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Organisations
NeLI digital library
The NeLI is a digital library bringing together on-line evidence-based, quality-tagged resources on the investigation, treatment, prevention and control of infectious disease. NeLI is currently funded by the National Library for Health and is developed and maintained by the Institute of Health Science City University.
European Food Safety Authority
This site provides
up-to-date information on the activities and statuses preceding the operational
start of the uropean Food Safety Authority.
Water, environment and sanitation (WES)
Site of the water,
environment and sanitation (WES) division of UNICEF, offering the
possibility to download the WES publications, including a hygiene promotion
manual produced in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, and the paper ‘Motivating Better Hygiene Behaviour: Importance for
Public Health, Mechanisms for Change’, produced in partnership with IRC.
British Food Standard Agency
Site of the British Food
Standard Agency, including interesting features like the ‘Hygiene Campaign’
to raise awareness about food hygiene issues, food hygiene publications in
foreign languages, and on-line quizzes. E-mail alerts can be received by
subscribing on-line.
American
Society for Microbiology
A wealth of information including news, journal access
and notation of international activities in the field of microbiology.
An excellent search engine delivers abstracts of all its journals
and, until the end of 1998, free access to the full text of
articles from their ten journals including the Journal of Clinical
Microbiology. Subscriptions will be required thereafter.
Clean
Hands Campaign
The Washup.org website, is part of the Clean Hands Campaign
(American
Society for Microbiology), aimed to spread the 'importance of
handwashing'.
It is a useful source on the subject of handwashing where you
can download
brochures and posters, read the press releases and view the
interesting
hand washing survey.
Association
for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
Easily accessible information about APIC, a voluntary
international organisation promoting healthcare epidemiology.
Features of the site include a forum for professionals, a network
list and a resource centre containing abstracts from the American
Journal of Infection Control.
Bureau
of Infectious Diseases
From the health protection branch of Health Canada, this highly
informative site contains research data on infectious diseases
with a special division in Foodborne and Enteric Disease.
CDC
An excellent site run by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention with access to news, health information
and US health data and statistics. From this site you can also
access the following sites hosted by the CDC, or use the links
here for direct access to each.
CDC
Prevention Guidelines Database
Full text articles of all information in this database,
including outbreak and case reports of infectious diseases,
in addition to recommendations and guidelines for prevention
and treatment.
Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Reports.
Accessible data from the CDC journal, with a useful search
facility and ability to go directly to Morbidity and Mortality
Tables. Each report is also available in full text: Portable
Document Format (PDF). US data only.
National
Center for Infectious Diseases
Comprehensive site containing publications, disease
information, and information about NCID research programmes,
laboratories and resources.
Enter-net
Home of the International Surveillance Network for the Enteric
Infections- Salmonella and VTEC 0157. This project is funded
by the European Commission under the BIOMED 2 programme. The
overall aim of Enter-net is to improve understanding of the
extent and evolution of anti-microbial resistance in salmonella
isolates and of the distribution of resistant organisms such
as VTEC O157 within the EU.
The
European Food Information Council (EUFIC)
EUFIC is an independent, non-profit-making organisation that
provides health educators, opinion leaders and the news media
with science-based information on foods and food-related issues
in order to inform consumers in the European Union on nutritional
quality and safety of foods.
Food
Safety Campaign Group of Australia
An educational site on food safety by the Food Safety Campaign
Group of Australia containing clearly written fact sheets, information
on HACCP and useful links.
The
Hygiene Mark
The National Hygiene Programme of the Republic of Ireland
runs the Hygiene Mark Certification Scheme, an improvement based
audit programme devised and developed by Excellence Ireland.
It incorporates Food Hygiene Regulations, "best hygiene thinking"
and recognised codes of good practice.
Institute
of Food Science and Technology
Basic information regarding the institute. Access to
article titles only from the International Journal of Food Science
and Technology, although a comprehensive Hot Topic section contains
full text articles.
International
and National Data on Foodborne Diseases in Europe
This site is run by the WHO regional office for Europe, European
Centre for Environment and Health in Rome. It outlines the main
activities of WHO EURO Food Safety Programme and provides links
to WHO international and national institutions related to this
subject.
IUHPE
A site describing the mission and activities of the International
Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) and its organisations,
with multiple links to publications, current projects, and health
organisations. The IUPHE is committed to improving health globally
through education, community action and the development of public
policies.
London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine
Information on research topics centres and contacts
within LSHTM, Britain’s national school of public health.
Health Protection Agency (HPA)
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is a new national organisation for England and
Wales, established on 1 April 2003. It is dedicated to protecting people's health
and reducing the impact of infectious diseases, chemical hazards, poisons and
radiation hazards. It brings together the expertise of health and scientific
professionals working in public health, communicable disease, emergency planning,
infection control, laboratories, poisons, chemical, and radiation hazards. This
site gives access to the CDR Weekly and CDR Review journals in PDF, with UK
epidemiological data and statistics.
Royal
Institute of Public Health and Hygiene
Information on RIPHH activities, which include dialogue
with UK Government departments and quality tests of hygiene-related
products.
Soap
and Detergent Association (SDA)
The SDA is dedicated to advancing public understanding of the
safety and benefits of cleaning products, by developing and
sharing scientifically sound information with the technical
community, policy makers, child care and health professionals,
educators, communicators and consumers.
World
Health Organisation
A useful access point for all WHO information, including
the World Health Reports and the Weekly Epidemiological Record.
Journals
- Other sites of interest
Journals
Journal of Infection
International Journal of Environmental
Health Research
Cambridge
Journals OnLine
Access to the range of Cambridge University Press published
journals with a cross journal search facility. Subscription
is required to receive full text, but titles and abstracts can
be retrieved.
Emerging
Infectious Diseases
An access point to the full text of this peer-reviewed
journal published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases.
Contains an article preview facility for the subsequent issue,
an archive, an image library and a search facility.
Eurosurveillance
News bulletins gathered from public health centres in
the European Union concerning communicable diseases. Funded
by the EC, it includes outbreak reports, surveillance reports
and other related news.
Journal
of Clinical Investigation
Full text of this journal, complete with images, within
a comprehensive site. A search facility covers other journals,
some of which require subscription to receive full text.
Journal
of Clinical Microbiology
Full text articles currently online with a useful search
facility.
Oxford
Journals
The Oxford University Press publishes over 150 journals,
covering a wide range of academic disciplines including medicine
and public health. Journals are listed alphabetically and by
subject area. Online journals include the International
Journal of Epidemiology and the Journal
of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Science
Online
Hosted by the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement
of Science) giving titles and information on the journal ‘Science’.
Full text articles are by subscription only.
Trends
in Microbiology
Outlines only of current and back issues of the journal published
by Elsevier Science.
Organisations
- Other sites of interest
Other
sites of interest
Avian Birds Flu
This site provides news coverage of recent bird flu-related events as well as flu-related discussions forum .
Antimicrobial resistance (US Food and Drug Administration)
A sub-site of the US Food and Drug Administration site dedicated to antimicrobial resistance is targeted to industry and health professionals. The principal attraction of the site is the link area, which is divided into ‘Background', ‘Recommendations/strategies', and ‘Veterinary/Industry information'.
InterWater
Subpage of the Water
Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WASH) site, providing information
about more than 600 organisations and networks in the water supply and
sanitation sector, related to developing countries.
BioMedNet
An extensive site for biological scientists of all kinds
providing a large and lively selection of news, articles and
information. Registration is required but following this access
to all material is free and the rewards are plentiful.
BioMedNet
Medline
One reward of registering with BioMedNet is free access
to a useful version of Medline.
Food
Safety and Hygiene Bulletin
An Australian site for the food industry containing the bulletin
Food Safety and Hygiene, linking into a site called Food Science
Australia which provides, amongst other things, consumer information
leaflets and fact sheets.
The
Hospitality Institute of Technology and Management (HITM)
HITM is a food science-based company for the retail
food industry focussing on HACCP principles and practices with
relevant scientific research and consulting materials. This
site includes over 100 references
on handwashing.
The
Virtual Museum of Bacteria
A picturesque, well designed site giving extensive information
on bacteria with sections on pathogenic bacteria, food and water
safety - each with a comprehensive set of links. A fun educational
initiative by the
Foundation of Bacteria. Use the site map for quick access
to pages.
Organisations
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