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The WHO Reproductive Library

The WHO Reproductive Health Library is an alternative source of information to the Cochrane Library. It focuses on all areas of reproductive health in a multimedia format, from fertility regulation, through pregnancy and childbirth, HIV/Aids, newborn care, infertility and more. The April 2006 release includes new editorials, commentaries and systematic reviews, as well as a new practical video demonstrating how to do a vaginal breech delivery (which unfortunately has the labouring woman lying on her back).

The RHL is prepared by an editorial team based in the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research and was established in 1997 in collaboration with other agencies worldwide.

The website is easy to use and well laid out. I think it is more user-friendly than the Cochrane Library and because it has other input apart from the randomised controlled trials, is more geared to the practical application of the research.

For more information and to subscribe (from as little as £47 per year) click here. There is also a free trial service and a demonstration that explains what is in the Library and how to use the various sections. Subscriptions are subsidised for those in developing countries.

This is another very useful source of information for midwives, educators and others keen to see better maternity services worldwide. You will want to bookmark this site in your browser.

Posted by andrea at April 25, 2006 09:37 AM