INFO Products
and Services
- INFO Project Report 2008—A chronological look at the INFO and PIP projects from 1973 to 2008.
ne Source—Combines the resources of six unique databases from INFO and the Health Communication Partnership.
- Elements of Family Planning Success—See the top 10 elements that some 500 family planning professionals around the world voted on.
- POPLINE®—The world's largest bibliographic database of family planning and related health and development issues.
- Hot Topic Collections—One-stop source for cutting-edge, evidence-based health information.
- Population Reports®—Published three times a year, the journal provides accurate and authoritative overviews of important developments in family planning and related health issues.
- Best Practices Signpost—Provides links to websites and online publications about best and promising practices and lessons learned in reproductive health promotion and provision.
- The INFO Project Blog—A virtual, moderated space to post comments about health.
- INFO Reports—A companion to Population Reports featuring job aids and other practical tools.
- Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers—Offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods.
- Family Planning Wallchart—Revised wall chart replacing and updating "Do You Know Your Family Planning Choices?" chart.
- Essentials of Contraceptive Technology—A practical handbook for clinic-based health care.
- Decision-Making Tool for Family Planning Clients and Providers—Promotes high-quality family planning counseling.
- Photoshare—A database of photos available for non-profit use in development programs worldwide.
- The Pop Reporter®—A weekly e-zine that links to the latest research and news reports on reproductive health and related topics.
- Implants Toolkit—Up-to-date and accurate information, guidance on best practices, and resources and tools.
- Injectables Toolkit—Up-to-date evidence, best practices, and resources related to injectable contraceptives.
Products and Services Hosted/Managed by INFO for Partners
- Global Health Technical Briefs—A two-page summary of the most important information on timely reproductive health and related issues.
- International Family Planning Perspectives—A quarterly journal that provides the latest peer-reviewed research on reproductive health from around the world.
- Reproductive Health Gateway—Allows users to search 140 specially selected web sites focused on reproductive health.
- Resources for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration—Lists nearly 500 selected resources supporting integration of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, and promotion of sexual and reproductive health.
- Interagency Youth Working Group—Provides links to over 900 youth health publications, materials, and organizations.
- The IUD Toolkit—Provides comprehensive, standardized, scientifically accurate, and evidence-based information on the IUD and expanding services.
- End Violence Against Women—Shares research, tools, project reports, and communication materials.
- Monitoring and Evaluation Guide—A standardized evaluation method for publishers, knowledge managers, program managers, M&E specialists, and health information communicators.
- MAQweb Initiative—Brings together USAID/Washington, USAID Missions, the cooperating agency (CA) community, and others to improve access to and quality of family planning and reproductive health services.
- Postabortion Care Website—Lists evidence based selected resources for those designing or revising postabortion care programs.
- The Global Health eLearning Center—Provides free, timely, continuing education on-line courses for health professionals.
- CIRE, Continuous Identification of Research Evidence—Identifies new evidence about contraceptive use for the World Health Organization's Medical Eligibility Criteria and Selected Practice Recommendations.
- Dr. Jim Shelton's Pearls—Answers to commonly asked questions about family planning.
- IBP Initiative, Implementing Best Practices—Interactive forum through which policy makers, program managers, implementing organizations, and providers convene to identify and apply evidence-based practices that can improve reproductive health outcomes in their countries.
- HIPNET (Health Information and Publications Network)—Provides access to technical health information and innovative information technologies that strengthen the performance and sustainability of health care programs, organizations, and services.
What is the INFO Project?
The INFO Project, based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs, envisions a world of interconnected communities where shared reproductive health information improves and saves lives. Our mission is to support health care decision-making in developing countries by providing global leadership in reproductive health knowledge management. Through collaborative approaches and the innovative use of sustainable technology, we:
- Inform those who influence and improve health care and public health,
- Enhance the capacity of communities and organizations to obtain, adapt, and generate knowledge and best practices, and
- Connect communities, organizations, and individuals locally and globally to facilitate knowledge sharing and dialogue.
The project receives support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Results
The INFO Project works to achieve the following results:
- Identify, synthesize, and make available information on useful and best approaches and findings in reproductive health and related topics.
- Enhance local capacity to serve local information needs.
- Strengthen South-South and South-North knowledge communities and networks.
Audiences
- Health care practitioners, who need accurate, evidence-based research to improve clinical practice and outcomes.
- Policy-makers, health officials, and program managers, who seek to base policy and programs on best findings.
- Teachers and trainers of service providers, who require information in a format that can be easily adapted for local settings.
- Donors, who must make tough choices about limited resources.
- Academics and researchers, who contribute to and draw from a global body of knowledge.
Areas of Expertise
- Consensus-based knowledge generation: INFO works with health organizations worldwide to build agreement on the latest evidence-based research and guidance to be disseminated to public health practitioners, policymakers, trainers, program managers, researchers, and other specialists.
- Cutting-edge knowledge synthesis: INFO's technical and information specialists work to capture and organize the latest thinking, research, and data on global health topics providing accessible content, tools, job-aids, and other resources that can easily be put into practice in developing countries.
- Innovative knowledge delivery: INFO develops products, applications, and services that enable their users to quickly and easily find the best and most updated information and strengthen information flows among South-to-South partners as well as South-to-North Partners.
Field-Based Projects
- Sehetna—New award-winning Jordan Health portal in Arabic.
- SHARE Portal (Southeast Asia HIV/AIDS Resource Exchange)—A collaboration portal, representing the HIV/AIDS community in Southeast Asia, provides both a public and private space for the community to network effectively.
Knowledge Management
- What Is Knowledge Management?—Publications/Presentations, INFO Staff Picks.
Best Practices
- What is a Best Practice?—Link to projects, tools, publications.
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