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Global health

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Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health: Online course designed to provide an overview on epidemiology and the Internet for medical and health related students around the world. The course consists of a series of annotated slide based lectures on topics such as disease monitoring, health economics, malaria, nutrition and global health.
Author: LaPorte, Ronald E. & Akazawa, Schunichi
Subjects: epidemiology, global health, malaria, nutrition
DeweyClass: 616
Resource type: guide
Global Health Network: Links to health information including: international, national, regional, local and non-governmental health organisations; global medical resources, guides to and selected full text of electronic publications; specialised home pages; listings of selected meetings; health networks; available grants and position opportunities, and a listing of selected GHN publications.
Author: University of Pittsburgh
Subjects: global health, health links
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents, index
Health Advice for Travellers: Basic health tips, forms, procedures, for travel within Europe and elsewhere.
Author: Department of Health
Subjects: european travel and tourism, global health, world travel and tourism
DeweyClass: 910
Resource type: guide
Human Development Reports: Reports examining globalisation in modern society, as a result of greater interdependence between people throughout the world. Considers global progress and deprivation created by inequalities in the areas of health, education, food and nutrition, income and poverty, women, children, environment and human security. Full text is available in PDF format.
Author: United Nations Development Programme
Subjects: global change, global health
DeweyClass: 301
Resource type: document
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: A postgraduate centre affiliated to the University of Liverpool. Its principal functions are research, teaching, and consultative activities. The School is extensively involved in national and international programmes to control tropical disease and to develop effective health care systems.
Author: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool
Subjects: diseases, global health, medical research organisations
DeweyClass: 614.422
Resource type: index
Malaria Prevention and Control: Information about malaria trends, epidemiological data, geographical distribution and disease control activity. In 1997, malaria risk of varying degrees existed in 100 countries and territories and over 40% of the world population lived in areas with malaria risk.
Author: World Health Organization
Subjects: epidemiology, global health, malaria
DeweyClass: 363.78
Resource type: documents, images
Pan American Health Organization: World Health Organization regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Offers a range of information on health in the member nations.
Author: Pan American Health Organization
Subjects: caribbean, global health, south america
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: news
Progress of Nations 1997: UNICEF document, which ranks the nations of the world in terms of their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning and progress for women.
Author: UNICEF
Subjects: development studies, economic geography, global health, nutrition, women's rights
DeweyClass: 338.9
Resource type: document
Progress of Nations 1999: Report documenting the impact of HIV / AIDS on children, the eradication of polio, prospects facing children entering the next millennium, and the burden of debt throughout the world.
Author: UNICEF
Subjects: child welfare, development studies, global health, polio
DeweyClass: 338.9
Resource type: document
Progress of Nations 2000: UNICEF report concentrating on the impact and prevalence of AIDS/HIV amongst children. Contains personal commentaries, statistical profiles according to country, and an agenda for vaccination. Available in PDF format.
Author: UNICEF
Subjects: aids news, child welfare, global health
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: document
Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Document discussing the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS. Covers topics relating to awareness, risk, prevention, and treatment considering gender, human rights, and income levels according to geographical area. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
Author: UNAIDS
Subjects: aids education, aids research, global health, hiv
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: document, reference data
Tobacco Company Strategies to Undermine Tobacco Control Activities at the World Health Organisation: Report, published in July 2000, describing methods which the WHO believe international tobacco companies have used to undermine the credibility and project work done by the organisation in tackling tobacco and health related issues.
Author: World Health Organisation
Subjects: global health, tobacco
DeweyClass: 362.29
Resource type: document
WHO Mediacentre: Provides access to a range of full text news articles, press releases, fact sheets, photographs, and radio and video footage released by the World Health Organization.
Author: World Health Organization
Subjects: global health
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents
WHO Regional Office for Europe: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe working for better health, healthy lifestyles, healthy environments and appropriate health care with special emphasis on the countries of central and eastern Europe (CCEE) and the newly independent states (NIS) of the former USSR. Details of projects including the Healthy Cities project and the European Network of Health Promoting Schools are available along with press releases and reports in English, French, German and Russian.
Author: World Health Organization Europe
Subjects: eastern europe, global health
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents
WHO/OMS: World Health Organization/Organisation Mondiale de la Santé: United Nations organisation which aims to encourage attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health, defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Numerous documents available online including the World Health Report.
Author: World Health Organization
Subjects: global health
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents
WHO: Library and Information Networks for Knowledge: The WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK) provides comprehensive library and information services on WHO-produced recorded information in print and other media. In addition, library services give access to worldwide health, medical and development information resources to WHO headquarters, regions and country offices, ministries of health and other government offices, health workers in Member States, other UN and international agencies, and diplomatic missions. The WHO library programmes help regions and developing countries achieve self-sufficiency in providing information services to the health sector.
Author: WHO
Subjects: global health, library catalogues worldwide
DeweyClass: 026
Resource type: service
World Health Organization Oral Health Country Profiles: Oral health statistics compiled by the WHO Collaborating Centre at Lund University, Sweden as part of the WHO Oral Health Country Profile Program. It can be searched by region: Africa, The Americas, Eastern Mediteranean, Europe, South East Asia, and Western Pacific or alphabetically by country.
Author: Lund University and the World Health Organization
Subjects: dentistry, global health
DeweyClass: 617.6
Resource type: reference data