Tropical Medicine Resource Links
International
Links and Resources
World
Health Organization (http://www.who.int)
The World Health Organization has a wealth of material on tropical diseases from
fact sheets to guidelines to training programs.
World
Health Organization (WHO), Weekly Epidemiological Record (http://www.who.int/wer/)
The World Health Organization publishes a very useful journal entitled
"Weekly Epidemiological Record" on line. It is a very useful resource
containing a number of articles relevant to tropical medicine.
U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//)
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is a very useful journal published by
the CDC (USA). It is medline indexed and has a number of articles relevant to
tropical medicine.
World Bank (http://www.worldbank.int)
The
Malaria Consortium (http://www.malariaconsortium.org/)
The Malaria Consortium is a leading international organisation of
multi-disciplinary experts working to reduce the global burden of malaria.
The
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (http://www.filariasis.org)
The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, for which WHO serves as
the secretariat, is a free, non-restrictive partnership forum for the exchange
of ideas and coordination of activities, with membership open to all interested
parties. Its functions includes sharing of information on progress and
challenges, coordination of activities, fund-raising and advocacy.
Dermatology
Image database (http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/DermImag.htm)
This dermatology image database has been recommended by one of the students at
James Cook University.
Australasian Links and
resources
Immunise
Australia www-site (http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/immunis/index.htm)
The Immunise Australia www-site is the first point of contact for obtaining
materials and documents relevant to immunisation programs and guidelines in
Australia. International students should visit equivalent www-sites in their
country to see if information is available relevant to their country.
Communicable
Diseases Australia (http://www.cda.gov.au/index.htm)
Communicable Diseases Australia is hosted by the Commonwealth Health Department
in Australia. There are a number of useful resources here, including the
periodical Communicable Diseases Intelligence, which examines notifiable
diseases and issues related to disease outbreaks.
Manual
of Use and Interpretation of Pathology Tests: Third Edition (http://www.rcpa.edu.au/pathman/index.htm)
This revised, third edition of the Manual of Use and Interpretation of Pathology
Tests has been a project for the Board of Education of the Royal College of
Pathologists of Australasia, aiming to produce a comprehensive manual to guide
clinical staff in the selection of appropriate pathology investigations and to
assist them in the interpretation of pathology results.
Malaria:
An online resource (http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/labs/haem/malaria/index.html)
The malaria educational site from Royal Perth Hospital, is now available in
French, English and Spanish. The site contains sections on Diagnosis,
Prophylaxis, Treatment and History as well as an innovative interactive
"Test & Teach" self assessment module. It is an ideal site for
Clinicians, Scientists, Healthcare Professionals and Students. The MK IV version
of a trilingual (English/Spanish/French) CD-ROM with the same content as the web
site is now ready for distribution (free) to institutions without, or with only
limited internet access. (The CD-ROM is now being used by medical/educational
institutions in 126 countries). Contact: Graham Icke, A/Principal Scientist,
Division of Laboratory Medicine Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington St., Perth,
Western Australia 6000 E-Mail: Graham.Icke@health.wa.gov.au
Tropical
Public Health Unit Network, Queensland Health (http://www.health.qld.gov.au/phs/tphun/default.htm)
The Tropical Public Health Unit Network has the following roles: Develop,
coordinate and support public health interventions for priority health issues of
statewide and local significance. Undertake health surveillance including the
collation, analysis, monitoring and distribution of information on health status
and disease trends to Health Service Districts and other relevant organisations.
Coordinate disease control initiatives across the zone, including response to
and notification of disease outbreaks. Undertake environmental health
surveillance, implementation of legislation, policy and programs. Provide
specialist public health advice and develop the capacity of health services,
other sectors and the community to collaboratively plan and implement effective
public health programs. Implement appropriate public health legislation.
Australian
Indigenous Health InfoNet (http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/)
Our Internet site is a dynamic, evolving resource which makes published,
unpublished and specially-developed material about Indigenous health freely
accessible to policy makers, service providers, researchers, students and the
general community. By making this material accessible to people involved in the
area of Indigenous health, it should greatly enhance their knowledge, skills and
performance. For students and the general community, the information accessible
via our site will improve their understanding of Indigenous health and related
areas.
Australian Prescriber (http://www.australianprescriber.com)
Australian Prescriber is an independent publication providing readily accessible
information about drugs and therapeutics. It covers topics assisting doctors,
dentists, pharmacists and students. This site provides full text versions of the
publication with a search facility.
Links to Professional Organisations in Tropical Medicine
Major
International Networks
International
Society of Travel Medicine (http://www.istm.org)
The ISTM, with 1,800 members in 53 countries, is the largest organization of
professionals dedicated to the advancement of the specialty of travel medicine.
Members include physicians, nurses and public health professionals from
academia, government and the private sector.
International
Federation for Tropical Medicine (http://www.iftm.org)
The International Federation for Tropical Medicine is an organizational network
of tropical medicine and related professional bodies. One of its principal
activities has been the support for the series of International Congresses for
Tropical Medicine and Malaria.
Some
regional professional organisations
The
Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (http://www.tropmed.org)
The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine was established in 1991 and is the
peak professional organisation in tropical medicine for Australia and the
region. The College accepts membership applications from doctors, nurses and
other health professionals, who are engaged in tropical medicine. It also has
established a Faculty of Travel Medicine.
The
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (http://www.rstmh.org)
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene was founded in 1907 and has a
number of Australian Members. It has a number of publications and opportunities
for its members, who are referred to as Fellows.
American
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (http://www.astmh.org)
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has a few Australian
members. The Society publishes a journal and conducts a Certification
examination in tropical medicine and traveler's health.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
(http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/trst/links.cfm)
Elsevier (the publishing house) now produce the Transactions. Individual
articles can be purchased online as well as journal subscriptions. Links for
online article submissions.
Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine - Library and Links
(http://lib.itg.be/biblinks.htm)
The institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp - The librarians here have
compiled some truly impressive lists of links - if you have not found what you
want elsewhere you may be able to find a link to it here - to some extent the
comprehensive nature of these pages may make browsing a little time consuming.
Instit Fur Vergleichende und Parasitologie (Munich, Germany)
(http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~tropa.vetmed/index.htm?/~tropa.vetmed/links/links_inh.htm)
Whilst this site is in German, but if you don't read German you can use one
of the translation sites (e.g search for the page in Google and click the
"translate" option.