Part of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Works in the field of international health and family planning. Their Population Communication Service (PCS) project provides technical assistance to family planning/education/communication organisations and projects. Information sources include:
(a) Popline: see separate entry
(b) Media Materials Clearinghouse (MMC): collects and disseminates health and family planning communication materials. Includes a bi-annual newsletter “What’s New in the M/MC” published in English, French and Spanish. WWW site ; Popline database service (see separate entry), full text of recent Population Reports (part of their Population Information Program (PIP), publications list, NETLINKS – an online searchable database of over 1,300 reproductive health, population and development organizations with Internet resources, MEDIABANK – an online database that includes images or full-text versions of over 3,000 international health posters, pamphlets, flipcharts and other materials. Searchable by keyword, region or country; and PHOTOSHARE, an online database of over 5,000 photographs for use by nonprofit organizations working in international development.