Maternal and Child Health Information and Resource Centre (MCHIRC) South Africa Expand view 46 Sawkins Road Rondebosch 7700 Cape Town MCHIRC's is committed to supporting the information needs of health workers in Maternal and child health at the primary and district level throughout Southtern Africa. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/chu
Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors (KAPC) Kenya Expand view P O Box 55472 Nairobi KAPC's main areas of activity are training counsellors; advocacy for counselling; publication of an adolescent newspaper about adolescent sexuality; research; HIV/AIDS, and voluntary counselling and testing for HIV. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.kapc.or.ke
Emerald Hill School for the Deaf Zimbabwe Expand view P O Box EH 93 Harare The school provides education for primary and scondary school children, in order to equip them with survival skills. The school has a small library for its pupils and staff
Wits Tintswalo Community Rehabilitation Research and Education Programme (CORRE) South Africa Expand view P O Box 558 Acornhoek 1360 CORRE's mission is to develop and run a training programme for community rehabilitation workers together with people with disabilities and rehabilitation professionals; to promote the concept and implementation of CBR by influencing policy and attitudes at all levels of social and political organisation; and to provide rigorously researched evidence of CBR effectiveness and models of implementation. The Resource centre is not open to the public
Research Policy Institute|University of Lund Sweden Expand view Scheelevagen 15 SE-223 63 Lund Researches science and technology policy and on innovation processes. Specific areas of interest are biomedical innovation systems; regional clusters; transformation of the research and development system; internationalisation of research and development; and intellectual capital and knowledge management. The resource centre is open to the public
International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH)|University Hospital of Uppsala Sweden Expand view Uppsala University S-751 85 Uppsala IMCH includes three research groups and a teaching group. It offers a master's programme in International Health, and numerous free courses. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.kbh.uu.se/imch/
Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo Norway Expand view 1046 Blindern N-0316 Oslo The resource centre is open to the public http://www.nutrition.uid.no/ARHNE
Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW)|Lebanese American University Lebanon Expand view 13-5053 Beirut Chouran 1102 2801 http://www.lau.edu.lb
Tata Institute of Social Sciences|Department of Health Services Studies India Expand view PO Box 8313 Sion-Trombay Road Deonor, Mumbai Its objectives are to maintain and develop the Department of Health Services Studies as a teaching, research and consultancy department; to organise teaching in the field of Health and Hospital Management, with a view to providing professional personnel in the field of health and hospital managment; to organise research in the field of Social Science and Management Science applied to healthcare; to train students in research with a view of promoting the growth of knowledget; to contribute to the formulation of health and related policies; to publish books, monographs, periodicals and papers; to arrange lectures, seminars, conferences, symposia; to co-operate with other organisations to undertake action projects in the area of health and hospital management; and to demonstrate new areas of practice and strategies in the delivery of healthcare. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.tiss.edu
Spastics Society of Tamil Nadu (SPASTN) India Expand view Opp. T.T.T.I., Taramani Road Chennai 600 113 Tamil Nadu SPASTN has disabled members of staff and management. SPASTN's technical support consists of a multidisciplinary team of a special educator, physiotherapist and a speech therapist who extend their services to other NGOs and screening camps for assessment and intervention. One year postgraduate and undergrad uate courses, as well as short courses are offered to government workers. Tailor made courses are offered to other NGOs. SPASTN activities include the production of paper-based special furnitur e; the distribution of prosthetic and orthotic devices, special seating, jams, jellies, sauces, candles, shirts, leather goods; hospital based newborn screening. The organisation has a resource centre and an enquiry service which is accessible by letter or telephone. The resource centre is not open to the public
AIDS Action and Research Group (AARG) Malaysia Expand view School of Social Sciences University Sains Malaysia 11800 Penang http://www.aargusm.cjb.net
Electrical Engineering Department|Swaziland College of Technology (SCOT) Swaziland Expand view PO Box 69 Mbabane Certificate, 18 months, Biomedical Course
Faculty of Science and Technology|Glasgow Caledonian University & DCPB, Southern General Hospital UK Expand view Cowcaddens Road Glasgow G4 0BA Scotland Training courses Degree, 3 year, Medical Technology http://www.gcal.ac.uk
Department of Clinical Engineering|Technikon Pretoria South Africa Expand view Post Bag X680 Pretoria 0001 Diploma, 1 yaer, Clinical Engineering
