The Women s Commission is an expert resource and advocacy organization that monitors the care and protection of refugee women and children. The site provides regional reports, advocacy information, current news, a calendar of events, a slideshow, and links. Published annually, this report provides basic health indicators for countries including population totals, fertility rates, infant and maternal mortality rates, life expectancy, education, malnutrition, immunization, and health expenditures. Disease statistics tables are also provided, showing mortality and burden of disease by sex, cause, and WHO regions. Older World Health Reports are also available, as well as a French version of the site.
Site is a searchable index of African health and biomedical information.
The data collected on child nutrition and health include birth spacing, pre- and perinatal care, breastfeeding and weaning practices, immunization, maternal literacy, education, work and marital status, household possessions, water supply, sanitation and regional differences. Focus is on developing countries, especially Africa. The mission of CAFS is to strengthen the capabilities, capacities and effectiveness of organisations and individuals providing sexual, reproductive and family health services which encourage responsible exercise of rights and promote higher quality of life in Sub-Saharan Africa. This French and English site includes information about CAFS, its training courses, research reports, and technical assistance. Announcements are made in the bulletin board section, and the publications, African Journal of Fertility, Sexuality and Reproductive Health and CAFSnews are available in full-text.