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.
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...
A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of antiretroviral medicines
This is a detailed manual giving a step by step approach to undertaking pharmacovigilance of antiretroviral medicines
SciDev.Net : Science and development network
This website offers policymakers, researchers, the media and civil society information and a platform to explore how sci...
Public engagement with science on the internet
"A gateway to Internet resources on public engagement with science and technology and science communication. Produced by...
Culture : hidden development
This is a practical working guide to culture and development for the international development sector. Through research ...
Suriname indigenous health fund (SIH Fund)
This is the website for a project which gives indigenous people in Suriname's interior Greenstone Belt region with the ...
WHO’s role and responsibilities in health research
This is a report on the meeting of the executive board about the 2008 Bamako call to action on health research - strengt...
A call for civil society engagement in research for health : input to the global ministerial forum on research for health
This call for action sets out a blueprint for strengthening the role of civil society organisations in research for heal...
