Action Health Incorporated (AHI) is a pioneering non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the health of Nigerian adolescents.

The purpose of CREATE is to encourage the application of knowledge and insights to improve access to basic education and thereby contribute to the achievement of educational MDGs and reductions in poverty. CREATE will contribute to the achievement of these goals through its development of novel conceptual frameworks, policy related research, and empirical enquiry into better practices. Its aim is to generate, share and project evidenced based insights into how to improve access to education for five to fifteen year olds in equitable and pro-poor ways in poor countries.

id21 is the free development research reporting service, bringing you the latest and best UK-resourced research on developing countries.

As part of their strategy to combat the causes of blindness, malnutrition and poverty, Helen Keller International is committed to sharing information generated by our programs for the benefit of the disadvantaged worldwide. Publications are available to download from the hki web site.

IBE hosts a number of databanks, including the Global Curriculum Bank for HIV/AIDS Preventive Education.  This service focuses on the collection, analysis and dissemination of curricula and related teaching and learning material for HIV/AIDS preventive education at primary and secondary levels worldwide.

The Water for Schools Campaign aims to bring together a network of organizations and partners that deliver safe water and sanitation to schools and assist in bringing basic water and hygiene education to teachers. Its target is to provide all schools with safe drinking water by 2015 as part of helping reach the UN Millennium Development Goals.

MOST assists the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau for Global Health, USAID missions, governments, donor agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private voluntary organizations, research entities, and the private sector to implement expanded, more effective programs and policies to prevent and control micronutrient deficiencies, especially vitamin A deficiency.

The PCD web site includes information about the School Health and Nutrition (SHN) Mail List.

Resources include 'Stepping Stones', an award-winning training package on HIV/AIDS, gender issues, communication and relationship skills.

This web site showcases promising examples of life skills-based education around the world, catalogues studies that have evaluated skills-based programmes, and provides practical tools and materials for those ready to implement life skills-based education for: HIV/AIDS prevention; Health Education; Human Rights and Social Issues; and Violence Prevention, Peace Building and Education for Development.

This Tool Kit (currently in draft form) contains a range of on-line tools based around the core FRESH components (Policy, Water & Sanitation, Skills-based health education, School-based services) and frequent school health Themes.

WELL is a resource centre network providing access to information and support in water, sanitation and environmental health for the Department for International Development (DFID) of the British Government.  The WELL website is a focal point of information about water, sanitation and environmental health and related issues in developing and transitional countries.  WELL produces a number of Documents, Fact Sheets and Briefing Notes downloadable from their web site.

School Health and Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in the Education Sector

This site contains a variety of documents developed by and for WHO to strengthen international, national and local efforts that increase support for school- and youth-focused prevention programmes. They also provide advocates with guidance about specific actions that can be taken to improve such programmes.

The WASH in schools web site was set up in a cooperation between UNICEF and IRC. It serves as a discussion forum and an information exchange platform for sector professionals working in the field of WASH in Schools. The website is also the home of the WASH in Schools Thematic Group and is linked to the FRESH, Focusing Resources on Effective School Health, framework.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a center in the economics department of MIT which serves as a focal point for development and poverty research based on randomized trials. The objective is to improve the effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results about the effectiveness of alternative programs.

AIDSPortal is an internet platform which provides tools to support global collaboration and knowledge sharing among new and existing networks of people responding to the AIDS epidemic.

AIDSPortal is a joint initiative of the DFID Global AIDS Policy Team and the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development. The UK Consortium is a network of over 80 UK based organisations working together to understand and develop effective approaches to the problems created by the HIV epidemic in developing countries.

AIDSPortal offers:

Focus on networking: AIDSPortal members can access a growing directory of people and organisations and quickly locate others interested in similar issues or working in a particular place. Members can start their own discussions, engaging other members in their work.

More open policy dialogue: AIDSPortal works internationally to ensure that the most up to date information on policy initiatives and international processes is easily accessible through AIDSPortal and that people can share information about their engagement.

Country-led management: AIDSPortal aims to be country-led and defined. This aims to support constructive dialogue between national responses and experiences and international processes

Focus on networks: AIDSPortal supports existing networks engaged in cross-cutting and national issues to share information and collaborate more effectively with relevant partners.

Easy and quick access to information: AIDSPortal facilitates access to information given the time and resource constraints facing organisations responding to HIV and AIDS:
 - documents can be directly downloaded from the AIDSPortal site
 - users can quickly browse and search for resources around pre-defined policy, programmatic and country issues
 - members can receive email updates on the latest resources available for a specific topic.