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1 HINARI/Health Information on the Internet (module 1.3 Part B)

2 Table of Contents – Part B Sampling of resources Consumer Health/Patient Education HIV/AIDS Nutrition Pharmacology & Prescribing Public Health Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Managing Internet Resources

3 Consumer Health/Patient Education Human Anatomy Online MedLinePlus MedlinePlus: Infectious Diseases Medpedia

4 The InnerBody site is a guide to human anatomy but from the consumer health/patient education perspective.

5 Developed and maintained by the National Library of Medicine (USA), MedlinePlus is an invaluable resource for consumer health information. Access is by topic or keyword search engine.

6 We have opened the Infectious Diseases page of the MedlinePlus website.

7 Medpedia is an open platform wiki for health information. Medical professionals and researchers can contribute content. It contains numerous full-text articles and has a keyword search engine for medical or health questions.

8 HIV/AIDS EngenderHealth: HIV, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections HIVInSite HIVInSite/Treatment Pathology of AIDS (textbook) WHO/Epidemiological Fact Sheets

9 The EngenderHealth site has numerous full-text technical publications on HIV/AIDS plus numerous other reproductive health and health systems topics.

10 The HIVInSite is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy. It is maintained by the University of California San Francisco (USA).

11 We have opened Treatment page of the HIVInSite website.

12 Another useful tool particularly for education is the Textbook of AIDS Pathology.

13 The WHO produces and maintains Epidemiological fact sheets on HIV and AIDS. This is useful for epidemiologists and policy planners.

14 Nutrition Eldis: Food Security Emergency Nutrition Network Standing Committee on Nutrition Stellenbosch University: Nutrition Information Centre

15 Eldis has numerous topical resource guides including one on Food Security. See the list in the left hand frame for other nutrition topics of interest.

16 The Emergency Nutrition Network contains newsletters and full-text documents on this topic.

17 This the Nutrition Information Centre is a resources from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. It contains fact sheets, consumer health information, a glossary and useful links.

18 The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition is an excellent resource for nutrition-related fulltext information. It is organized by broad themes and also has a keyword search engine.


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