Box 325 Banjul Gambia Tel: 220 39 1473; 220 39 1945 Fax: 220 92463 Telex: 2290 BOOTH Code: p Ghana GTZ Regional AIDS Programme for West and Central Africa BASIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR: Dr Josef Decosas, Team Leader ADDRESS: PO Box 9698 K.I.A., Accra Ghana Tel: +233 21 664 750 Fax: +233 21 665 133 E-mail: gtzregaids@gha.healthnet.org Code: hlw We write, draw or produce our own information - leaflets, newsletters. Ghana Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) BASIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR: DR Joana Nerquaye-Tetteh, Executive Director ADDRESS: PO Box 5756, House No.136 Accra Ghana Tel: 233 (27) 55 41 50 Fax: 233 (21) 77 79 71/77 36 11 Code: p
Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centres Ghana Karvikumkarkuum Research Centre BASIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR: F.A. Bindels-Treve, Researcher ADDRESS: P.O. Box DM 78, Damongo N/R Ghana Tel: (00) 233 717 22035 E-mail: galaxies@africaonline.com.gh No. of staff: 2 Code: q VISION Medical pluralism is a known phenomenon in many African, Asian and Latin American countries. Often people make alternative or simultaneous use of this system in an effort to heal themselves. However, due to the diabolisation of the locally existing medical system owing to foreign infiltration, many people are reluctant to admit its utilisation. This centre is started in collaboration with a traditional healer, Adam Seidu, to find out what illnesses are brought to him; who use his services and at what stage of the illness that service is sought. Given the fact that the doctor-patient ratio is very poor compared to traditional healer-patient ratio and the inadequate health care coverage in the rural areas in Ghana especially in the Northern parts, information gathered on health care utilisation may serve as a basis to change the negative opinion about traditional healers and their practice and help at the same time to design a more comprehensive health care delivery system for the area. INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY Information collection and provision is an important secondary activity of the centre. The centre has one or more computers, and would like to have more. Subject areas covered: Use of traditional medicine Users of the Centre’s information: All who are sick and are seeking alternative treatment and those who have been ill and have made use of the plural medical care system available in the area General public as a whole. We write, draw or produce our own information. We use local formal knowledge (e.g., local research journals and books). We use information we have received unaltered. Users come to the centre to consult our information. We would like to receive training in information production, handling and dissemination skills. We would like to receive training in computer and Internet use. Ghana Kumasi Health Education Unit BASIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR: Jemima Dennis-Antwi, Head of Unit ADDRESS: PO Box 1908, Kumasi Ghana Code: hlw Type of centre: individual INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY Subject areas covered: training, health education, resource centre, consultancies. We write, draw or produce our own information - health learning materials. Ghana National Council on Women and Development (NCWD) BASIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR: Beatrice Ekua Ansah-Eshon, Regional Coordinator ADDRESS: P O Box 304 Sekondi - Western Region Ghana © Chris Zielinski, 2001, Health Information for Development Project, dvt@compuserve.com www.iwsp.org Support for this publication was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Children’s Vaccine Program at PATH 27
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