Global Health Information & Resources   Tags: africa, asia, global, global_health, health_sciences, international, latin_america, medical_education_public_health  

An interactive database providing health research and current trends in tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy with access to expert information. Data sources include international literature, >19,000 notes on the status of specific infections, > 5,000 images, 30,000 graphs, 347 interactive maps, and more than 150,000 linked references. U-M USERS only.

An inter-disciplinary guide for students, faculty and staff researching human sexual and reproductive health.

Excerpt: "Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress toward them can improve the human condition."

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is the largest ever systematic effort to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors.

PubMed indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals, with over 15 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and related databases. PubMed is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Database includes information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene. Contains more than 1.2 million records from 1910-present. UM users only

Covers family planning technology and programs, fertility, population law/policy, demography, maternal & child health, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, reproductive health programs, women in development, and health care communication.

Worldwide scientific information covering all aspects of tropical diseases, tropical medicine, international health, health in developing countries. Time-span: 1999-present. UM users only.

Highlighting the latest BMC open access journal articles and resources in global health.

Gateway of resources of data and resources on the U.S. role in global health. Includes news summaries, policy analysis, country data, webcasts, and fact sheets.

Aims to provide a single searchable database of information about ongoing and completed clinical trials registered around the world in clinical trial registries.

U.S. National Library of Medicine's Malara Research Resources. This resource was created to support African scientists and malaria researchers.

Brings together several data sources on current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. Data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location on global and regional maps.

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.

Information resources, information and online tools on the Millennium Development Goals from the World Health Organization.

Created to promote collaboration between researchers and clinicians working in the field of global health. Some content limited to McGill University users.

An international research collaboration that synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies, using a comprehensive methodology with the aim of providing objective information to aid clinicians. Can be useful in investigating cultural medicine.

Database of public affairs and public policy worldwide. Contains books, government documents, statistical directories, research and conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche and Internet material. UM users only.

A database including information relevant to many areas integral to health policy, including: access, administration, economics, planning, reform, insurance, law, research, ethics, public health, and social medicine

A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press focusing on issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. UM users only.

Literature of women's studies worldwide. Includes journals, newspapers, books, proceedings and grey literature. UM users only.

Databases South African Studies and African Studies include: articles, books, newspapers, government documents, radio and TV broadcasts, pamphlets, and maps. Covers politics, history, economics, development, social issues, law, and culture. UM users only.

Provides download access to over 2000 indicators from the World Bank data sets including World Development Indicators.

Online, fully searchable and browsable collection of over 5,000 World Bank documents. Includes over 2,000 World Bank publications and over 3.200 Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published. UM users only.

Hesperian is a not-for-profit publisher of resources for community health workers and marginalized populations around the world. Books, health materials and an image library are available in several languages.

Online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Includes full-text of all books, papers, 24 periodicals and OECD statistical databases.

Contains detailed political and economic surveys of over 250 countries and territories: recent statistics, directory information, and current analysis. Plus information on over 1,650 international organizations. UM users only.

A searchable database of over 165,000 geographical places and features of all kinds. Lists names, descriptions, and characteristics including information on population, agriculture, industry, services, climate, and relief. UM users only.