We encourage organizations to join K4Health's network of partners to improve access to health information in developing countries. Through our unique eToolkit Application, K4Health has provided support to our 60 partner organizations to develop and publish 30 K4Health eToolkits to date on a wide range of health topics—from family planning/reproductive health and HIV/AIDS to mHealth and gender. We continue to diversify our collaborative partnerships to expand into other topics, such as maternal and child health and cross-cutting technical areas such as leadership and management. To learn more about our toolkits or to suggest new topics, contact the team at .

Our eToolkit Application allows subject matter experts to develop online toolkits without the need for specialized IT skills. This easy-to-use Web-based software functions as a:

• Private work space. In a password-protected environment, invited members of a toolkit working group see the toolkit in its online format as it is being developed and can add content to it themselves.
  
• Collaborative tool. Working group members share information interactively using a series of Web 2.0 collaboration features, including commenting and audio, video, and text-chatting tools.
• Publishing tool. Once the toolkit developers decide that the toolkit is ready for public viewing, K4Health can quickly remove the password protection so that any Internet user can view it.

Learn More

K4Health eToolkits Features Tour. A video tutorial providing an overview of what K4Health eToolkits are, the processes that technical working groups undertake to conceptualize and develop toolkits, and how to use the eToolkit Application. 

K4Health Guide for Building Collaborative Toolkits. A guide for technical working groups to help them with conceptualizing and developing K4Health eToolkits, including guidance about the roles and responsibilities of technical working group members and how to structure toolkits and identify resources to include in them. It also includes guidance about promoting, updating, and monitoring and evaluating the use and usefulness of toolkits.

K4Health eToolkits: Three Process Models to Meet the Needs and Interests of Our Partners. A technical brief providing a summary of three process models to develop K4Health eToolkits based on the level of collaboration involved, ranging from low to high collaboration. The brief includes case studies demonstrating how our partners have put these models into practice. 

Support and Training

K4Health eToolkit Application Help Guide. A resource to learn how to perform common tasks with the K4Health eToolkit Application, such as creating or reordering tabs and subheadings and adding publications to toolkits. An important reference for Toolkit Application users, the how-to guide includes short video tutorials for many of the tasks in addition to the text instructions.

K4Health eToolkits Quality Control Checklist. A structured form to help toolkit builders identify and correct any problems before launching their toolkits, from broken links and typos to overall design and editorial issues. The checklist helps to ensure the production of quality toolkits that are accurate, consistent, and reliable.

 K4Health eToolkits Dissemination Kit. This collection of resources from K4Health and our partners includes a dissemination plan for toolkits with suggested activities, sample promotional materials, and templates.

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