RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
6.9.5 Databases and other resources on CD-ROM
AIDS Action CD-ROM
Aimed at health workers, educators and community workers, these resources
provide practical information on a wide range of care, support and prevention
issues concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The
resources include training manuals, briefing papers and discussion guides. Also
included are the international editions of AIDS Action, a newsletter that was
produced by Healthlink Worldwide between 1987 and 2001. Regional editions
of AIDS Action are still produced by Healthlink Worldwide's partner
organisations. Contents of the CD-ROM are also available on the web at
http://www.aidsaction.info
Available from: Healthlink Worldwide
Cityside, 40 Adler Street
London E1 1EE, UK
Tel: +44 20 7539 1570
Fax: +44 20 7539 1580
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.healthlink.org.uk
African HealthLine (formerly African Health Anthology)
A collection of bibliographic databases containing over 400,000 references, most
with abstracts. All references cover relevant African health issues. Databases
include: African Index Medicus (AIM), AIDSLINE, African subset of CAB
Health database, African subset of MEDLINE, Source databases, and others.
Available from: National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC)
22 Somerset Street, PO Box 377
Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Tel: +27 46 6229698
Fax: +27 46 6229550
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nisc.co.za/DataBases/DataBaseLinks/HEALTH.HTML
CAB Health
Covers communicable diseases, tropical disease, parasitic disease and
parisitology, human nutrition, community and public health, and medicinal and
poisonous plants. Over 3,500 journal sources are scanned from more that 125
countries. Produced by CAB International. Also available via the web.
Available from: Ovid Technologies Ltd
Merlin House
20 Belmont Terrace
London W4 5UG, UK
Tel: +44 20 8585 6400
Fax: +44 20 8585 6640
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ovid.com
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