analytical and bibliographic databases

• AIDSinfo
  AIDSinfo is a central resource for current information on federally and privately funded clinical trials for AIDS patients and others infected with HIV. As the main dissemination point for federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines, AIDSinfo provides information about the current treatment regimens for HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses, including the prevention of HIV transmission from occupational exposure and mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy.
• African Trials Registry
  The African Trials Register is a database of controlled trials performed in Africa and has been compiled by the South African Cochrane Centre.
  Contact person: Ms Elizabeth Pienaar, of the SA Cochrane Centre
  e-mail: epienaar@mrc.ac.za
• Community health information database (CHID)
  This database is compiled by the staff of the SA University of the Free State Library and Information Services and includes a broad range of health information topics ranging from medical procedures and treatment to health policy issues.
  Contact person: Ms Suzette Lombard,of the Univ of the Orange Free State
  e-mail suzette@hbib.uovs.ac.za
• MRC Health Research Projects
  A database produced by the Medical Research Council that contains information regarding projects funded by the MRC and various other funding organisations.
  Contact Person: Mr Clive Glass of the MRC Grants Administration office.
  e-mail: clive.glass@mrc.ac.za
• South African Food composition database
  Use the SA Food Composition database to lookup the Energy and selected macronutrient (fat, protein, carbohydrate, fibre) composition of different foods.
  See also: Advanced Food composition database
  Contact persons: Dr Petro Wolmarans, of the MRC Nutritional Intervention Research Unit
  e-mail: petro.wolmarans@mrc.ac.za
• The South African Medical Database (SAMED)
  SAMED manages the research outputs produced by MRC researchers and MRC-supported researchers. Reprints can be ordered from the MRC through the online Document delivery service.
  Contact person: Michelle Snyders, MRC Knowledge Management Division
  e-mail: michelle.mathys@mrc.ac.za
• UCT Traditional medicines database (TRAMED)
  Information includes: botanical taxonomy; geographical location; monographs of traditional medicinal plants that will be included in a Traditional Herbal medicines Pharmacopoeia for South Africa; reported medicinal treatments, chemical information, pharmacological and toxicological content. Information has been gathered from the literature; institutions such as herbaria and botanical gardens; workshops with traditional healers (with their consent), and from already recorded narrative accounts.
  Contact details: South African Traditional Medicines Research Unit, Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7925 Observatory, South Africa
  E-mail: satmerg@uctgsh1.uct.ac.za
• US National Library of Medicine databases (NLM)
  • NLM Gateway The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems
  • PubMed PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
  • SIS HIV/AIDS Information NLM'S Specialised Information Services provides various resources focussing on HIV and AIDS including clinical trials, drugs and journal articles.