# \[e-drug\] WHO and training (cont'd) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [February 28, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-who-and-training-contd/16230 "2003-02-28T20:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sfoster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sfoster](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/sfoster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-who-and-training-contd/16230/1 "2003-02-28T20:36:44Z")
E-drug: WHO and training (cont'd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone, I've been following the discussion on availability of information with interest. Dr Holloway's response referred to the many resources that are now available on the WHO website, [http://www.who.int/medicines](http://www.who.int/medicines) I would also add that the Management Sciences for Health website, especially the Manager's Electronic Resource Center [http://erc.msh.org/](http://erc.msh.org/) has a lot of useful documents, including a number on drugs and related issues -- notably the International Drug Price Indicator Guide, which is searchable. I would be very interested to know from those of you based in developing and transitional countries how accessible those documents and other documents posted on the web are to you -- what dial-up costs you face, what other obstacles, how long it takes to download a page, what printing facilities you have, etc. My feeling is that those of us in the industrialized world with good or even moderate acccess to the web may underestimate the difficulties faced by people in the developing and transitional countries in actually getting to websites like the who.int website, but I'd like to see some more evidence on this point. Best wishes, Susan Foster, PhD Chair, Department of International Health Boston University School of Public Health 715 Albany Street Boston MA 02118 USA phone: +1 617 638 5234, 638 5397 fax: +1 617 638 4476 e-mail: sfoster@bu.edu [http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih](http://www.bumc.bu.edu/ih) (the department) [http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/sfoster/](http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/sfoster/) (my courses) -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@usa.healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@usa.healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@usa.healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)