Resources

Apart from the fact that the book Communication of Innovations-A Journey with Ev Rogers is a tribute to the legendary communicator, lovingly called as Ev, another salient feature is that, as Singhal and Dearing the two editors describe, the book has brought together a cadre of Ev Rogers’ collaborators and contemporaries who wrote on topics that not only spiced up Ev’s intellectual appetite but in which Ev made seminal and lasting contributions.

There are plenty of books, manuals and websites on how to write soaps for social development, for agricultural extension, or to raise HIV/AIDS awareness. Several of these have been important in the development of this manual , but until now nothing has described how to go about producing a radio soap which tackles violent conflict in a positive way; a radio soap designed to reduce tensions and to bring people together.

This manual tries to fill that gap within a clear and logical framework, to go from the idea to the finished product.

The WHO Department of Human Resources for Health gathers information on the number of health workers and their employment status, gender and age, among other characteristics. This global atlas presents the estimate of numbers and densities – the ratio per 100 000 population – of health workers.

The 10th edition of the South African Health Review, has the major theme of Human Resources for Health (HRH). This report consists of 17 chapters focusing on various related issues. One of the chapters highlights the siginificance and importance of Information for Human Resource Management (HRM).

Exchange study reports that in Africa, participatory communication in malaria control matters because without genuine community understanding and engagement with the problem of malaria, external efforts will fail.

This book looks at the emerging relationships between sustainable development and the information society. The potential of information and communications technology to contribute to a more sustainable world is limitless. The challenge is to bring the policy communities together and help them understand the links. In this volume, some important challenges are outlined—and some important examples of success are highlighted. Edited by Terri Willard and Maja Andjelkovic, this book contains research findings by seven young researchers from six countries highlighting their country specific experiences and situations on interlinkages between Information Society and Sustainable Development.

This report is an analysis of HealthNet Uganda’s business model, including a description of challenges HealthNet Uganda is likely to face and recommendations for how to forestall those challenges. The project conducted market and profitability analyses and identified potential clients.

Synthesis report on 20 ICT case studies from organisations in South Asia, Southern Africa and Central America. Their activities vary from offering wireless communication equipment to tribal nomads and teaching slum children how to use a computer, to training NGOs how to build a website and online broadcasting of radio programmes.

Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in practice- A toolkit with a collection of resources, checklists and examples on CD Rom

Innovative use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for wider outreach, networking, advocacy and bridging the digital devide in HIV/AIDS has been an integral part of the UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme.