Free INFORM sourcebooks on health


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These sourcebooks provide guidance about accessing free information resources on different health subjects, and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

All sourcebooks marked with a pdf symbol can be downloaded free of charge. Sourcebooks without the symbol are outdated and no longer available.

The following new and updated sourcebooks will also be available in 2010: Information Resources for Health Professionals in Pakistan; Information Resources for Health Professionals in Vietnam (English and Vietnamese versions); Information Resources for Child Survival, African edition; Information Resources for Medicine and Health, generic global edition.

The sourcebooks function as both pathfinders and gateways. Each book contains detailed descriptions of online resources that are relevant to a particular topic (such as reproductive health) and are available in a particular country or region. In addition, the digital file of each book contains embedded links to these resources, so that end-users can reach the relevant sites just by clicking.

End-users who have trouble downloading a particular sourcebook should contact INFORM.


Humanitarian Assistance for NOHA 2010



Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances 2010



Medicine & Health, IMCH, Oct 2009



Midwifery, Asian ITP, Oct 2009



Child Survival, African ITP, May 2009



Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights, IMCH, May 2009



Health, Vietnamese National Programme, Mar 2009
Additional materials located at the Hanoi School of Public Health Web pages



Health, Vietnamese National Programme, in Vietnamese, Mar 2009
Additional materials located at the Hanoi School of Public Health Web pages



Reproductive & Child Health & Rights, India, Feb 2009



Maternal and Child Health, Afghanistan, Oct 2008



Maternal & Child Health & Public Health, Pakistan, Oct-Nov 2008


Child Survival, Africa, March 2008
Child Survival, African ITP, March 2008


Clinical Pharmacy,  Vietnam, June 2007
Clinical Pharmacy, Vietnam, June 2007


Public Health in Humanitarian Assistance, IMCH, Spring 2007
Public Health in Humanitarian Assistance, IMCH, Spring 2007


Health, Zambia & Kenya, Nov-Dec 2005
Health, Zambia & Kenya, Nov-Dec 2005


Women's & Children's Health, Sri Lanka, Sept 2005-1
Women's & Children's Health, Sri Lanka, Sept 2005


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