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Emedix.com: Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery
This site contains numerous full-text articles about sports
medicine and orthopaedic surgery. It is organized by
anatomical diagnostic information and includes animations,
surgery pictures, surgery stories, annotated x-rays, and
schematics. The site also contains a keyword search engine.
The site is maintained by Stanford University Medical Center,
U.S.
http://www.emedx.com/
Guidelines for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Published in 2001, this site is the Internet version of the
WHO revised guidelines for STIs. These recommendations are
based on a syndromic approach to the management of patients
with STI symptoms and for the treatment of specific STI,
based on global evidence and epidemiological surveillance
data. It also provides information on the notification and
management of sexual partners and on STIs in children and
adolescents. The fulltext is downloadable in pdf format.
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241546263.pdf
International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) (French, Spanish)
IUSTI is the oldest international organization in the field
(founded in 1923) whose object is the achievement of
international cooperation in the control of sexually
transmitted diseases, including HIV infection. The IUSTI is
an Official Non-Government Organization in Consultative
Status with the WHO. The organization produces a
comprehensive and highly illustrated CD-ROM on sexually
transmitted diseases, and a sample chapter (genital herpes)
is available free on the website. Besides information about
the organization, the site also contains a limited amount of
practical information, contributed by members of IUSTI. It is
available in English, French and Spanish.
http://www.iusti.org/
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Sexucally Transmitted Diseases
This PubMed search will identify all
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 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 of contents.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%22sexually%20transmitted%20diseases%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20sexually%20transmitted%20diseases%5BText%20Word%5D%29
Reproductive Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections including AIDS (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This resource consists of numerous publications on
reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections. They
are intended for health promoters, program managers, and
service providers. The publications were developed by the
Population Council, a U.S. based ngo.
http://www.popcouncil.org/ebert/designstisaids.html
Resource Guide for Sex Educators: Basic Resources that Every Sex Educator Needs to Know About (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site contains sexual education information for
individuals and organizations in the United States and the
developing world. The fulltext document is available as a pdf
file from the link in the Communication Initiative
description. The guide was developed by Advocates for Youth,
a U.S. based non-governmental organization.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/176610
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and other Reproductive Tract Infections (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This "guide to essential practice" contains extensive
information on clinical skills, laboratory tests and
treatment. The guide is 200 pages long and the file size is
large (12 Mb). It is produced by the WHO Department of
Reproductive Health and Research, Family Health International
and the Population Council, U.S.
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/frontiers/reports/RTIS_GEP_FINALl.pdf
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines - 2006
These guidelines for the treatment of patients were developed
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S.
The information is available in html (web) and pdf format.
Also included is an online and Powerpoint summary of
treatments, guidelines and links to practical healthcare
information about the full range of STDs. The guidelines
appear to be written mainly for readers in the US - some of
the content is not relevant to healthcare in developing
countries.
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/treatment/
Sexually Transmitted Infections (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This journal contains original articles on the clinical,
microbiological, behavioural, epidemiological, social, and
historical aspects of sexually transmitted diseases,
including viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, human
papillomavirus, herpes simplex virus, and the sexually
transmissible hepatitis viruses. A publication of the BMJ
Publishing Group, the fulltext online version is available
free to readers in developing countries. (see: Countries with
Free Access).
http://sti.bmj.com/
Sexually Transmitted Infections Online Mini-Course (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This minicourse is designed to provide a basic introduction
to STIs and to help providers incorporate a focus on
sexuality and sexually transmitted infections into their
services. The site contains modules on STIs and reproductive
health services, Understanding STIs, Common STIs and the
Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of STIs. It is maintained
by Engender Health.
http://www.engenderhealth.org/pubs/hiv-aids-sti/
WHO: Sexual and Reproductive Health
This site contains links to numerous WHO full-text publications
on sexual and reproductive health. It is organized by broad subject topics.
Examples include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, family
planning, gender and human rights, maternal and prenatal health and reproductive
tract, STIs, and HIV/AIDS. Within each category, documents are organized into Advocacy, Clinical guidelines, Evidence, Monitoring and evaluation and Policy and programmatic issues.
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/en/
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