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Global Update

Indian Pediatrics 2001; 38: 1340  

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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition - www.icddrb.org/jhpn/ This is the official publication of the International Center for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh. Published quarterly, this journal is indexed by all major international systems. The full text of this journal is available free. This journal contains articles on maternal and child health with specific emphasis on nutrition and diarrheal diseases.

Harvard World Health News - www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/ This is a online newsletter from the Harvard University that compiles the latest health news from various sources including newspapers, medical journals, electronic media and present then in a concise form. The website is updated weedkly. A free subscription to weekly email updates from this site is available.

International Vaccine Institute - www.ivi.org The International Vaccine Institute in South Korea, is a pioneering institute on research on new vaccines, mainly those on enteric diseases. Their website contains a wealth of information on new developments on vaccines on rotavirus, shigella, cholera, E coli and typhoid fever. The website also contains information about research work carried out and a large collection of links on vaccination sites worldwide.

Neonatology Guidelines - http://matweb.hcuge.ch/endo/cours_4e_MREG/Neonatology_guidelines.htm An exhaustive collec-tion of links to neonatology guidelines, policy statements, important articles and evidence-based medicine on neonatology is available from this website. The links are classified based on diseases and arranged alphabetically for easy search. This website can serve as a good starting point for journey on the neonatology superhighway. This is a part of the Matweb, of the University of Geneva.

The Tiniest Babies - www.medicine.uiowa.edu/tiniestbabies/index.htm This website, maintained by the Division of Neonatology, University of Iowa, serves as a registry of the smallest surviving babies. The site contains detailed clinical information, including long term outcome of these babies and hopes to provide a comprehensive database on this aspect. This site will be of help to pro-fessionals and parents dealing with these babies. The collection includes those reported in medical journals and in lay press. Contributions can be sent to the registry.

C. Vidyashankar,
Pediatrician,
Military Hospital, Namkum,

Ranchi, Jharkhand 834 010,
India.

E-mail:
[email protected]

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