Publications, Organizations & Data Links

Major GH organizations

Major GH organizations publish annual reports every year on the state of the world. These can be found at:

Additional GH publications and reports can be found at:

Other Publications

NGOs also release reports of their activities and publications can be located at their individual sites. Examples if NGO/PVO listings can be found at:

Global Health Links

Abroad Opportunities:

International Programs:

Data Links

Indicators

Data Sources

Country Profile: political. Economic, trade

CIA: https://www.cia.gov/library/index.html

WB: http://www.worldbank.org/

Major U.S. Government Organizations working in GH

USAID: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/

CDC: http://www.cdc.gov

NIH, Fogarty: http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/index.htm

DHHS:  http://www.hhs.gov/specificpopulations/index.html

General Health and Population Indicators

Population  Pyramids

 

 

US Census Bureau:  http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html

WHO: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/en/

http://www.who.int/globalatlas/dataQuery/default.asp

http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indicators/en/index.html

DHS Measure: http://www.measuredhs.com/ 

WB: http://www.worldbank.org/

UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_step1.php

Health Indicators by Programs or Disease

Child Health

HIV/AIDS

UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/fullreport.html

UNAIDS/WHO: http://www.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp

http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm?path=whosis,topics,aids&language=english

US Census: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsn.html

UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/fullreport.html (see HIV/AIDS  table)

Health System Indicators

WHO: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/en/index.html

WB: http://www.worldbank.org

Economic Indicators

WB: http://www.worldbank.org/

UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/fullreport.html (see economic table)

Environment Indicators

WRI: http://population.wri.org/pubs_pdf.cfm?PubID=4073

UNEP: http://www.rrcap.unep.org/country/countries.cfm

WB: http://www.worldbank.org/

Humanitarian/Refugees

http://www.unhcr.ch/world/alpha.htm

http://www.refugees.org/

http://www.reliefweb.int

Health and Human Rights

http://www.phrusa.org/

http://www.amnesty.org/

http://www.hri.ca/