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.
Health and the MDGs : the challenges ahead
Although there has been much progress towards meeting the three of the eight Millennium Development Goals relating to he...
Backgrounder and facts for launch of the United Nations report delivering on the global partnerships for achieving the millennium development goals
This paper looks at one of the targets for Millennium Development Goal-8 - that in cooperation with pharmaceutical compa...
Improving access to health care in the developing world : working together to make a difference
This leaflet describes the initiatives that research-based biopharmaceutical companies are working on to improve access ...
Getting research into policy and practice
This issue focuses on the innovative approaches to communicating research experiences being used by researchers and comm...
The global threat of counterfeit drugs : why industry and governments must communicate the dangers
This article suggests that many pharmaceutical companies and governments are reluctant to publicise the problem of count...
SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed health policymaking (STP)
This is a set of 18 tools that can be used by those involved in finding and using research evidence to support evidence-...
Systems thinking for health systems strengthening
This third report knits together earlier work by accelerating a more realistic understanding of what works in strengthen...
Sound choices : enhancing capacity for evidence-informed health policy
This review addresses a mismatch between what is known about how to respond to particular health problems in poor econom...
Making research findings actionable : a quick reference to communicating health information for decision-making
This is a synthesis which aims to provide a quick reference of suggested communication approaches for health researchers...
Towards equitable access to medicines for the rural poor : analyses of insurance claims reveal rural pharmacy initiative triggers price competition in Kyrgyzstan
This article examines medicines price competition that ensued in a rural village in Kyrgyzstan after the opening of a sm...
