HMP 444A - Global Public Health Issues (UNH Durham): Resource Links

"world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world"

"an international nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions" that target emerging and epidemic diseases, health technologies, maternal and child care, reproductive health, and vaccines and immunizations

A wiki site developed at McGill University that links to a wide range of information sources

A services from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. that focuses on sharing information about development policy, practice,and research. Offers full-text documents, resource guides, country profiles, newsletters and news feeds. Has resource guides and dossiers for HIV/AIDS, Health, Health & fragile states, and Human resources for health.

More general data and statistics from WHO are also available

Data arranged by country, by topic, and by indicators (420 indicators from the World Development Indicators). Some information can be presented in table, map, and graph form.

Get basic data about a country's population, economy, government, transportation, etc.

Statistics included on nutrition, health, HIV/AIDS, women as well as demographic and economic statistics

From the Kaiser Family Foundation.

From Eldis, a service from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

"Global health, local information"

Researchers "are exploring the effects of [three major] Global Health Initiatives on existing health systems."

A Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, run by WHO and sponsored by UNCEF, UNDP, World Bank, and WHO.

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

From the Kaiser Family Foundation, ”an online gateway for the latest data and information on the U.S. role in global health,” that offers informaiton on policy analysis and public opinion and country data

Website of the Office of Global Health Affairs of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services