Public Health

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-- An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which covers some key world health topics. See their Travelers' Health section for information and advice on health conditions around the world and the Yellow Book, "published every two years by CDC as a reference for those who advise international travelers of health risks."

• European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies-- National and IGO partnership to support and promote "evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health systems in Europe and by engaging directly with policy-makers." Posts country information and profiles, research products, newsletters, and more.

• Global Health-- Very useful site from the Office of Global Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with information and analysis about global health issues, national profiles, speeches, and pointers to fact sheets, statistics, reports, and guides to similar information from other U.S. and international sources.

• Global Health Gateway-- From the Kaiser Family Foundation, "online clearinghouse for the latest data and information on the U.S. role in global health.  It brings together original policy analysis and research from the Foundation, provides the new daily news synthesis, Daily Global Health Policy Report, tracks legislation through a new Policy Tracker, and  features fact sheets, country-level data through Kaiser's Global Health Facts, and more."

• Global Health Governance-- From the Center for Global Health Studies of the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, "an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that provides a platform for academics and practitioners to explore global health issues and their implications to governance and security at national and international levels."

• Globalization and Health-- "Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that provides a platform for research, knowledge sharing and debate on the topic of globalization and its effects on health, both positive and negative." Published by BioMed Central and understandable to a general educated audience.

• Health and Fragile States-- From Eldis, a world class directory and gateway to electronic information resources on development, this site "highlights the challenges and approaches to delivering health services in fragile states."

• Health Map-- Global disease alert map that "brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health... the data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location for user-friendly access to the original alert... provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers."

• Health, Nutrition & Population-- From the World Bank, a rich practical resource to "assist clients to improve health, nutrition, and population outcomes of poor people and protect people from the impoverishing effects of illness, malnutrition, and high fertility." Posts news, journals, reports, program information, country data, and more.

• Health Policy Monitor-- Website of the International Network Health Policy and Reform, made up of health policy experts from 20 industrialized countries, plus selected countries from Central Europe and all EU Member States. Posts statistics, country facts, and reports about health care policy reforms in the industrial countries.

• Inter-American Development Bank-- The health section of the website of this international organization posts excellent information and analysis on public health matters in Latin America.

• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)-- "International humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries." Site posts information on the work of MSF and on public health issues in developing countries. Note especially the MSF site about its Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.

• Pan American Health Organization-- Provides much information and databases on health in the Americas, such as Basic Country Health Profiles for the Americas.

• UNAIDS-- From the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, online information and reports on HIV/AIDS worldwide.

• United Nations Population Fund-- "World's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes." This U.N. site provides much information, news, and analysis on world population and health issues, including the excellent annual State of World Population report, free online.

• World Health News-- From the Center for Health Communication of the Harvard School of Public Health, a report on major public health news worldwide, with archives and a free e-mail subscription option.

• World Health Organization-- Very wide range of information from this U.N.-related body, with many user-customizable features. Note especially the Library, the Bulletin of the WHO, and the Data and Statistics sections, as well as the annual World Health Reports and World Health Statistics Reports. The WHO Statistical Information System is "the guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization." The Global InfoBase "collects, stores and displays information on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO member states." The Global Health Atlas assembles "for analysis and comparison standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels." The Media Centre provides the latest information. Disease Outbreak News offers the latest news and reports on communicable disease surveillance and response around the world. The International Travel and Health report "provides information on the main health risks for travellers." There is also a Tropical Diseases section.

• WWW Virtual Library: Public Health-- This key directory from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine of the University of New South Wales is categorized by geographical location and selected topics.