AHILA-WHO-INASP workshop

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005

Martha J Garrett, Director, INFORM

Health information resources:On-line sites & access routes

Many types of resources on WWW

• Journal articles

• Teaching materials

• Clinical guidelines & EBM reviews

• Information on specific health topics

Available physical form varies

• Some can be downloaded from on-line

• Some can be ordered on-line and delivered

• by e-mail• in print or CD form

by regular post

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• Free for everyone

• Free by national provision

• Free via subsidized access

Many free, but in different ways

Free for everyone: journal articles

• Medline/PubMed

• GFMER free journal links

• Freemedicaljournals

• Google Scholar

Free for everyone: teaching materials

• Freebooksfordoctors

• DPDx at CDC

• Virtual hospital

Free for everyone:

clinical guidelines & EBM reviews

• GFMER guideline links

• Cochrane review abstracts

• e-medicine review articles

Free for everyone: information on specific health topics

• WHO health topics list

• NLM’s MedlinePlus

• INASP’s Health Links

Free by national provision

• Highwire’s journals

• POPLINE materials

Free via subsidized access

• HINARI

• INASP/PERI

• AGORA

Sumary of overview

• Many types of resources on WWW

• Available physical form varies

• Many free, but in different ways • Free to everyone• Free by national provision• Free via subsidized access

Something to remember

• These overheads and exercise sheets give only a few examples of each resource type

• For more examples and details, see the INFORM workshop training materials