International medical association in obstetrics and gynecology with list of members, mission statement, projects, journals, contact information and site location.

http://www.aofog.org/

Health Security in Central Asia: Drug Use, HIV and AIDS

Documentation of the conference on October 14, 2002 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, focusing on the HIV epidemic fueled by injecting drug use. Transcripts, power point presentations and links for related resources.

http://www.eurasianet.org/health.security/

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Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia

Coordinated by the EC/UNFPA to improve the reproductive health of men, women and youths in seven Asian countries.

http://www.asia-initiative.org/

The WWW VL - Public Health: Asia

Annotated links for web resources at both the continent and country levels.

http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcmweb.nsf/website/forstudents.resources.ldb.ph.geo.asia

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