Author Archives: jgreigshaw

About jgreigshaw

I work with Partnerships in Health Information which promotes the exchange of experience between libraries in the UK and Africa. I used to be the Clinical Sciences Librarian at the University of Leicester and since taking up my work with PHI have visited Kenya, Mali, Uganda and Zambia, but the best part has been meeting colleagues involved with all aspects of health information in Africa as a whole.

Elsevier Foundation – Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries Program – call for proposals

Posted on May 8, 2013

Elsevier is now accepting Phase 1 applications for grants from the above programme. Single year grants  USD 5,000 – 50,000 Multi-year grants (up to three years) up to a total of USD 100,000 The application process is in two stages: … Continue reading →

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The problems of plagiarism software

Posted on February 27, 2013

This is a problem that we as librarians ought to be aware of and thanks to Oliver Obst for alerting us to it. Plagiarism is a real problem for the publishers of scientific and medical research. As Oliver says it … Continue reading →

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mPowering Frontline Health Workers

Posted on February 23, 2013

  This is a three year public-private partnership aiming to improve child health by accelerating the adoption of mobile technology (phones, tablets etc.) among health workers in low and medium income countries. Such technology will particularly benefit health workers in … Continue reading →

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News portal for Africa

Posted on February 20, 2013

This portal devoted to African affairs is celebrating two years of operation. The open access resources include research relevant to policy (health, climate change etc.), an online library of documents, blog, contact directory and an events calendar. It can be … Continue reading →

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Latest news from the Lusaka Schools of Nursing Library, Zambia

Posted on February 19, 2013

The Library now opens every Saturday and students’ response has been overwhelming as they have no classes on this day. I further have some time guiding First year students who come to me voluntarily for help with  Referencing and writing … Continue reading →

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Project for open access policies in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Posted on February 16, 2013

SPIDER -“Open access: knowledge sharing and sustainable scholarly communication in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda” is a new EIFL regional project funded by Spider, the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions … The aim of the project is to raise visbility … Continue reading →

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Integrating palliative care into the health systems in Sub Saharan Africa

Posted on February 10, 2013

The University of Edinburgh, the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) and Makerere University Palliative Care Unit are working in partnership to strengthen current palliative care programmes in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. Guided by the Ministry of Health in each … Continue reading →

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Two new(ish) resources on medicine, and disability

Posted on February 5, 2013

Principles of Medicine in Africa – New (4th) Edition This new edition by Sir Eldryd Parry and others is now available. Published by Cambridge University Press, it is available for 25 GBP for customers based in Africa. It will be … Continue reading →

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The NLM’s Drug Information Portal – goes mobile

Posted on February 4, 2013

The Drug Information Portal is a free Web resource from the NLM that provides an informative, user-friendly gateway to current drug information for over 32,000 drugs. Links to sources span the breadth of the NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), … Continue reading →

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Open access repositories – training modules

Posted on February 3, 2013

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories has created a number of training modules on: Setting up a repository; Running it; Copyright clearance; Research data management; Interoperability National overviews. Many of them are in English, but some are in French, Portuguese, … Continue reading →

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