RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
4.8.3 Letter requesting sample copy of periodical
Date _________________
Health Information Project
PO Box 111
Capital City
Ghana
Dear Sir/Madam
The Health Information Project is a registered non-governmental organisation that
provides practical information to primary health care workers throughout Ghana. We have
a resource centre containing 5,000 books, journals, training manuals, reports and
audiovisual materials. We receive about 40 visitors and respond to about 15 written or
telephone enquiries each week. We publish a newsletter, Practical Health, and we have
produced a series of information packs and factsheets to meet requests for information on
particular topics.
The Health Information Project receives most of its funding from the national government
and overseas funding agencies. Some funds are also generated through membership fees
and charges for services such as photocopying and hiring out the resource centre for
meetings.
We are interested in your publication ________________________________________
Please could you send a sample copy, and provide details of frequency, subscription rates
and postage charges. Please could you let us know whether you offer any reduced rates, or
whether you could offer your publication in exchange for our newsletter.
We look forward to receiving a copy of your publication.
Yours faithfully
I C Books
Resource Centre Officer
Enc: Practical Health
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