Scholars at Risk protects scholars suffering grave threats to their lives, liberty and well-being by arranging temporary research and teaching positions at institutions in our network as well as by providing advisory and referral services. In most cases this is a one-semester or one-year position as a visiting scholar, researcher or professor at a higher education institution in a safe location anywhere in the world. SAR provides advisory services for displaced scholars who are struggling to restart their lives and their careers in their new location. Since the Network’s founding in 2000, more than 700 scholars have found sanctuary and hundreds more have benefited from SAR’s advisory and referral services.
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Scholarship updates for African students and researchers
Strohm R, February 2019
This resource provides a list of scholarships for African students, and research funding for African academics. There are three lists of scholarships and grants for African academics: one for MA and PhD study in Anglophone countries, one for Francophone countries, and one for post-doctoral and research funding. In addition, there are resources for research and travel grants for African professors.
SciDev.net Spotlights on HIV/AIDS: Vaccines and Microbicides
The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) has launched two new online 'spotlights' on the science of HIV/AIDS, dealing specifically with the topics of microbicides and vaccines. The spotlights provide an overview of the issues in relation to developing countries through the latest news, summaries of key reports and links.
* Vaccines:
http://www.scidev.net/hiv/vaccines
* Microbicides
http://www.scidev.net/hiv/microbicides
SciDev: New website on science and technology
A new website dedicated to science, technology, and development was launched in London, UK on
Dec. 3, 2001. Called SciDev.Net, the site aims to be both a source of information and a forum for the exchange of ideas of relevance to the developing world. Two prestigious journals, Nature and Science, are backing the initiative and will give free access to selected articles each week. In addition, a network of correspondents will bring news about scientific and technological developments in the South to a global audience. Its broad objective is to help empower individuals, communities and decision-makers in developing countries, in particular by increasing their ability to ensure the effective contribution of science and technology to public health and economic well-being in an environmentally sustainable way. An integral part of the website will be a series of 'dossiers'. These will bring together various types of material - ranging from short news items and opinion articles to authoritative 'policy briefs' - on key topics at the interface between science, technology and society, with a particular focus on the relevance of these topics to developing countries.
Scientific journal information
This web site contains comprehensive information on scientific journals impact factor, science citation index, history of science and tips on good publication practice. This information is relevant to health professionals in developing countries particularly those with academic affiliations/aspirations.
SCORE global report on health data systems and capacity, 2020
World Health Organization: WHO, Geneva, 2021
The World Health Organization provides the first global assessment of country data and health information systems capacities in terms of five 'SCORE' aspects: Survey, Count, Optimize, Review and Enable. The report addresses gaps and inequalities in health information systems and provides recommendations for investment in areas that will have the greatest impact on the quality, availability, analysis, accessibility and use of data. There is a link to the SCORE Online Data Portal and an accompanying Visual Summary of country-level SCORE assessments.
Search global population and health data
This database contains data on 85 demographic variables for 221 countries in the world, for 28 world regions and sub-regions, for the world as a whole, for the United States as a whole, and for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Variables include data on family planning, reproductive health, youth sexual activity, breastfeeding, and women's political participation.
Second edition of teaching-aids at low cost (TALC) health development CD-ROM launched
This CD-ROM is a free resource of material on subjects related to health and development. The CD-ROMs allow users to select, adapt and tailor materials to meet local needs and develop their own library of materials at very low or zero cost. Information on the CD-ROM can be downloaded, e-mailed or printed and freely reproduced and shared. The project is supported by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID).
Setting Up Community Health Programmes: A Practical Manual for Use in Developing Countries
Lankester T: Hesperian Books, 2012
Originally published in 2009, this updated version of Setting Up Community Health Programmes covers all the basic principles of community-based health care, setting up specific programmes, and managing them, while reflecting post-millennium realities. Topics covered include: health awareness and motivation; learning about the community; setting up a community health clinic; setting up community programmes for TB, maternal health and family planning; a community development approach to HIV/AIDS; setting up environmental health improvements; and managing personnel and finance. Designed for both urban and rural locations, this manual addresses the needs of health workers, programme managers, doctors, nurses, health planners and all those who seek an evidence-based and practical approach to health care in the developing world.
SexRightsAfrica Network
Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Fund: South Africa
The SexRightsAfrica Network brings together organisations and individuals working to realise Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights across Eastern and Southern Africa, and beyond. It is intended to complement, promote and strengthen existing networks and knowledge management platforms. It provides a meeting and referral point at the busy intersection of HIV and AIDS, health and well-being, and economic, social and cultural rights. There are many ways to participate in the network. This website is the platform for the network, as a regional networking hub to share evidence and strengthen action to realise sexual and reproductive health rights.