Health Portals & Resource for Policymakers & International Development Agencies

• AskSource ICT and Health is an online resource library with information on applications, projects, and ICT and health sector strategies. http://www.asksource.info/res_library/ict.htm
  

• Virtual Health Library (Bireme.org) offers resources in English, Spanish, and Portuguese covering more than twenty countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.virtualhealthlibrary.org/php/index.php?lang=en
  
  
• Scientists for Health and Research for Development (SHARED) provides a database of health projects projects, articles and scientists around the world.   http://www.sharingpoint.net/
  
• Scielo Public Health is an online library of Spanish and Portuguese language health science articles. http://www.scielosp.org/
  
  
• World Health Organization (WHO) Communicable Diseases Global Atlas includes resources on HIV/AIDS, Denque fever, pneumonia, and tuberculosis, among other diseases. http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/
  
  
• Population Reference Bureau Health Resources provides links to articles, datasheets and reports by the global health development community. http://www.prb.org/
  
  
• Population and Health infoShare is an online library supported by more than 100 partner organizations working in global health. http://www.phishare.org/
  
  
• Reproductive Health Gateway, sponsored by USAID, includes links to online databases, directories, and portals in the area of reproductive health. http://www.rhgateway.org/
  
  
• Converging ICTs for health in development
  Far from new technologies replacing the old, there is evidence of convergence, for example, online broadcasting.
  
  
• ICT and health care delivery in developing countries
  Appropriate information and communication technologies can dramatically enhance the reach and effectiveness of health care.
  
  
• Strategic thinking on ICT and health
  Strategic thinking about ICTs in health is developing as an extension of strategic thinking about ICTs in development. Donor support for ICTs in development is mainly documented in a number of key policy documents.  
  
  
• ICTs for Development: Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals
  The Millennium Development Goals have set targets for development, and ICTs have a role to play.
  
• Using ICTs for development
  Link to Source's Participatory communication key topic area for this list of key resources for building capacity in NGOs to use ICTs creatively and effectively.
  
• United Nations Foundation & Vodafone Foundation joined together in 2005 to create an innovative Technology Partnership that is harnessing the power of mobile technologies to support UN humanitarian efforts worldwide. As a result of this partnership, both organizations have published the report "mHealth for Development: The opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World". The report profiles more than 50 projects on the use of mobile phones in healthcare. You may download the publication at the following link: http://www.unfoundation.org/global-issues/technology/mhealth-report.html.

Free Online Medical and Scientific Journals

• Free Medical Journals offers links to free articles in many of the top medical journals, including “Science,” “Cell,” and others. http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
  
  
• African Journals Online is a collection of articles from medical and veterinary journals based in Africa. http://www.ajol.info/
  
  
• BioMed Central is a publisher of more than 150 peer-reviewed open access journals http://www.biomedcentral.com/
  
  
• PubMed Central is the free online library of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
  
  
• Community Eye Health Journal offers articles for healthcare providers on eye care, and related diseases. http://www.cehjournal.org/
  

Health and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 

• World Health Organization (WHO) Public Health Mapping and GIS Program offers resources on geographic information systems (GIS) and their use in epidemiological research http://www.who.int/health_mapping/en/

Evaluations & Case Studies on ICT and Health Projects
 

• Testing the use of handheld computers for healthcare in Uganda, Ghana, and Kenya (Evaluation of the Satellife PDA Project conducted by bridges.org) http://www.bridges.org/satellife
  
  
• Testing the Use of SMS Reminders in the Treatment of Tuberculosis (Evaluation conducted by bridges.org) http://www.bridges.org/publications/11
  
  
• Impact and evaluation of ICTs in health
  The development of evaluation methodologies for ICTs in development and in health is a small field, but the area is receiving increased attention. There is a growing body of documentation about case studies and pilot projects.
  

ICT-based training for healthcare workers

• Engender Health offers a range of step-by-step online modules for health care practitioners in developing countries http://www.engenderhealth.org/
  

Other Resources

• ICT and Health Annotated Bibliography, 2000-2005 (infoDev)  
• Bireme Portal
• Gamos
• HealthNet (AED)
• Path

Please note: This list of links is provided as a general reference for informational purposes; no endorsement of any particular organization, initiative, publication or author, or the accuracy of any specific information item or opinion, is implied.