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Welcome to CEBHA ( Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare in Africa )
Irrespective of where you live, the need for solid evidence to achieve effective health care is of utmost importance. Where the unmet needs for health services are most prominent, the application of the cost effective interventions should be of the … Continue reading
Should Cochrane reviews appear in French as well as English ?
An editorial in the Cochrane Library argues that Cochrane reviews should appear ready translated into French as well as in English. The Cochrane Collaboration is a leader in the preparation of high quality systematic reviews but they are prepared and … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Information resources
Tagged Cameroon, Cochrane Library, Evidence based health care, French
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Visit to UK by Blessing Chataira, ITOCA 14-28 April 2012
Blessing Chataira is a programme officer at ITOCA ( International Training and Outreach Centre for Africa ) and is also head of the Continuing Education and Professional Development ( CEPD ) programme. This programme is a series of short courses … Continue reading
Phi makes a difference ( and so does HINARI )
In a new book : Making a difference- stories from the field : how access to scientific literature is improving the livelihoods of communities around the world, ed. Richard Gedye and Charlotte Masiello- Riome, Mulugeta Bayisa who practises and teaches … Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Information resources, Librarian Training, Partnerships
Tagged Ethiopia, Evidence based health care, HINARI, training
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Literature searching for neglected tropical diseases
These have been much in the news in 2011 and 2012 as a serious cause of poverty. There are two databases (not so well known as Medline) which are particularly valuable for researchers and practitioners who are working on parasitic diseases … Continue reading
Innovations in libraries to be funded by the Elsevier Foundation
There are two projects out of five set to go in Africa. Further details are available from their website. Collaboration for evidence based healthcare The Royal Tropical Institute in the Netherlands (the central partner in the Collaboration for Evidence Based … Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Information resources, Librarian Training, Projects
Tagged Association of Vision Science Librarians, Burundi, Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare in Africa, Egypt, Elsevier Fondation, Ethiopia, Evidence based health care, Eye doctors, Innovative libraries, Kenya, Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Opthalmology, Malawi, ophthalmology, resource centres, Royal Tropical Institute, Rwanda, Seva Foundation, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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Cameroon. Center for the Development of Best Practices in Health
I’m the Librarian and one of the research assistants at the Center for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Yaoundé-Cameroon. The library is opened to medical students, researchers and to the general public. I run an information literacy course to users of the … Continue reading
