Resource Sharing and Communication: serving the needs of the malaria clientele

Resource sharing and communication: serving the needs of the malaria clientele The ACTMalaria Information Resource Center experience (AIRC)

Contents

History (MMDC, Healthlink, Transfer, AIRC at Present)

Vision, Mission, Aims, Objectives

Collection

Collaboration (Key Contacts, Held Trainings, Ministry Librarians)

Access

Copyright

Services and Databases

Interface

Uploading and Downloading

Language

User Statistics

Coverage

Products and Indicators

Advocacy Programs

Partner and Visited Libraries

Current Activities

Emerging Activities

Demo

Conclusion

History

Mekong Malaria Documentation Center (MMDC)

WHO initiative for Roll Back Malaria (RBM) in Mekong countries included in the Workplan of EC Malaria Control Project

Established in 2001 and made available in 2002 in Hanoi, Vietnam

MMDC

Aim: To strengthen regional and inter-country knowledge sharing and learning for improved control of malaria and vector-borne diseases in the Asia Pacific Region.

Headed by Dr. Carlo Urbani

Healthlink Worldwide Assessment

Malaria Consortium consultancy checking the SWOC analysis of MMDC

Survey and Interviews by David Curtis

February 2004

Commitment became an issue (staffing, finance, language issues, etc.)

ACTMalaria Transfer

Revitalized and chosen ACTMalaria to host the project in 2005

New website was developed

Information Needs assessment was conducted during the Drug Implementation Review in Wuxi, China

Continued collection development

AIRC at Present

ACTMalaria Information Resource Center ( http://resource.actmalaria.net )

The information sharing and communication exchange arm of ACTMalaria

Has one full-time Information Resource Officer, one IT assistant and one off-site Web Developer gathering materials from 10 member countries

Vision

To be the one-stop source of online malaria information in Asia

Tagline: “ Your online malaria channel in Asia”

Mission

To provide free malaria resources to member countries, partners and stakeholders of malaria in Asia, facilitating dissemination of knowledge and reliable information with focus on drug related studies and research

Aims

(1) Facilitate a venue where countries affected by malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases can share information;

(2) Make information accessible to users;

(3) Pool resources from member countries to strengthen information exchange.

Objectives

To further strengthen information sharing among ACTMalaria member countries and partners;

To advance the capabilities of the ACTMalaria Key Contacts for each country or region;

To focus on gathering anti-malarial drug related studies and research;

To acquaint Ministry Health Librarians to participate in the growing need of the Resource Center;

To assess the usability of the AIRC not only in the region but also in the other existing networks.

Collection

Published full-text documents (in English and local language)

Manuals/Guidelines

Case studies/Research Proposals

Unpublished/On-going research

Photographs

IEC Materials/ AV Materials

Collaborative sharing

Key Contacts - 10

Partner Libraries

Ministry Librarians

Key Contacts Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam Dr. Guan Yayi Dr. Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh Dr. Chea Nguon Mr. Carles Tobing

Key Contacts Ms. Mastura Hashim Dr. Than Win Dr. Cristina Galang Dr. Supawadee Konchom Dr. Le Xuan Hung

Held Trainings for Key Contacts

Resource Center Key Contacts Training I - Danang, Vietnam : March 23-24, 2006 (11 pax)

Resource Center Key Contacts Training II - Manila, Philippines : November 15, 2006 (15 pax)

Resource Center Advisory Meeting - Manila, Philippines : July 18-19, 2006 (18 pax)

Ministry Librarians CNM Cambodia - Moly NIMPE Vietnam - Mai DDC Thailand – Pong and Kanokwan MOH Malaysia - Ain

Classification scheme / Subject List

Capacity Development

Children, youth and pregnant women

Communicable Diseases

Community development

Control and Prevention

Culture, economy & society

Diagnosis & case management

Entomology and Vector control

Environmental health & occupational health

Epidemiology

General

Health personnel & training

Health planning & health management

Health promotion & health education

History (as a disease)

Classification scheme / Subject List

Immunisation

Information services & information management

Medical equipment & health facilities

Medical services

Monitoring and Evaluation

NGOs and other Organizations

Nutrition

Population

Primary health care

Regional information

Surveillance, Information Systems

Therapy and treatment

Traditional health care

Urban health

Access

Free

Open-access

Downloadable

Copyright

Copyright laws and practices hinder the essence of open access or online publishing of published papers.

Services and Databases

Online Bibliographic Database

Online Contacts Database

Online Forum

Newsletter

Soon: Online Training, IEC Database and Comprehensive Photo Gallery and Archives

Interface

Diagram: Uploading and Downloading Fill up the form Submit to Database Share a resource Approved Disapproved Published online Kept in the database Published online Viewed

Language

All languages are accepted.

English is the primary and universal language

Local languages are highly anticipated with English abstracts

In an EB Meeting, 76.4 % said that finding keywords in local language can be helpful.

User Statistics: Resource 9089.77 Monthly Average 81808 Total 13053 September 7254 August 6782 July 9607 June 8237 May 7173 April 13016 March 9128 February 7558 January Total Hits Month (2007)

User Statistics: Forum 9284.33 Monthly Average 83559 Total 10246 September 9879 August 16537 July 12600 June 9444 May 5247 April 7801 March 5692 February 6113 January Total Hits Month (2007)

Coverage by country: Resource

Other countries: Vietnam, Austria, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Brazil, UK, India, Mexico, China, Argentina, Canada, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Thailand, East Timor, Tanzania, Tuvalu, Israel, Slovenia, Zimbabwe, etc.

Coverage by country: Forum

More diverse area coverage of IP addresses that access the online services of the resource center to include non-member countries

Unique IP addresses visiting http://resource.actmalaria.net : 6,804

Increased number of members to the virtual library “library card”

Registered Users of My Library : 53

Trainings and promotions conducted

Four advocacy promotional activities and one continuing education, development and training.

Improvements and development of the satellite libraries

Development of online training course for establishing satellite libraries and support for purchase of peripherals for partner libraries.

Increased collection contributed by members and non-members alike

There are 630 records posted since its operations.

Advocacy Programs

Presentations

3 rd National Management of Malaria Field Operations (MMFO) – Philippines (April 2007)

4 th Regional Transfer of Training Technology (TTT) – Malaysia (August 2007)

1 st Regional Pharmaceutical Management and Quantification of Malaria (PMM) – Vietnam (November-December 2007)

Partner and Visited Libraries

CNM Cambodia

NIMPE Vietnam

DDC Thailand

Other Visited Libraries

IMR Malaysia (August 2007)

MOH Malaysia (August 2007)

DOH Philippines (September 2007)

Current Activities

Online Training Curriculum Development

Establishment of Partner Satellite Libraries including peripheral support (CNM and NIMPE)

Emerging Activities

Development of Curriculum and Modules for Online Training

Actual Online Training Implementation

AIRC Demo

Demonstration on how to use AIRC Databases.

In a survey conducted during an EB meeting, 93.33% said that AIRC contains relevant information

Conclusion

AIRC is still on its infancy stage. It constantly undergoes development through dependence on users and stakeholders comments and needs. Full cooperation, coordination and support from partner agencies, key contacts, libraries and librarians will make AIRC effective and useful as a databank of online malaria information in Mekong and Asia Pacific.

Visit: http://resource.actmalaria.net