Information dissemination for better health in Africa with particular reference to Namibia

This paper very briefly attempts to describe the activities of the Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat/Namibia Dissemination Centre based at the University of Namibia, one of the institutions that was identified as a partner institution to serve in the Secretariat’s information dissemination network in reproductive health and nutrition programmes. The establishment of the information dissemination network itself arose from a workshop held in Arusha, Tanzania in 1995 and attended by Dissemination Centre representatives from thirteen member countries. The University of Namibia Library is part of the University of Namibia, one of the institutions that has an important role to play in the youngest nations in Africa. The library has modern facilities and the resources and interest to run the activities of the Dissemination Centre. It undertook desk and field research and produced information sources on Nutrition and Reproductive Health.