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Testing Treatments interactive

http://www.testingtreatments.org/

Testing Treatments interactive is an online version of the book, Testing Treatments. This is a very valuable resource to learn about the importance of fair tests for new treatments and interventions, and why these are not always done. This is essential reading for anyone planning to get involved in clinical research.

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Bookmarked by The Editorial Team on 16 Jan 2013
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WHO SAFE CHILDBIRTH COLLABORATION

http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/checklists/childbirth/...

WHO is pleased to launch a collaborative field-testing exercise to explore implementation and usability of their Pilot Safe Childbirth Checklist in multiple settings. WHO encourages the participation of health-care institutions, research organizations, nongovernmental organizations and others who are interested in improving maternal and newborn health. Participants from around the world are invited to conduct implementation research and generate information on the most effective ways of implementing and using the checklist, in a range of settings.

Follow this link to take part in the collaboration.

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Bookmarked by Nicola McHugh on 26 Nov 2012
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Second Round of Mass General Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech)

http://www.massgeneralcenterforglobalhealth.org/camtech/

The Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) is a global consortium of academic, clinical, corporate and implementation partners working to expedite and improve affordable medical technology development for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). CAMTech’s mission is to co-create, test and deploy innovative, high-quality and affordable health technologies to improve health outcomes in the poorest regions of the world. CAMTech’s first priority area will focus on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH).

Please follow this link to access the second round of innovation awards announcement.

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Bookmarked by The Editorial Team on 6 Nov 2012
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Health Situation Analysis in the African Region, Atlas of Health Statistics, 2012

http://www.aho.afro.who.int/en/publication/63/atlas-african-health-sta...

The Atlas of Health Statistics, 2012, which provides a health situation analysis of WHO’s African Region, is the most significant data output of the African Health Observatory (www.aho.afro.who.int). Now in its second edition, the Atlas is building on the ground-breaking work that was carried out in preparing the initial edition. Not only has it been updated for 2012, but its coverage has expanded and further indicators have been included.

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Bookmarked by Francois van Loggerenberg on 31 Oct 2012
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eSCART - electronic Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy

http://e.itg.be/demo/escart2013eng/itm.html

eSCART is an electronic short course on antiretroviral therapy being offered by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, on the antiretroviral treatment of HIV patients in low-resource settings.

eSCART targets health care professionals (physicians and clinical officers) working in low-resource settings and has been designed to increase accessibility to training from remote areas in the field of HIV/AIDS care.
The next eSCART will start on 18th of February 2013 and it is accredited with 3 ECTS by the tropEd network and the MPH-IH course at ITM.

Deadline for application is end of October.

Some scholarships will be available and attributed in a competitive manner. For more information click on the "Interested?" button.

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Bookmarked by The Editorial Team on 18 Oct 2012
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