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1. The U.S. Agency for International Development, Population, Health and Nutrition Center's Users' Guide for 2000 is now available on the USAID/PHN external website. This publication includes descriptions of USAID's contractors in the PHN Sector as well as contact information for USAID staff both in Washington and in the field. Website (under the "Resources" section).
Contact Shirley Coly

2. Sierra Leone's "Expo Times" is now on-line. It was forced to close over 2 yrs ago and most of its journalists fled in the wake of the military intervention by the Nigerian-led West African force, ECOMOG. 2 of the staff were detained for about a year and one of them died in mysterious circumstances while awaiting trial on treason charges. Resumed publication via a website on March 15, 2000 with help from the US-based Freedom Forum and the British newspaper, The Guardian. Includes news articles, features, editorials, community links, business links, and access to back issues. Website

3. "Action Monitoring for Effectiveness (aMe): Improving Water, Hygiene & Environmental Sanitation Programmes," by Kathleen Shordt - Focuses on practical methods to improve projects and programmes in the short term. Emphasizes use of monitoring information at the lowest level possible, with referral to other levels as needed. Describes how to organize and facilitate monitoring activities that are built into ongoing programmes. Part I describes the approach, emphasizing participation by those people who have a vested interest in 'getting it right' and solving problems and data collection methods, simple sampling and analysis. Part II contains 32 Fact Sheets, each of which provides practical examples of indicators, methods and tools for monitoring a specific topic. Based on 10 yrs experience at community, district and national levels in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Website
Contact publications@irc.nl

4. "Conveying Concerns: Women Report on Gender-based Violence," produced by MEASURE Communication. The 3rd in a series compiled through the Women's Edition project. Contains a collection of articles and transcripts of broadcasts produced by women journalists in 7 countries. The stories highlight local efforts to promote recognition of violence against women as a societal problem - one that is linked to the social, economic, and psychological subordination of women worldwide.
Contact Donna Clifton

5. "La Foto del Recuerdo (A Memory Snap)" - a video in Spanish to prevent pregnancy in adolescence produced by Yaocíhuatl A.C., a grassroots organization who produces materials to present several issues relevant to the lives of children and adolescents. The video is a trigger to be shown in educational contexts (secondary schools) and provoke discussion among youth.
Contact Lillian lillian@servidor.unam.mx

6. The Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal - Sponsored by the Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, with guest editorials and reports. Website
Contact Maya Thomas

7. "Water for the Third Millenium" - a case study from the Slovak Republic examining the impact of human activities to the change of hydrological cycles (storm, floods, desertification, water sources, climatic change and destroying of natural potential). Presents a philosophy for implementation of sustainable development programmes within the water management field, with emphasis on enforcement of environmental protection issues and more effective utilisation of natural resources, in harmonious relation with economic interests of Slovakia. Website
Contact Michal Kravcik"

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8. International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) have launched a reproductive rights wallchart and an International Medical Advisory Panel (IMAP) statement on gender-based violence on-line. Website

9. "City of Shelter: A Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence" - an 8 hr video-based, domestic violence training series presented by Global Village Communications (GVC). Website

10. "No Paradise Yet: The World's Women Face the New Century," published for the Beijing +5 conference in NY, reveals a need to put women's reproductive health and rights into a wider social context. It shows a need to identify policy and legal changes that will determine how much society as a whole is willing to allow women the freedom to determine the course of their own reproductive and sexual lives. 12 chapters written by women journalists from developing countries, each investigating everyday issues that impact on women's reproductive rights and health. Published by Panos/Zed Publications. Contact Zed Sales

11. The Open Society Foundation for South Africa Community Radio Festival Report is now online.

12. "Obesity and Poverty: a New Public Health Challenge" - examination of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Latin America and Caribbean countries and in impoverished populations in developed countries. Looks at these conditions' medium and long-term harmful consequences and explores their implications for planning public health interventions. Website
Contact Anabel Cruz

13. "Growing Up Alone: HIV/AIDS a Global Emergency," a UNICEF campaign report, examines the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and their communities. It calls on the UK Government and others to speak out on behalf of all children growing up alone and to respond to HIV/AIDS as the global emergency it represents. For a copy of the report, contact info@unicef.org.uk In addition, a specially commissioned new media presentation, accessible via UNICEF UK's website, featuring images and sound from Robbie Williams' recent visit to Mozambique and narrated by the singer. Website

14. "Programs That Deliver: Logistics' Contributions to Better Health in Developing Countries," outlines the lessons learned by the Family Planning Logistics Management (FPLM) project, a project that has worked since 1986 in approx. 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Description of why health and family planning programmes need to deliver a reliable, continuous supply of contraceptives and essential products to customers. Provides a number of perspectives on the logistics management process, focusing chapters on the policymaker's role in improving and supporting the supply chain, the customer's point of view, and the needs and motivations of the people and organisations coordinating logistics systems. To order a copy, contact FPLM_Project@jsi.com

15. Women, Ink. was a project of the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) that marketed and distributed books on women and development with a focus on the perspectives of women from the Global South. They provided a marketing outlet for publications produced by information-gathering groups and small presses in countries of the Global South on wide-ranging women's issues related to development. IWTC website
Contact iwtc@iwtc.org

16. "Impact on HIV: Building Partnerships" Volume 2, Number 1 - Family Health International's (FHI) latest issue is on-line. Highlights effective partnerships for HIV/AIDS prevention and care involving a range of partners, from community members to business owners. Includes articles on community mobilization to support orphans and other vulnerable children in southern Africa, a network of people living with HIV/AIDS in India, and a successful private-public partnership to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in South African mining communities. Articles examine the growing role of non-governmental organizations, results of a strategic planning process in the Dominican Republic, and the growth of youth drama groups dedicated to HIV prevention in Kenya. Website
Contact David Hock

17. "Making It Happen: Using Distance Learning to Improve Reproductive Health Provider Performance" - available on-line, a practical how-to guide for developing distance learning programs in low-resource settings. Presents a step-by-step path from conceptualization through evaluation, with detailed examples from programme experiences in developing countries. Available Online
Contact intrah@intrah.org

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