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Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centres The Directory A Note about the Data This is the first edition of the largest global listing of health information resource centres, with data pertaining to about 1,000 centres. As an ongoing activity, we aim to refine the data, and invite all readers to suggest improvements and provide better information. Given time and resource constraints, it was impossible to verify data in any way. The information was included exactly as it was submitted by the questionnaire respondent. Thus, these data are only as good as the respondents’ knowledge and ability to express themselves in their chosen language. The HID project cannot be held responsible for inaccurate, misleading or out-of-date information in the Directory. The language used by the respondent has largely been retained (Swahili was used only in a few cases and, while there was some Spanish and French, most respondents replied in English). The original spelling used in the various sources has been retained, and we are aware that there are many typographic errors in the present text. Country and area names conform to UN usage, with a few exceptions. In particular, please note that: ‣ Burma is now Myanmar ‣ Democratic People’s Republic of Korea comes under the letter D ‣ The designations Israel and Palestine have both been used, following the preference of the questionnaire respondent ‣ People’s Democratic Republic of Lao comes under the letter P ‣ The Netherlands comes under the letter T Data Collection Methods This Directory has been created based on a number of sources, which need to be explained so as to understand the data: 1. Website: A website was established at http://www.iwsp.org to present all information relating to the project. Questionnaires were also developed and placed on the website. These were provided in English, French, Russian, Spanish and Swahili. With considerable promotion on various lists, people came to the site and left information regarding their centres. 2. Questionnaires sent by mail or e-mail: Questionnaires were distributed for us by a number of organizations, namely COHRED (the Council on Health Research for Development), CIRAN-Nuffic (Indigenous Knowledge programme), the World Health Organization through its library newsletter WHO Liaison OMS, the newsletter of the health unit of the International Network on the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP-Health Newsletter), and through various online lists. Questionnaires have been coming in since May 2000, and no doubt will continue to arrive. We aim to update the Directory in due course, and thus consider this to be an ongoing project and resource. 3. Existing Databases. The main provider of external database information was the Healthlink Worldwide Database, although questionnaires were sent to those on the database as well, and the data presented was enhanced based on questionnaire responses. We also made use of a number of other databases, including PRODDER, POPLINE and IndianNGOs. Codes used in the Directory W = Website Q = Questionnaire HLW = Healthlink Worldwide I = IndianNGOs P = Prodder and POPLINE iv
The Project Advisory Board and Policy Advisory Council The Project Advisory Board and Policy Advisory Council were constituted in January 2000, to provide advice to the Health Information for Development project. Advice was sought from the Board specifically regarding the development of two questionnaires: 1) one for intermediary bodies and organizations that support health information resource centres in developing countries, and 2) one for the resource centres themselves. The Board also considered and helped to clarify key policy issues relating to the Information Waystations and Staging Posts project. The Council also advised us about policy issues – prioritisation of resource centres for development; the selection of target audiences (poor, disadvantaged, gender-related); broad choices in information and communications technology; health and development broadly, and specifically to health information as a component of health research and health system and to health information policy. Project Advisory Board James Brooks, Editor, CAB International, UK Dr Fred Bukachi, HealthNet Kenya Ann Burgess, Nutrition Consultant, Scotland, UK BJ Cameron, Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer, Tulane University, USA Joy Caminade, Publications Unit, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Philippines Andrew Chetley, Director, Health Exchange, UK Prof. Royal D. Colle, Cornell University, USA Robert Cole, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK John Dada, Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria Brian Decalme, NetActive Personal, South Africa Roger Drew, Executive Director, Healthlink Worldwide, UK Jackie Greatorex, Consultant, UK Jude Griffin, The Manager’s Electronic Resource Center, Management Sciences for Health, USA Dr John Hubley, WHO Health Promotion Division James H. Irlam, MCH Information and Resource Centre, UCT Child Health Unit, Cape Town, South Africa Avinash Jha, Centre for Education and Documentation, Mumbai, India Barbara Kirsop, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK Sam Lanfranco, York University & Distributed Knowledge, Canada Holly Ladd and Leela McCullough, SatelLife/HealthNet, USA Dr A N Malpani, HELP, Mumbai, India Carol Maringa, Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN), Nairobi, Kenya Ralph Masanjika, President, AHILA Pauline Monro, Neurology International Partnership Programme, UK David Morley, University of London, UK Daisy Ouya, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya Neil Pakenham-Walsh, INASP-Health, UK Helga Patrikios, Medical Library, University of Zimbabwe Mark Perkins, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, New Caledonia, South Pacific Bill Posnett, 3WD Bibliographic Information Consultancy, UK Mohan Raj Pradhan, HealthNet Nepal Scott S. Robinson, Antropología, Universidad Metropolitana- Iztapalapa, Mexico DF Philippa Saunders, Essential Drugs Project, UK Ms. Muyoyeta Simui, University of Zambia Library Ian Smith, Stop TB Initiative, WHO Dr Abdel Kader Traore, AIM Coodinator in Mali, Faculty of Medicine Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali Dr Vasiliy Vlassov, Saratov State Medical University, Russia Policy Advisory Council African Medical Research and Education Foundation (AMREF), Nairobi, Kenya (John R. Batten, Director General, and Dr Pat Youri, Director of Extension) Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program at PATH, Seattle, USA (Scott Wittet, Director for Advocacy, Communications, and Training) British Council, London, UK ( Douglas Buchanan, Director of Health) British Telecom, London, UK (Christine Twomey, Manager, BT A&M) Open Society Institute (Soros) (Dr Nina Schwalbe, Associate Director, Public Health Programs, New York, USA and Michael Kay, Director, Electronic Publishing Development Program, Budapest) (to September 2000) Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy (Prof. Mohamed H.A. Hassan, Executive Director) UNDP, New York, USA (initially Dr Hans d’Orville, then Dr Raul Zambrano, SDNP Program Manager, IT for Development Programme) UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Ms Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane, Director, Development Information Services Division) UNFPA, New York, USA (Dr Sylvie I. Cohen, Senior Technical Officer) WHO, Geneva (Dr Susan Holck, Director, Health Information Management and Dissemination, EIP)
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