ACCESS Program - Web Policy

Thank you for visiting the ACCESS Web site and reviewing our privacy and security information.

Privacy Notice

The information we receive from your visit to this Web site depends upon what you do when visiting our site. We will act reasonably to ensure that any information you provide to us is not accessed by unauthorized persons. We do not sell or rent, to any third party, e-mail addresses or other personally identifiable information shared on this site.

If you visit our site to read or download information, such as information about a country program or publication, we collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com if you are connecting from an America Online account); the date and time you access our site, the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site; and what information you view while you visit our Web site.

We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, find out what information is the most viewed, and to help us make our Web site more useful to visitors. This gathering and storing of information is separate from the activity described as monitoring in our Security Notice. The information gathered is used for two purposes: site management and, in the case of suspected unauthorized activity, for law enforcement and possible criminal prosecution.

If you identify yourself by sending us a comment using our contact page or an e-mail: You also may decide to send us personally-identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message asking a question or providing us with a comment or suggestion. We use personally-identifying information to respond to your comment or suggestion, and to count the number of people sending us comments. In certain instances, your comment or suggestion may be forwarded to other departments or agencies if they are in the best position to respond to your message. We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us.

In general, this site does NOT use the "cookies" that some Web sites use to gather and store information about your visits to their sites. Cookies are essentially tokens of information, such as preferences and passwords, which some Web servers collect from you when you access them. That data is stored on your hard drive-not on the Web site's server. Whenever you visit a "cookie" site, the server looks for its cookie on your hard drive and, if found, then reads the information it stored there. Cookies generally are stored in your browser's directory or folder in a file named cookie.txt (MagicCookie on a Macintosh).

Security Notice

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the system that hosts this Web site employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

General Disclaimer

Information presented on this Web site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied freely unless identified as being subject to copyright protection. In return, we request only that the ACCESS Program be cited as the source of any information, photos, and images copied from this site and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author.

We strongly recommend that ACCESS Program data be acquired directly from this Web site and not through other sources that may change the information in some way or exclude material crucial to the understanding of that information. While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, some information may change between site updates. Substantive changes may be noted when content is next updated.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

The documents posted on this Web site may contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for visitors' convenience. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of any linked information. Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to other Web sites (not managed by Jhpiego or the ACCESS Program) is not intended to assign importance to those sites and the information contained therein, nor is it intended to endorse, recommend or favor any views expressed, or commercial products or services offered on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites, by trade name, trademark, manufacture or otherwise.

Reference in this Web site to any specific commercial products, processes or services, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the site's visitor's, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation or favoring by Jhpiego, the ACCESS Program, the United States Government or USAID.

The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of Jhpiego, the ACCESS Program, the U.S. Government or USAID, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Disclaimer of Liability

While every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information on this Web site, Jhpiego, the ACCESS Program, the U.S. Government and USAID disclaim all responsibility for any loss, injury, claim, liability or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out of, or any way related to any errors in or omissions from this Web site and the content, including but not limited to technical inaccuracies and typographical errors.

Additionally, we do not assume any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, product or process disclosed herein, nor freedom from computer virus, and do not represent that use of such information, product or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

The content contained on this site is not intended to and does not constitute medical advice; no doctor/patient relationship is formed by accessing the content. The use of information on the site or materials linked from the site is at the user's own risk. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Users should always seek the advice of physicians or other qualified health providers with any questions regarding a medical condition. Users should never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something on the site. The site does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, opinions or other information that might be mentioned on the site.

Any suggestions of possible treatment alternatives or administration of drugs or other therapy are stated for consideration of the treating professional only (that is, trained and licensed medical practitioners), after appropriate examination of or discussion with the patient, and in consideration of the patient's medical history and condition, and are not recommendations. All final treatment and medicating decisions must be made by the treating professional.

Links to Web site

You may freely link to this Web site or any of its content. We ask only that you identify that the link is to a Internet resource.

Links to Other Sites

Our Web site has links to Web sites of other organizations which, we believe, may offer relevant information. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the disclaimers and security and privacy policies of the new site. Linking to these external sites does not constitute or imply an endorsement of the sites’ content by Jhpiego, the ACCESS Program, the U.S. Government or USAID.

All Web site design, text, graphic selection, arrangement and content on this Web site is copyrighted by Jhpiego. Permission is hereby granted to print or save search results, to download files that are specifically offered in downloadable format (e.g. Adobe® Acrobat® or Microsoft Word®), and to use text from posted press releases for personal or educational use provided that such material is not altered or edited in any way and provided that an appropriate credit line and copyright notice are included.

Except as specified above and as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976, no other use is granted nor may any other materials from the Web site be reproduced, distributed, adapted or displayed in whole or in part without express written permission of the copyright owners.

It is the user's responsibility to be aware of current copyright law and applications. The user agrees to indemnify Jhpiego Corporation and its affiliates, servants, agents and employees from any costs or claims for infringement or copyright in relation to copies of images or text from this Web site.

Photographs

Photographer credits for images used on this Web site are on the Site Credits page. The inclusion of persons in images or photographs within this Web site should not be construed as an indication of their health status.

Terms of Agreement

Users of this Web site shall abide by all applicable federal, state and local laws, including those pertaining to libel, slander, defamation, trade libel, product disparagement, harassment, invasion of privacy, and copyright and trademark infringement.

By accessing this site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. This agreement shall not be governed by the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) as adopted in Maryland under Title 21 of the Commercial Law Article of the Maryland Annotated Code, as amended from time to time. This agreement shall be governed by the common law of Maryland relating to written agreements without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles, as well as other statutory provisions, other than UCITA, which may apply, and shall be interpreted and enforced as if UCITA had never been adopted in Maryland. All activity occurring in connection with the site (including, but not limited to, accessing pages and downloading materials) is presumed to occur in the State of Maryland.

This agreement will remain in effect until terminated by either party. However, the agreement's jurisdictional provisions shall remain in force for any dispute that arises over any prior activities on this site, whether or not either party has terminated the agreement. By destroying all materials obtained from any and Jhpiego site(s) and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise, you may terminate this agreement at any time. Additionally, this agreement will terminate immediately without notice if, in our sole discretion, you fail to comply with any term or condition. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and all copies thereof.

We may update this agreement without notice. Such updating will in no way relieve you of your obligations under earlier versions of this agreement. Use of this constitutes acceptance of the terms and conditions in place at the moment of use.

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on this Web site are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030).

Site Management

Jhpiego manages the overall maintenance of this Web site. Informational content, design and organization are coordinated by the ACCESS Program with occasional input from partner communications contacts and USAID staff.

We welcome your feedback on the materials in this Web site. All suggestions, ideas and other information communicated to us through this site shall become the exclusive property of Jhpiego/ACCESS.

You agree that none of your feedback communicated to Jhpiego/ACCESS will be obscene, offensive, defamatory, infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others, or otherwise objectionable or unlawful. We reserve the right to delete all or part of any communications that it deems in its sole discretion to be objectionable, assumes no responsibility and makes no warranty that it will undertake to do so.

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