On this page you will find various Website addresses. We have put many of these here so that it is easy for you to find them all in one place!

While we work on specific areas, we will add websites to this page as we find new and interesting ones.

Health Information Websites:

• Sustainable Development Goals
• UNICEF
• World Health Organisation​; ​Country-specific health profiles
• ​Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); ​Closing the quality gap - The 'no needless list'
• Across the Chasm: Six aims for changing the healthcare system
• Children’s Institute - All editions of the Child Gauge are available
• Resources for Children's Health Services (Western Cape Government)
• South African Department of health
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Nursing profession websites

• South African Nursing Council (SANC); ​Scope of Nursing Practice
• ​​​​Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa)
• International Council of Nurses
• Royal College of Nurses (UK)
• Critical Care Society of Southern Africa

 

Websites providing statistics (Often related to child health)

• Children Count - A site that provides downloadable statistics, based on the best available national data outlining the living conditions, care arrangements, health status, and access to schools and other services of the children in SA
• Health Systems trust: South African Health Review
• Newborn Numbers (download the most recent maternal, newborn and child health data by country and region)
• Statistics South Africa
• Gapminder - Interactive website that cleverly display trends ​in health

 

Research websites

• Archives of Disease in Childhood
• Cochrane Child Health Field - browse the archives for recent systematic reviews on health issues pertaining to 0 - 18 year olds.
• Curationis - The journal of DENOSA
• Royal College of Nursing : Research and Development
• South African Health Sciences Journals
• The Joanna Briggs Institute - Providing you with the best available evidence to inform your clinical decision-making at the point of care.
• The Global Health Network's Global Health Trials - A networking website for those working on trials in resource limited settings. Includes guidance material, standard documents and training resources.
• The Cochrane Library - Search their database of Systematic Literature Reviews
• WHO's Implementation Research Guide

 

Websites addressing issues of neonatal care

• South African Neonate, Infant and Toddler Support Association (SANITSA)
• Healthy Newborn Network 
• The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series (2005)
• The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series (2014)
• Newborn care: NINO (Neuroscience for Improved Neonatal Outcomes) and Skin-to-Skin Contact
• Pikler/Lóczy Fund The principles of Dr. Emmi Pikle's approach to raising healthy babies
• Blog: Neonatal Research

 

National Child Health Information Websites

• Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality in Africa (CARMMA)
• World Family Map - 'Mapping family change and child well-being outcomes.'

Mobile Applications

• MAMA Mobile (mobile app for expectant moms and for the first year of babies' life)
• Mobile Xhosa (a translation app that assists healthworkers with communication with patients)

 

Resource websites for nurse educators

• OPENPediatrics - A 'free interactive digital learning platform designed to provide medical education to and promote knowledge sharing between clinicians in all resource settings worldwide.'
• Grey’s Anatomy Textbook
• Handwritten tutorials - A great website displaying videos of medical tutorials
• Center for Health Literacy Promotion (free training resources)
• ECG simulator
• Nursing Dictionary - a dictionary of nursing abbreviations and acronyms​
• ​​​​​Mondofacto - medical dictionary search
• Resuscitation Council of South Africa
• Resuscitation Council (UK): Contains documents used for APLS in SA
• Simply Ask! A guide for religious sensitivity for healthcare professionals 

Caregiver support websites

• Little Hearts Matter. A website for parents with children born with congenital heart defects
• Little Steps (website for premature babies, their parents and professionals)
• Together for Short Lives - "[T]he leading UK charity that speaks for all children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and all who love and care for them."

Websites describing common child pathologies 

• About Kids Health: Resources about common children’s medical conditions
• Children's Hospital Boston: 'My child has...' A excellent resource for parents and health professionals that gives information about many, many common childhood diseases and conditions.
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
• International Children's Palliative Care Network
• Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa - a large information resource for paediatric and adult congenital heart disease.