Links & Resources

Global Health Council
News, interactive chat rooms and members forums, focusing on child health and nutrition, reproductive health, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, disaster and refugee health and health systems.  Also includes opportunities to communicate with members of congress regarding world health policy issues.

Guidelines for Drug Donations
A WHO document which outlines some of the issues surrounding drug donations and presents guidelines designed to improve the quality of such donations. The document is available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.

Healthlink Worldwide
Healthlink Worldwide, formerly known as AHRTAG, works to improve the health of poor and vulnerable communities by strengthening the provision, use and impact of information. The web site offers extensive publications, which should be of interest to HVO members.

Health Training
Comprehensive information on postgraduate training and further education opportunities in the field of international health, focusing on poverty-related health problems in low and middle-income countries.

Hospital Management
Official site of the International Hospital Federation, which represents 80% of global hospitals. This site features current news in hospital management throughout the world, technology and product updates, best practice hospital management, with case studies and industry reports, quick reference international hospital performance and expenditure statistics, and a world-wide contact directory to provide easy access to peers.

id21 Health
Research reporting service providing searchable database of summaries of research relevant to health policy in developing countries. A wide range of subjects is covered, including health sector reform, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, disease and disability, and environ- mental health.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
Includes the Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC), an international resource for health professionals who seek samples of pamphlets, posters, videos, and many other media/materials designed to promote public health.

Malaria Foundation International: Global Networking Against Malaria
News and resources about malaria, including an interactive learning module, listservs, on-line articles and links.

Management Sciences for Health
The MSH Electronic Resource Center web site offers information, management tools, a member's area to encourage networking, message boards and email resources for those with limited Internet access. This site may be especially useful for health care providers in developing countries.

Stop TB
News and information regarding efforts to lessen the impact of TB worldwide.