Background Resources

Background resources relevant to MeTA are held in the Source international information support centre.

Visit the Source website to find these resources arranged in key lists on specific topics and to subscribe to an RSS feed, which will alert you when new resources become available.

Source is designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability for development. It is a unique collection of around 25,000 health resources, including books, journals, manuals, reports, posters, CD-ROMs, websites and organisations.

Below is are the latest resources, related to MeTA, to be added to Source.

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Medicines : rational use of medicines

This fact sheet provides some useful information about rational use of medicines. Rational use of medicines refers to th...

The race against drug resistance : a report of the Center for Global Development’s drug resistance working group

This report makes clear the need for urgent action to address the growing crisis of drug resistance. While there is no s...

Antiretroviral drugs will retain their power longer if donors and governments assure good adherence

This blog discusses research which warns that a drug resistant strain of HIV could develop, through over use, and how tr...

Tuberculosis control : progress and long-term planning prevention and control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

This is a report of progress made towards achieving international targets for tuberculosis control by 2015

Maximising the impact of development research : how can funders encourage more effective research communication?

This Report is the main output of a workshop that was held in October 2006 to ask the question How can funders encourage...

Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries a survey of researchers

This article describes the findings from a study which examined efforts to bridge the gaps between research, policy and ...

Bridging the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries : a survey of health care providers

This article discusses the results of a survey to examine the gaps that continue to exist between research based evidenc...