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A Virtual Forum on Gender Mainstreaming
http://www.ifrtd.gn.apc.org/new/gender_gat/index2.htm
This Virtual Forum, held in 2005 links transport to the MDGs and has a maternal mortality and transport component


Appropriate Technology
http://www.researchinformation.co.uk/apte.php
Appropriate Technology magazine is directed towards communicating new practical technologies, policies and ideas addressed to the elimination of poverty and hunger


Bicycle ambulance unit takes off at Heathrow Airport
http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/news/archive/pressrelea...
The use of bicycle ambulances was tried at Heathrow aiport!


Bicycle Ambulances in Nepal
http://www.practicalaction.org/?id=bicycle_ambulances
Practical Action was already working with the villagers to build bicycle trailers to take goods to market. The next step was to adapt them to become 'ambulances'.


COHRED
http://www.HealthResearchForDevelopment.org
Council on Health Research for Development


Connecting isolated villages one bridge at a time
http://www.nepaltrailbridges.org


Development Agencies Help Infrastructure Sectors To Fight Aids
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentM...
On the occasion of the XVI International AIDS Conference, being held in Toronto, August 13th – 18th, development institutions from across the globe announced today that they have come together on a “Joint Initiative by Development Agencies for the Infrast


Ending the SIlence, Easing the suffering
http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/fistula/fistulap...
Transport is closely linked to fistula as this article demonstrates


ERanger: Designed to Deliver
http://www.eranger.com
ERanger is a company that provides effective and customised IMTS for effective health care delivery. They have worked in Afghanistan, Malawi, Ghana and South Africa. Many case studies are available on their web site


Evaluación de caminos rurales en Ecuador
http://http://www.oitandina.org.pe/documentos/estudio_eva...
Impacto de los caminos rurales en comunidades del Ecuadror


Evaluación de caminos rurales y departamentales en Perú
http://http://www.oitandina.org.pe/documentos/estudio_eva...
Impacto de los caminos rurales y departamentales en el trabajo y comunidades


For more information on Maternal Health visit www.who.int
http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/


Gender and Transport Network
http://www.gatnet.net
This web site and list serve is dedicated to women, equity and transport.


Geografía de la salud
http://http://www.softmix.com.ar/salud/
Boletín electrónico


Global Transport Knowledge Partnership
http://www.gtkp.org
This web site has a devoted section to Transport and Health, focusing on road users


Helvetas
http://www.hevletas.ch
Association suisse pour la coopération internationale


IFRTD
http://www.ifrtd.org
The website of the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development


Indigenous Women Working Towards Improved Maternal Health
http://www.healthunlimited.org/aboutus/ARAIreport.pdf
Health Unlimited a UK NGO and coordinated an action research project with indigenous communities on maternal health whereby transport was identified as a major problem


Motorcycle Ambulance, 2002, IT Transport
http://www.ittransport.co.uk/documents/Bicycleambulance.p...
Access to health facilities is one of the major concerns of rural communities in developing countries. This research investigated the economic viability of a community motorcycle ambulance scheme.


Nepal: The conflict's dangerous impact on health services
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50549&SelectR...
Lack of transport and access to health services becomes even more acute in post-conflict situations


Renew - The Campaign to End Fistula
http://www.endfistula.org
The Campaign to End Fistula currently covers some 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Arab region. It works in three key areas: prevention, treatment and support to help women who have been repaired return to their communities.


Riders for Health
http://www.riders.org
Riders for Health have worked for 15 years on the problem of delivery systems for health care in Africa.


Safe Motherhood Initiative
http://www.safemotherhood.org/facts_and_figures/maternal_...
An initiative to promote safe motherhood. Transport is identified as a key challenge


Safe Motherhood Initiative in Malawi
http://www.eranger.com/case-studies/malawi/safe-motherhoo...
Eranger a commercial company has worked with the Safe Motherhood initiative to provide motorbicycle ambulances to transport pregnant women


Safe Motherhood Initiative in Nepal
http://www.nsmp.org/increasing_access/index.html
The increasing access component of the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP) aims to improve the social context for, and access to, midwifery and obstetric services by addressing six major barriers to care in Nepal:


Skat
http://www.skat.ch
As part of the core team Skat is a key member of the Mobility and Health initiative and experts in networks


Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICA...
This programme within the World Bank has some good sources for cross-cutting issues


Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
http://www.deza.ch
As a bilateral donor SDC is part of the core team


Tanzania is fighting for safe motherhood
http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org
White Ribbon alliance is advocating for increased skilled birth attendants


The Bicycle Empowerment Network
http://www.benbikes.org.za/namibia/projects.htm
BEN is exploring the bicycle ambulances for their programmes in Nambia


The World Bank Transport and Health Programme
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTHEALTH...
An overview of what the World Bank is doing in the field of transport and health


Toolkit on gender, transport and maternal mortality
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/mg294/maternalmortali...
Website on Maternal Mortality in Africa and its relationship to poor transport infrastucture


Transaid
http://www.transaid.org
Transaid is passionate about building local transport skills and knowledge to improve access to basic services and economic opportunity for poor people in developing countries.


Transport and Health care
http://www.itdp.org/AccessAfrica_healthcare.html
In 2004, the INstitute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) launched a pilot project, supported by USAID, to assess the role of bicycles in improving access to health care in Sub-Saharan Africa.


Transport and maternal health in Kambia District, Sierra Leone
http://www.kambiahospital.org.uk/appeal/maternal_health_p...
This is another interesting health programme that has identified a transport link


Transweb: the knowledge portal to Mobility and Access
http://www.trans-web.ch/news.htm
Also the home of Transnet, the Swiss Community of Practice ifor transport experts


Truck Drivers help Pregnant Women
http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2550009.stm
Villagers in parts of Western Africa have come up with an ingenious way of helping pregnant women get to hospital.


Vulnerability and mobility
http://www.rdpi.org
Lack of mobility add into the vulnerability of people to disasters

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