Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library
University of Michigan
Welcome to the UMSN Global Nursing community's Information Resource Toolkit. This toolkit is a place to start investigating interdisciplinary literature, data, and other resources to better understand global health issues, international communities, health equity, and social determinants of health.
Please contact Gurpreet Rana (preet@umich.edu), Informationist to UMSN Office of Global Affairs and the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center for additional assistance. Research consultations are available by appointment.
Nurse Cathrerine Abongo administers Malaria treatment to a child at St Elizabeth Lwak mission hospital where she was recently employed. FUNZO Kenya activity is working to increase access to training by offering loans for pre-service students and in-service health workers. Photo Credit: Eric Onyiego/ USAID Kenya
Resource Spotlight
- Goalkeepers Report | Gates FoundationImagine a World...Where innovations could save the lives of 2 million more mothers and babies
- WHO Sexual and reproductive health and rights: Infographic country snapshots, 2021 An overview of national data relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Available for all 194 WHO Member Countries.
- First ever country level estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion 24 March 2022. "New estimates from Guttmacher Institute and WHO indicate major inequities in access to sexual and reproductive health services".
- Report: Contributions of Nursing and Midwifery Professionals to Women's Health. Reports from the Region of the AmericasPan American Health Organization, 2021
- Lancet Series on Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict SettingsPublished 24 January 2021
- State of the World’s Nursing Report 2020 The latest, most up-to-date evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce.