AFRO-NETS> TALC - Teaching Aids At Low Cost

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@harare.iafrica.com>]

TALC - Teaching Aids At Low Cost
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The 1999 publications catalogue is now available from:

TALC
PO Box 49
St Albans, Herts AL1 5TX
UK
mailto:talcuk@btinternet.com
http://www.rgp.man.ac.uk/gp/talc/

The catalogue covers Medicine, Community health, AIDS education and 
communication, Tuberculosis, Child Health, Nutrition and Child 
Growth, Health Care Services, Management, Education and Communica-
tion, Disability and Leprosy, Appropriate technology. Some publica-
tions in the 'Strategies for Hope Series' are available in both 
French and English. A few are available in Portuguese or Swahili. 

All these books are very low cost and specially chosen to suit Afri-
can needs. 

UPDATE IN ANAESTHESIA 
This journal is specifically for those practising anaesthesia in de-
veloping countries. It is practical and covers a range of issues. It 
is sponsored by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthetists 
and it is understand that it is free of charge to developing coun-
tries. Distribution is through:

Dr. Ray Sinclair
Department of Anaesthesia
Royal Truro Hospital (Treliske)
Truro, Cornwall, U.K. 


INTERNATIONAL HEALTH MATTERS 
This is a digest of information about research funded by the UK's De-
partment for International Development. It is published twice a year 
and covers a range of subjects concerned with public health e.g. ma-
laria. It also gives short summaries of recently completed research. 

The Editor is:
Robert Cole
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
mailto:rcole@liv.ac.uk

Please approach him about receiving copies. This publication is also 
available on the web at:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/ihm-cov.html 


EFFECTIVENESS UPDATE 
These publications are also supported by the UK Department for Inter-
national Development through the 'Effective Health Care in Developing 
Countries Project' at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. They 
are a series of A4 sheets which summarises the evidence for good 
practice using the relevant systematic reviews from the Cochrane Li-
brary. A useful feature is a 'box' with "Key Points" - information 
that could be included in a Health Information Digest or other publi-
cation for distribution to outlying areas. 

Contact: 
Reive Robb
Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
mailto:reive@liv.ac.uk
http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/ihd98-ehc.html


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