Table 1 Detailed in-house assessment of health portals
S. No | Name | Source/Host | Accessibility | Key areas of information | Target audience | Presentation | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free/Paid | Registration required | Full text available | |||||||
1. | WHO-India Digital Repository | The Institutional Repository is an archive of WHO documents & resource materials from the WHO Country office India. | Free | No | Full text available and is divided into sections. | WHO resource materials on health | Professionals looking for WHO resource materials. | The information is divided into number of communities and sub-communities (or categories) | Limited information in every community. |
Main communities include Communicable diseases and disease surveillance, Family and Child Health, Health action in crisis, Health systems development, Immunization and Vaccinedevelopment, Non-communicable diseases and Mental health, Resources for staff members, Sustainable development | Materials limited to those developed by WHO only. | ||||||||
No specific category for Child health. | |||||||||
2. | National Health Information Collaboration (NHIC) | NHIC is a collaborative model whereby the information is entered by authorized institutions and personnel from 18 organizations trained for the purpose. | Free | No | Full text available | Total of about 1800 entries (except Directories) out of which more than 1500 are scientific articles and thesis. | Research scientists, Healthcare professionals and Policy makers. | Since nformation is submitted through the authorized content providers only, limited resource materials or subject specific materials have been uploaded | First version and currently being updated. |
Classification based on Topics (all public health related) and types of information. | Child and adolescent health has 60 entries with 50 being scientific articles. | ||||||||
Types include Scientific publications, Education & management, IT applications, Research projects & funding, Policies & practices, Stat data & Directory of resources. | |||||||||
3. | Policy Reforms Option Database (HS-PROD) | Database is regulated by PROD Management Group made of health experts from the Govt and Non-Govt Sectors. | Free | Optional | No, only the summary of the case studies is available. | Health sector reforms – successful examples from the field and innovative ideas | Government of India Health and Family Welfare staff at central, state and district levels, health related NGOs, private sector providers, development partners (including donors) and academic institutions. | The information is provided using a standard format. | Includes case studies and innovative ideas on health sector reforms only. |
This group approve each entry before inclusion and meet quarterly to oversee progress. | Topics include Infrastructure, Logistics, Financial management, M&E, PPP, Management structures & systems, Social marketing, Health financing, Human resources, Urban health, Community participation, FRU, BCC | No separate topic on child health | |||||||
4. | NGO Gateway | A website supported by NACO and UNAIDS. | Free | No | Yes | HIV/AIDS | Seeks to empower NGO sector through networking and capacity building by leveraging internet technologies. | It’s difficult to locate the documents for a new user. | Contains information related to HIV/AIDS only. |
Almost 1000 digital resources are present which have been categorized into Statistics/Data, Laws and Policy Documents, Information Resources, Tools, Funding Opportunities, and Declarations | |||||||||