Kavandje, Namibia Search
Engine (also from The Namibian)
Here are a few suggested URLs. In turn, most of them provide many links to
other related pages. If you get started here, you could spend a day or a
week or more jumping from one site to another.
Click on the Underlined Name or Phrase Below To Go To Its Listing or to
connect (hyperlink) to it on the WWW.
Reports of broken or outdated links or suggestions for links that should be included on this page may be e-mailed to this address.
(Last Update: 18 June 2002)
DICTIONARIES/ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
Adam Medical Encyclopaedia A comprehensive medical encyclopaedia, click on the initial letter, then on a list of words/topics. Categories of topics include diseases, injuries, Nutrition, Poison, Surgery, Symptoms, Tests.
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary Type the word you want to look up to do a search for it.
On Line Medical Dictionary Click on an initial letter for search by hotlink, or type in the word you want to search the database.
Medterms.com Medical Dictionary Click on the initial letter of the word you want to look up, then select from a list of all the words with that initial letter. Site also provides links to other health/medical resources.
Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms A European Union project, this glossary includes medical terms in nine Eurpoean languages.
The Virtual Medical Center A site crammed with resources including "61,600 Teaching Files, 129,800 Medical Cases, 1,160 Courses and textbooks, 1,580 Tutorials, 4,100 Databases, and 10,700 movies..." Also includes topics that do not seem to be related to health, such as links to sites having to do with time.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Epidemiology Virtual
Library Huge, well laid out link site for topics related to epidemiology.
If it's related to epidemiology, if you cannot find here, then it probably is
not on the Internet (site at Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at
the University of California at San Francisco).
HEALTH/MEDICAL LITERATURE DATABASES
The place to start (and, likely, finish) medical/health literature searches.
This is the replacement for and expansion of services for Internet Grateful Med.
It includes over 11 million citations in MEDLINE and a number of other databases at the
(U.S.)National Library of Medicine. It also includes full-text articles and an unrestricted
archive of articles from selected journals.
HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS United Nations AIDS Organization.
AIDSMAP Current news on treatment,
research, links to other sites sponsored by a consortium of UK organizations.
AIDS Treatment News Internet Directory
Comprehensive site of links to AIDS/HIV treatment information on the WWW and
elsewhere, research, current news, services, organizations (mostly USA-based)
HIV Policy Compendium Vast
collection of national policies, laws, etc. and international resolutions
related to HIV/AIDS.
Sexually Transmitted
Disease Information Center Variety of information on HIV/AIDS and other
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Journal of the American Medical Association)
LINKS/GENERAL HEALTH/MEDICAL SITES
Excite (Internet portal) Health page
Frequently updated, provides links to stories about medical and health issues,
mostly for the layman. Provides links to many health/medicine sites, including
searches for information on diseases, diagnoses, medicines, etc.
Globalhealth 2000
A very comprehensive, multi-lingual site that provides health news (said to be
updated every half-hour) from all over the world, a section with multispecialty
articles for physicians, consumers and patients, an interactive forum including
chat rooms, message boards, instant messenger and video conferencing and links
to many other health and medical sites. The site requires a one-time easy-to-
complete registration (which includes the option of obtaining a Web-based e-mail
account).
Health ONE The "Multi-lingual,
home-grown health portal from Singapore..." A very useful and comprehensive site
based at the National University of Singapore (the WHO Collaborating Center for
Health Informatics). Site has a wealth of health and medical-related
information, including clinical practise guidelines avalable on the Internet,
support groups, links to medical image databases, fascinating interactive
(virtual) patient care programmes (free registration required) and special
sections for health/medical professionals and the public/patients.
This is a site worth
visiting again and again as the source of or leads to many health and
medical resources!
Health On The Net Foundation A very comprehensive
site providing links to a large number of other health and medical services and
WWW sites. Provides access to MEDLINE, a large archive, including health and
medical graphic images.
MedWeb Plus "a free service designed to
help users sift through the ever growing amounts of data of/on/about or an any
way regarding the health sciences...catalogs both on-line and print information
sources...an information space centered around a catalog of biomedical resources
on the World Wide Web..."
WebMD Portal for a large quantity of medical
and health related topics, searches for details on diseases and conditons, drugs
and herbs, etc. Users can register to participate in discussion groups on scores
of health/medicine related topics.
The WWW Virtual Library Public Health
Page Provides links to a multitude of Public Health-related sites either
by selected topics or geographic location.
Yahoo! (Internet portal) Health page
Frequently updated, provides links to stories about medical and health issues,
mostly for the layman. Provides links to many health/medicine sites, including
searches for information on diseases, diagnoses, medicines, etc.
ORGANISATIONS
The American Public Health Association (APHA)
Links to mostly USA-based public health programmes and organizations.
The Canadian Public Health Association
Good links, mostly related to Canadian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
and universities working in Canada or internationally.
Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
Home Page of this USA government public health organization (CDC). Site features
hundreds, perhaps thusands of links to inforamtion, data, research, etc. for
almost any imaginable public health topic both in the USA and internationally.
A link permits users to subscribe by e-mail to the electronic versions of a
variety of CDC publications and updates.
Family Health International (FHI) Descriptions
of projects and research activities in the areas of AIDS/HIV/STD, Family
Planning, Reproductive Health, and Women's Studies.
The Global Health Council (formerly
National Council for International Health/NCIH). Links to many other organizations,
most of which are involved in international health and development.
Healthlink Worldwide (formerly
ARHTAG) (UK-based NGO) "works to improve the health of poor and vulnerable
communities by strengthening the provision, use and impact of information."
Bibliographic database, citations, summaries of 16,000+ articles.
HealthNet (SatelLife) Offers free
subscriptions to electronic conferences (AFRO-NETS, PROCAARE, PROCOR,
E-Drug), various e-mail-based documents/journals (Health News, Child Health
Dialogue, Health Action, AIDS Action, CBR News, WHO Library Digest for Africa)
and GetWeb which provides access to any document on the WWW by e-mail (for use
by people who do not have Web browsing access or very slow Internet connections).
Health Systems Trust Health Line (South
Africa). Very useful links to a wide variety of South African and
international organizations, also links to journals and online databases; an
easy-to-navigate and attractive site.
Access from Namibia is
relatively fast.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canadian organization provides results of research activities, links to
resources, database search, and archives. Check out the interesting
Scoreboard that tracks
population growth and shrinkage of productive land by the second
on this page.
The Medical Research Council (South Africa)
UNAIDS United Nations AIDS Organization.
United Nations System Master home page
with links to all United Nations programmes and offices; also provides links
to UN data and documents.
The World Health Organization (WHO)
International Headquarters, Geneva
The World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for Africa, Harare (AFRO)
The World Health Organization (WHO)
Regional Office for Europe (EURO)
Medical Matrix A peer review
organization site; provides excellent links.
PHARMACY/DRUGS/MEDICINES
Drug Info Zone A very comprehensive
UK-based site that includes the capacity to search for specific drugs, news
updates, announcements of trials, new drugs, many links to other drug/pharmaceutical
sites, etc.
Pharma-Lexicon A searchable database
of more than 22,000 acronyms and abbreviations in the fields of pharmacy,
agrochemicals, veterinary medicine, chemicals, public health, toxicology,
biochemistry, general medicine, nursing, physiotherapy.
Prescription Drug Database A searchable database of drugs, medicines,
and herbs, detailed information including description, interactions, dosages,
etc. provided by WebMD. U.S.A. - oriented.
Virtual Health Network "a collection of
comprehensive, nationally (UK) recognized authorative medicines information
sources, the majority of which are available free of charge to users."
The Virtual Health Network includes the
British National Formulary (BNF)
electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)
Stockley Drug Interactions
TICTAC for Healthcare
JOURNALS/PUBLICATIONS
Electronic Journals
Showcase - Medicine and Health Links to free, full-text, and some free
trial medical and health science journals. Titles on the list are also
available as PubMed searches for the preceding year, a total of between
5000 and 6000 articles.
Free Medical Journals Links to
dozens of free, full-text medical journals. Can also subscribe to AMEDEO, a
medical literature newsletter sent by e-mail that provides an overview of new
articles in journals of your personal choice.
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Table of contents, abstracts (HTML) and full-text (PDF) of all articles, news
items, guidelines for contributers, subscription information for the postal
edition.
The Journal of the American Medical Association Can subscribe free
to monthly table of contents sent by e-mail, some articles are abstracted,
some are presented in full text.
The New England Journal of Medicine.
Can subscribe free to weekly table of contents sent by e-mail.
Health Services Journal Described as "the
UK's leading health policy and management magazine." Site provides abstracts
of articles in the current issue of the publication. Also offers a searchable
database of health management job vacancies (mostly in the UK). Simple, one
time registration is reqired to use this site.
CDC's Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report (MMWR) Mostly USA-related, but includes international
information and articles. Articles can be viewed/read online with browser, but
Adobe Acrobat Reader - see link at bottom of this page is required for
reading/printing "official" (.pdf) version.
The South African Medical Journal
Home page of the South African Medical Association also has many links to other
local (RSA) and international sites.
WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)
Free electronic edition (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required - see link at end of
this page - to read/print the WER (.pdf) electronic version); contents
page e-mail free subscription available.
MALARIA
MALSAT-The Environmental
Information Systems for Malaria (and Meningitis) This project is
investigating the "eco-epidemiology of vector-borne diseases using Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) and applications of remote sensing techniques.." The
concept and site is fascinating. (downloadable) maps and software. Also has
good links to GIS and Malaria Web pages. Site is located at the Liverpool
School of Health and Tropical Medicine (UK).
Malaria Foundation International This (UK)
group's mission is "to facilitate the development and implementation of
solutions to the health, economic and social problems caused by malaria. Good
general and scientific information and links to malaria-related pages. The best
place to start for delving into Malaria information/sites.
The Malaria Network A WHO - World
Bank collaborative project to establish "a global network for senior health
workers with specific responsibility for implementation of malaria control."
Provides access to anybody for information and access to a variety of malaria
issues. Use of the "Intranet" is restricted to registered users.
Royal Perth
Hospital (Australia) Malaria Page Detailed and comprehensive coverage of
various malaria diagnostic, prophylactic, treatment and research issues. Good
links to additional malaria and tropical disease sites.
NAMIBIA Links (including non-health-related sites)
The Government of Namibia home page. Messages
from officials, history, investment opportunities, links to other government
ministries.
The Namibian Newspaper English
language daily newspaper home page.
Kavandje, Namibia Search
Engine (also from The Namibian)
The Namibia Economist English language weekly newspaper home page.
The Republikein Newspaper Afrikaans language daily newspaper home page.
UNAIDS in Namibia Page is not up-to-date; provides links to other UN agencies in Namibia.
The University of Namibia home page.
Windhoek Municipality home page.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Reproductive Health Outlook Range of information
about various reproductive health topics.
Repoline Information and graphics on
maternal health care, infection prevention, contraception, other selected health
topics.
Program For International Training in
Health (INTRAH)
International Planned Parenthood
Fede
ration Various materials, including some full-text materials on family
planning and reproductive health.
SCHOOL HEALTH
School Health Web Site Site
is under construction (11/99) but is developing quickly. Offers general
information on school health activities, programmes and projects and links to a
number of related sites. Visitors can subscribe to the SchoolHealth e-mail
list to receive regular updates and participate in discussion groups on this
topic.
SOFTWARE (To Download Free)
EpiInfo Software for
preparing and analysing epidemiological investigations.
EpiMap Software for
mapping epidemilological studies prepared using EpiInfo or other database
management software.
DoEpi Self-teaching
epidemiological course (uses EpiInfo).
PHIL- Public Health Image
Library Extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia
files related to public health, all can be downloaded and used free of cost.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Postgraduate Training Programmes in
International Health A comprehensive inventory of postgraduate
international health training opportunities maintained by Medicus Mundi,
Switzerland.
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Special Programme For Research and Training
In Tropical Diseases (TDR) Home Page TDR is a UNDP, World Bank, WHO
cooperative project. Many resources, case studies, links, etc. Diseases
included are Leishmaniasis, Onchocerasis, Chagis Disease, Leprosy, TB,
Schistosomiasis, Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria, African trypanosomaisas, and
Dengue.
Tropical Diseases
Web Ring An innovative way to explore/study Web sites related to tropical
diseases. Click [Next] on Web Ring icon that will appear to move from one
disease to another.
TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis Resources
A great deal of information on TB for patients, clinicians and researchers.
Many links to other TB-related sites on the WWW. (Web site is at Columbia
University (New York, USA) Department of Medical Informatics).
WHO Global TB Programme Home Page. Mostly
about WHO-related TB activities, press releases.
International Union Against Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease (IUATLD) Home Page. Details of this organisation's
publications, activities, conferences, etc.
CDC Division of TB
Elimination Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (USA government) TB
page provides many links to clinical, educational and research resources.
UNIVERSITIES
Keele University (UK)
Centre for Health Planning and Management Home Page.
(NOTE: University Home Pages are usually self-serving, leading to information
about applying, registering, student life, etc. But spending time with these
School of Public Health/Related Studies links may lead to useful information.)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (USA)
Home Page.
London School of Health and Tropical Medicine
Home Page of Britain's national school of public health.
University of Namibia Faculty of Medicine and
Health Science Home Page.
University of North Carolina School of Public
Health (USA) Home Page.
National University of Singapore
Health ONE. A "Multi-lingual, home-grown health portal from Singapore..."
developed and maintained by a WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Informatics.
This is a very impressive and comprehensive site (see
above for more details.
University Of Zambia
Comprehensive links to many medical and health sites, organizations, abstracts,
articles, search engines, etc.
Wellcome Trust (UK) Wellcome Trust
Web site includes information on various Wellcome Trust activities, including
research results and opportunities. Wellcome News and other publications are
available on line or by mail subscription. Links to sites of various Wellcome
Trust-supported activities.
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