A number of websites offer useful links, toolkits, case studies, bibliographies etc. on the relationship between research, advocacy and policy and practice change.

• The Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London is a primary source for these and, for example, offers several useful, practical guides and methodological tools relevant to designing 'policy-literate' research. It also hosts the "Evidence-based Policy in Development Network" (ebpdn). See www.odi.org.uk/RAPID
• The Global Development Network (GDN) Is similarly concerned with how knowledge and research can links to policy developmet. This includes a global research project on "Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World :Towards Realising the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia". The website also contains toolkits e.g. on research proposal writing and dissemination of research. See www.gdnet.org
• DFID has its own portal - Research for Development (RAD) - to disseminate DFID-funded research. The website includes a database of research studies, case study materials, and development research organizations. See www.research4development.info

Maternal and Child Health is one of the focus areas of the USAID Health Policy Initiative website www.healthpolicyinitiative.com which contains a number of resources including software and models.

The websites of the following networks - focusing more specifically on the health sector or maternal, newborn and child health - provide links to useful updates, resources and contacts:

• The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health www.who.int/pmnch
• The Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment www.immpact-international.org
• The Maternal Health Task Force www.maternalhealthtaskforce.org
• The Maternal Mortality Measurement Resource www.maternal-mortality-measurement.org
• The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research www.who.int/alliance-hpsr
• The Women Deliver Safe Motherhood Initiative www.womendeliver.org
• The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood www.whiteribbonalliance.org
• Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) at Columbia University www.amddprogram.org
• The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) www.gappsseattle.org