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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health
Education and Research Resource Portals
- Research4LifeResearch4Life is the collective name for HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI. Provides developing countries with free or low cost access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content online. Login/Password required. Please check with your Library.
- MedEdPORTALProvides access to peer-reviewed health education teaching and assessment resources.
- MERLOTA peer reviewed repository of Learning Objects and Open Access content across higher education.
- Open.MichiganOpen access materials created by university faculty & students and submit your own materials. From the U of Michigan.
- WHO IRIS : WHO Institutional Repository for Information SharingSearch the entire collection of WHO publications.
Research Databases
- African Index MedicusAccess to information published in or related to Africa
- AJOL: African Journals OnlineThe world's largest platform of African-published scholarly journals.
- ClinicalTrials.govA database of clinical studies, sponsored primarily by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- Cochrane LibraryA set of databases of evidence-based research.
- COVIDsearch | N3CAllows for searching across available research preprints, publications, and clinical trial information. From the National Covid Cohort Collaboration (N3C).
- DHS Program Publications | Journal Articles SearchA database of peer-reviewed journal articles with research based entirely or primarily on DHS data. From 2003 to the present.
- Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)Information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed
- Evidence in Action Databases & ResourcesSocial and behavior change (SBC) evidence including the Family Planning Database and Reproductive Empowerment Database.
- Global Index MedicusFrom the World Health Organization. Global Index Medicus provides worldwide access to biomedical and public health literature produced by and within low-middle income countries.
- Google ScholarLets you search broadly for scholarly literature. It searches a variety of resources, including PubMed, electronic journals, and Google Book Search.
- LitCovid | National Library of MedicineLitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
- PubMedPubMed is the premier biomedical database that indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals.
- UN Women Digital LibraryPublications including reports, assessments, policy statements and briefs addressing aspects of gender equality and empowerment of women.
- WHO International Clinical Trials Registry PlatformA searchable database of information about ongoing and completed clinical trials registered around the world in clinical trial registries.
- WHO IRIS : WHO Institutional Repository for Information SharingSearch the entire collection of WHO publications.
- WHO Reproductive Health Library (RHL)A curated collection of evidence in reproductive health. Published by the World Health Organization
- Women Deliver DatabaseA research and practice database from Women Deliver, Women Deliver, an organize which addresses gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women and intersecting identities.
Background & Clinical Resources
- Best Evidence Topics (BETS)Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature.
- Cochrane LibraryEvidence generated through research and assessment of useful literature for informing decisions about health by health care providers and researchers around the world.
- EvidenceAlertsCurrent best evidence from research, customized to health care interests. From McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit and DynaMed Plus.
- GLOWM - Global Library of Women's MedicineProvides medical professionals worldwide with free access to a vast, constantly updated, and peer-reviewed resource of clinical information and guidance.
- HIVinfo.NIH.govOffers access to the latest, federally (U.S.)-approved HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines, HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials, and other research information.
- Medscape Ob/Gyn and Women's Health SectionComprehensive list of women's health articles organized by specialty topic.
- PATH Resources | Sexual and Reproductive HealthPATH is a global non-profit organization that addresses public health issues. PATH Resources is an online catalog indexing publications, presentations, and related resources.
- Trip DatabaseTrip (Turning Research into Practice) is a sophisticated tool for locating the highest possible evidence with which to inform clinical decisions, using the principles of evidence based medicine. Results include evidence-based synopses, systematic reviews, guidelines and PubMed.
Women in Sikasso, Mali, attend a session with the Keneya Jemu Kan (KJK) project, which led a human-centered design process to identify new approaches that can contribute to changing norms in Mali around the timing of the first antenatal care (ANC) visit. © 2017 Caitlin Loehr/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare
Practice Guidelines
- ECRI Guidelines TrustA portal to clinical practice guideline briefs now available to the healthcare community. Freely available but registration required.
- FIGO StatementsFIGO regularly issues statements and joint statements.
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Clinical GuidanceIncludes ACOG Practice Advisories, Committee Opinions and Obstetric Care Consensus Series
- AHRQ Women's Health ResourcesWomen's health guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality