http://www.inform-network.org/ 2010-09-07T00:38:27+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/ http://www.inform-network.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-11-16T10:47:39+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=all_pages&rev=1258368459&do=diff text/html 2010-05-06T14:41:57+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=completed_training_activities&rev=1273156917&do=diff Completed training activities Below are photos from some of our recent training workshops. Click on the workshop name to see further details and more photos. [] Mentoring of regional and local information workshops, Vietnam, October 2009, December 2009, March-April 2010 text/html 2010-03-31T01:57:33+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=current_and_upcoming_activities&rev=1270000653&do=diff Current and upcoming activities * Mentoring of master trainers presenting regional and local workshops within the national Vietnamese programme, throughout 2010, including site visits to Danang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Thai Nguyen in March-April 2010. text/html 2009-11-17T15:20:54+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=finding_online_health_information_2-13_march_2009_vietnam&rev=1258471254&do=diff [HSPH] Workshop topic: Finding online health information. This was the initial workshop for the multi-year national Vietnamese programme ‘Developing capacity for health information access and use’, a collaboration involving the Hanoi School of Public Health, INASP (International Network for Availability of Scientific Publications) and INFORM. text/html 2009-11-16T10:36:32+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=how_our_work_is_financed&rev=1258367792&do=diff How our work is financed INFORM is non-profit, but under Swedish law its training costs must be covered fully since it is based at a public university. Interested institutions should enquire about funding alternatives. Support for INFORM workshops has come from numerous funders, examples being Sida, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, International Science Programs, the International Foundation for Science, the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria, USAID, Médecins Sans Frontières, the World Bank, t… text/html 2010-02-22T08:33:57+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=how_to_contact_us&rev=1266827637&do=diff Contact us Enter details about yourself along with your message below, and someone from the Swedish group will be back to you soon. If you would like to learn more about INFORM training from someone who has either gone through such training or helped to organize a workshop, you might also want to be in touch directly with one of the national contacts, who are listed on the 'Who we are' page. text/html 2010-09-02T08:59:41+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=inform_sourcebooks_on_health&rev=1283417981&do=diff Free INFORM sourcebooks on health All sourcebooks marked with a Array 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 … text/html 2010-01-29T15:44:50+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_for_community-based_rchr_12-14_february_2009_india&rev=1264779890&do=diff Workshop topic: Finding online information for community-based promotion of reproductive and child health and rights Venue/local partner: RCHR (Reproductive and Child Health and Rights) Network, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Local organizer: Satyajit Bhattacharya, director of the RCHR, and staff members from the network organizations text/html 2009-11-19T10:12:51+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_for_maternal_child_health_public_health_pakistan_27-31_october_2008&rev=1258625571&do=diff [Dow] Topic: Information for maternal & child health & public health Type of training: Stand-alone workshop Venue: Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, Professor Dr Masood Hameed Khan, Vice-Chancellor Dates: 27-31 October 2008 text/html 2009-11-17T15:18:01+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_for_maternal_child_health_public_health_pakistan_3-7_november_2008&rev=1258471081&do=diff [HSA] Workshop topic: Information for maternal & child health & public health Venue/local partner: Health Services Academy, Ministry of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan Dates: 3-7 November 2008 Funders: USAID and SASNET (Swedish South Asian Studies Network) text/html 2009-11-19T10:14:48+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_for_researchers_in_the_physical_sciences_south_africa_1-3_march_2008&rev=1258625688&do=diff Topic: Information for researchers in the physical sciences Training type: Part of a set of workshops offered simultaneously on the Scholar Ship as ‘Capacity Building for Young African Scientists’, aimed primarily at supporting ongoing research and research training collaboration between ISP and African universities. text/html 2009-11-20T14:57:43+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_on_malaria_and_other_public_health_issues_burkina_faso_9-13_june_2008&rev=1258729063&do=diff Topic: Information on malaria and other public health issues Type of training: One workshop in a series provided in sub-Saharan Africa to support malaria research and teaching Venue: Centre National de recherche et de Formation sur le paludisme (CNRFP) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Dr Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima, MD, PhD, Director text/html 2009-11-19T10:18:03+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_on_malaria_and_other_public_health_issues_ethiopia_19-23_november_2007&rev=1258625883&do=diff Topic: Information on malaria and other public health issues Type of training: One workshop in a series provided in sub-Saharan Africa to support malaria research and teaching Venue/local partner: Ethiopian Public Health Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dr Ashenafi Negash, Executive Director text/html 2009-11-18T10:32:48+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_on_malaria_and_other_public_health_issues_ghana_19-23_may_2008&rev=1258540368&do=diff Workshop topic: Information on malaria and other public health issues Venue/local partner: Noguchi Memorial Institute, Legon, Ghana Local organizer: Dr Ben Gyan, Senior Research Fellow, Noguchi Memorial Institute Dates: 19-23 May 2008 text/html 2009-11-18T11:02:14+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_on_medical_and_health_topics_uganda_16-20_october_2007&rev=1258542134&do=diff Workshop topic: Information on medical and health topics Venue/local partner: Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) Local organizer: Gad Ruzaaza, Coordinator for the LUMUST (Lund University-MUST) programme Dates: 16-20 October 2007 text/html 2010-04-03T03:41:21+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=information_resources_for_medicine_and_health_8-12_march_2010_pakistan&rev=1270266081&do=diff Workshop topic: Finding information resources for medicine and health Venue/local partner: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan Local organizers: Staff of the HEC and the SKMC Hospital Dates: 8-12 March 2010 Funders: Pakistan Higher Education Commission and INASP text/html 2010-04-03T04:17:20+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=mentoring_of_regional_and_local_information_workshops_vietnam_october_2009_december_2009_march-april_2010&rev=1270268240&do=diff Workshop topics: Finding online resources for medicine and health; specific topics at each site depending on the participant group Venue/local partner: Nine different sites in Hanoi, Hue, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City, Cantho, and Thai Nguyen; all either university learning resource centres or medical or public health universities text/html 2010-04-03T03:54:33+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=more_photos_from_lahore&rev=1270266873&do=diff [[[http://example.com|External Link]]] text/html 2009-11-16T10:49:01+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=recent_changes&rev=1258368541&do=diff Recent changes text/html 2009-11-19T10:20:11+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=seeking_online_health_information_vietnam_24-28_july_2006&rev=1258626011&do=diff [Vietnam] Topic: Seeking online health information Type of training: Stand-alone workshop Venue/local partner: CIMSI (Central Institute for Medical Science Information), Mr Nguyen Tuan Khoa, Director. Local organizers: Mrs G Giang, Head, Planning & International Cooperation Department, CIMSI, and Ms. Nguyen Thi Linh Ha, Planning & International Cooperation Department, CIMSI text/html 2010-02-28T12:43:36+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1267361016&do=diff * Start * What we do * Where we work * Who our partners and collaborators are * What our training covers * What makes our training different * How our work is financed * Who we are * How to contact us ---------- * Free INFORM sourcebooks on health * Completed training activities * Current and upcoming activities * What people have said about INFORM training text/html 2009-11-20T11:38:47+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=slides&rev=1258717127&do=diff text/html 2010-02-28T15:48:23+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=start&rev=1267372103&do=diff INFORM - International Network for Online Resources and Materials INFORM provides onsite training in Africa, Asia, and the Newly Independent States regarding free, high-quality information accessible through the WWW. Depending on the setting and topic, the training may be designed for researchers, students, university teachers, clinicians, programme officers, or information specialists and librarians. text/html 2009-11-18T12:32:19+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=troubleshooting_and_mentoring&rev=1258547539&do=diff Troubleshooting and mentoring text/html 2009-11-16T10:36:08+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=what_makes_our_training_different&rev=1258367768&do=diff What makes our training different INFORM is not the only information training programme active in low-income countries. However, it is the only programme that provides training that meets all of these criteria: * It is taught onsite at the institutions requesting the training; text/html 2009-11-16T10:34:42+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=what_our_training_covers&rev=1258367682&do=diff What our training covers INFORM training covers a full range of Web-based, research-relevant information resources available in the country hosting the training, with emphasis on free materials. Normally 50-75 specific resources are introduced over a 5-day period. The content depends on the topic. A health information workshop, for example, would introduce access programmes such as HINARI and PERI (which provide full-text journal articles, free-of-charge), national digital libraries and oth… text/html 2010-03-15T13:20:48+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=what_people_have_said_about_inform_training&rev=1268659248&do=diff What people have said about INFORM training INFORM, you rock! I hope INFORM conducts similar workshops in other institutes in Pakistan and all over the world. People need to learn this stuff!! Pakistan 2010 We haven’t ever attended such a lively and wonderful workshop. Please keep it up and try to extend the endeavor to a larger scale. Ethiopia 2007 text/html 2010-01-29T16:19:13+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=what_we_do&rev=1264781953&do=diff What we do INFORM (International Network for Online Resources and Materials) provides onsite training in low- and middle-income countries regarding free, high-quality information accessible through WWW. Depending on the setting and topic, the training may be designed for researchers, students, university teachers, clinicians, programme officers, or information specialists and librarians. The programme also provides information training within Sweden for foreign master’s and doctoral students… text/html 2010-01-29T16:17:32+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=where_we_work&rev=1264781852&do=diff Where we work The network is based in Sweden, with collaborating institutions in over 15 countries. Since INFORM began in 2004, it has provided training in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, South Africa, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, the Congo, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Two regional workshops have also been held for researchers in Africa. text/html 2009-11-20T13:40:55+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=who_our_partners_and_collaborators_are&rev=1258724455&do=diff Who our partners and collaborators are INFORM training is always organized in collaboration with a partner institution, usually a university, research institute, government agency, or nongovernmental organization. Many INFORM workshops have been coordinated jointly with the British organization INASP (International Network for Availability of Scientific Publications), which arranges access to online academic journals through INASP/PERI. The INFORM network also collaborates with other agencie… text/html 2010-04-03T02:30:18+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=who_we_are&rev=1270261818&do=diff Who we are: The Swedish-based group Martha J Garrett BA in biological sciences, PhD in zoology, university diploma in library & information science Director & trainer, INFORM Responsible primarily for INFORM Medicine & Health Researcher, International Maternal & Child Health (IMCH) Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Tel: +46-(0)18-611 5986 <martha.garrett@kbh.uu.se> text/html 2009-11-20T13:49:51+00:00 http://www.inform-network.org/doku.php?id=xxx&rev=1258724991&do=diff Who we are <martha.garrett@kbh.uu.se><anders@golonka.se><anders.wandahl@ki.se>