2nd SACIDS One Health Conference in Africa

The Second ONE HEALTH CONFERENCE IN AFRICA jointly organized with National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) to be held at Snow Crest Hotel in Arusha from 16 - 19 April 2013.

Conference Themes: The overiding theme is "Changing landscape for Health Research in Africa".

sub-themes are:
-One Health Approach in addressing inter-species Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
-HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis and Neglected Communicable Diseases
-Non-communicable diseases in a changing environment in Sub-Saharan Africa
-Health Systems -Socio-economic determinants of health

Timelines
-First Conference announcement 9th August 2012
-Abstract submission deadline: 8th November 2012
-Notification of abstract acceptance: 28th November 2012
-Conference Registration opens: 9th August 2012
-Early bird registration deadline: 31st March 2013

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Access to SAGE Academic Database has been restored - MUHAS

SAGE provides access to full text journals in the following fields: health sciences; life & biomedical sciences; materials science & engineering; and social sciences & humanities.

SAGE database is now accessible at MUHAS - Muhimbili Campus

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“We can just Google it!”: Accuracy of Medical Information on the Internet

“We can just Google it!” is becoming our standard response to unanswered questions in life.
This study highlights the opportunities and pitfalls of using the internet to communicate medical in

formation. The internet is providing an opportunity for patients and family members to obtain additional medical information that they did not receive from their physicians, as well as to address questions that may arise and do not warrant a visit to a physician. On the other hand, the study also demonstrates that the quality of medical information on the internet varies widely. Click here for more details

Multinational Working Group (GMT) on the theme of "Africa in the Information Society Era": Call for proposal

Deadline: 30 September 2012

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is calling for proposals for its new Multinational Working Group (GMT) on the theme of "Africa in the Information Society Era". The MWG is an important CODESRIA program aimed at promoting multinational and multidisciplinary reflections on issues affecting the African community of social science researchers. For more details on the MWGs and on the activities of CODESRIA, visit the Council’s website: http://www.codesria.org/.

SABINET Open Access Journal Collection

The collection currently comprises 46 South African journals, which may be searched individually, and provides immediate access to the PDF versions of 6 000+ full-text articles. Of the journals in the collection, 15 appear on the Approved South African Journals list, the ISI list, or the IBSS list. New journal titles and issues are added to the collection on an ongoing basis. Click here for more details

Some of the journals include:

• African Journal of Farm Child and Youth Development (Discontinued)
• African Journal of Health Profession Education 
• CSIR Science Scope
• Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology
•  ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa 
• Injury and Safety Monitor (Discontinued)
• Inkanyiso : The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences   
• Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (*)
• Quest : Science for South Africa
• Rostrum : Newsletter of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
• Scientia Militaria (*)
• South Africa Rural Development Quarterly (Discontinued)
• South African Health Review
• South African Human Rights Yearbook (Discontinued)
• South African Journal of Chemical Engineering (*) (Discontinued)
• South African Journal of Information Management (*)
• South African Journal of Science (%)
• Southern African Business Review (*)