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Blueprint for Rabies Prevention and Control (Focus on low-income countries) (French)
The project has been developed by global rabies experts to serve as a guide for countries that would like to prevent human rabies by eliminating canine rabies within their borders. It includes information on Roles and responsibilities, Infrastructure, framework, Costs and funding, Communication plan and Operational activities
necessary to develop a national program. The site has been developed by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
http://www.rabiesblueprint.com/
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This extensive site is supported by WHO, Rotary
International, CDC and UNICEF. It features a wealth of
general and epidemiological information on polio and its
eradication. The site also contains press releases, fact
sheets, individual country profiles, full text documents
(some also in French), photographs, videos, and a meeting
agenda.
http://www.polioeradication.org
Hepatitis Information Network (HEPNET)
HEPNET contains a series of category links with updates on
patient care issues, serology, new clinical papers and news
releases plus links to other hepatitis sites.
http://www.hepnet.com/
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Viral Diseases
This PubMed search will identify all viral related free
fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the
search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By
repeating this search periodically, you will find new
fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database
weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for
most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%28%22virus%20diseases%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22virus%20diseases%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20Viral%20Diseases%5BText%20Word%5D%29
SARS Reference
This site is a medical textbook that
provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of severe
acute respiratory syndrome. It is edited by Bernd Sebastian
Kamps and Christian Hoffmann and is updated every month.
http://sarsreference.com/
Smallpox and its Eradication (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This is the full-text edition of the extensive monograph
covering all aspects of smallpox, written by F. Fenner et al.
and published by WHO in 1988.
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/smallpox/9241561106.pdf
WHO: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is maintained by the WHO's Global Alert and Response (GAR) program. Apart from
general information (fact sheets, WHO manuals) and disease
outbreak updates on Ebola, it contains a number of videos
(RealPlayer), which are also presented as photo series.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/
WHO: Global Influenza Programme (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is maintained by WHO's Global Alert and Response (GAR) program. Its features
include general information (fact sheets), disease outbreak
updates on Influenza (including avian influenza),
surveillance activities (global agenda), vaccine
recommendations, a calendar of meetings and training
activities and many full-text WHO documents.
http://www.who.int/influenza/en/
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