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Print Resources
Books on Reserve
Author: Powell, Francis D, Albert F Wessen
Year: 1999
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:WA 540.1 H4318 1999
Author: Basch, Paul F
Year: 1999
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:WA 540 B298t 1999
E-Textbooks
Databases
E-Journals
Recommended Websites
A "nonprofit organization working to advance global health."
"[A] not-for-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries."
From Johns Hopkins University; works with international agencies, foundations, governments, and non-governmental organizations in the US and overseas to promote healthy behavior.
Established by the World Bank, the DCPP provides evidence-based analysis of resources that assess disease control priorities.
Information on cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants.
A project of the American International Health Alliance/AIHA. This on-line clearinghouse features a library of multilingual health resources, databases, and interactive forums. Designed to serve as a repository for clinical practice guidelines, medical textbooks, and other educational materials that are available in Russian and other languages of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
International public health organization.
Directory of projects and resources to help developing countries fund sustainable development and environmental projects.
From the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology. Provides aggregated data on incidences of various diseases around the world.
From the American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Nonprofit international health organization promoting care for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and reproductive health.
USAID-funded organization offering data from demographic and health surveys in the developing world.
Worldwide population statistics, news, numbers and analysis.
A report issued by UNICEF covering progress made since the 1990 World Summit for Children and goals that have yet to be met.
Regularly updated reports and information for travelers.
Consumer Health
Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine
Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine
Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias
Current country information from the CIA
Government Agencies and Resources
From the CDC, provides summaries of health information for international travel, and information on vaccinations, health risks & health hints for most countries of the world. The site also includes "green sheet" summaries of sanitation inspections of international cruise ships, and geographic travel maps.
U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs provides non-medical travel information on topics such as safety, civil unrest, crime, natural disasters, international adoption, international parental child abduction, visas and passports, U.S. embassy and consulate locations, and Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets.
From the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
A list of international governmental organizations from Northwestern University.
Links to Ministries of Health for various nations; sponsored by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Provides non-medical travel information on topics such: safety, civil unrest, crime, natural disasters, international adoption, international parental child abduction, visas and passports, U.S. embassy and consulate locations, and
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets.
With links to a variety of international councils and organizations.
Internet Guides and Pathfinders
Country profiles from the BBC.
Contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.
Useful links from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Multimedia
Maps representing global humanitarian issues
Professional Associations
Humanitarian organization whose members volunteer for short term medical relief projects.
