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• Global Health Institutional Resources
• Global Health Data and Information Resources
• Environmental Health
• Micronutrient Malnutrition
• Urban Health – Megacities
• Lead

1. Global Health Institutional Resources

General Resources

• CDC: Office of Global Health

• NCEH Officina de Salud Global (Página Principal)

• United Nations (UN) (http://www.un.org)

  • UN Web site locator (http://www.unsystem.org)
  • Global map of UN agencies (http://www.un.org/aroundworld/map)

Specialized Agencies (selected citations)

• World Bank (IBRD http://www.worldbank.org)
  • Health, Nutrition and Population (http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/hnp/hnp.htm)

• United Nations

  • World Health Organization (WHO - http://www.who.ch, http://www.paho.org)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (FAO - http://www.fao.org/)
  • http://www.ilo.org/)
    • Bureau of Statistics (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/120stat/index.htm)
  • UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (UNICEF - http://www.unicef.org/ )
  • UN High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) (UNHCR - http://www.unhcr.ch/)
  • UN Development Programme (UNDP) (UNDP - http://www.undp.org/)
  • UN Population Fund (UNFPA) (UNFPA - http://www.unfpa.org/)
  • World Food Programme (WFP) (WFP - http://www.wfp.org/)
  • UN Environment Programme (UNEP) (UNEP - http://www.unep.org./)
  • UN Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) - UNCHS, Habitat (http://www.unchs.org/)

United States Government

• Federal agency locator (lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html)

• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (http://www.dhhs.gov)

  • DHHS agencies (http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (CDC - http://www.cdc.gov)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) (NIH - http://www.nih.gov)
    • NIH John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC - http://www.nih.gov/fic/)
    • National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/)

• U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/)

  • Services (http://www.state.gov/www/services.html)
  • Bureau of Consular Affairs (travel.state.gov/)
  • Consular Notification and Access - Foreign nationals in the United States (http://www.state.gov/www/global/legal_affairs/ca_notification/ca_prelim.html)
  • Foreign Affairs by Region (http://www.state.gov/www/regions.html)
  • Foreign Service Journal (http://www.afsa.org/ads/books.html)

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (USAID - http://www.info.usaid.gov/)

  • Global Health Web site (PHN - http://www.info.usaid.gov/pop_health/)
  • Regions and Countries (http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/)
  • PHN Resources on the Web (http://www.info.usaid.gov/pop_health/links.htm)
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI - http://www.cihi.com/)

• Department of Commerce (http://www.doc.gov/)

  • U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/)
    • International Programs Center (IPC) (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/)

• Demographic and Socio-Economic Research Services (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/ressvc.html)

• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA -http://www.noaa.gov/)

  • World Data Center System - National Climatic Data Center (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/wdcamet.html)
  • Global Climate and Weather (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/climateresourcesother.html#GLOBAL)

• Peace Corps (http://www.peacecorps.gov/)

• U.S. Department of Justice

  • U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm)

Other Resources

• National Academies of Science Institute of Medicine (IOM - http://www.iom.edu/)

• Kiwanis International (http://www.kiwanis.org/)

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (ICRC - http://www.icrc.org/)

• Family Health International (FHI) (FHI -http://www.fhi.org/)

• Population Council (http://www.popcouncil.org/)

• InterAction - coalition of international nonprofit organizations (http://www.interaction.org/)

  • List of 159 institutional members (http://www.interaction.org/mb/members.html)

Selected institutional members of InterAction:

• American Red Cross (ARC) (ARC - http://www.redcross.org)
• CARE (http://www.care.org/)
• World Vision (http://www.wvi.org/)
• Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF - http://www.msf.org/)
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS - http://www.catholicrelief.org/)
• Save the Children (SCF - http://www.savethechildren.org/)
• Academy for Educational Development (AED - http://www.aed.org/)

• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Epidemiology (many international links) (http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/epidem/epidem.html)

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2. Global Health Data and Information Resources

United Nations

• World Health Organization (WHO - http://www.who.ch)

  • Information sources (http://www.who.int/home/info.html)
  • Reports (http://www.who.ch/home/reports.html)
  • World Statistical Information System (WHOSIS - http://www.who.ch/whosis/)
  • PAHO country health profiles (http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm)

• World Bank ( IBRD http://www.worldbank.org)

  • Publications Catalogue (http://www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/index.htm)
  • World Development Sources (WB reports - http://www-wds.worldbank.org/)
  • Popular titles of WB publications (http://www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/populartitles.htm)
  • World Bank Atlas (order via: http://www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/atlas98.htm)

• UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (UNICEF - http://www.unicef.org/ )

  • Statistical data - tables or maps, by region, country and/or topic (http://www.unicef.org/statis)
  • Publications list, e.g., World Summit for Children 1990,
    annual Progress of Nations and State of the World’s Children reports (http://www.unicef.org/)

• UN Development Program (UNDP - http://www.undp.org/)
  

United States Government

• Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.dhhs.gov)

  • CDC - Travelers’ Health (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm)

• Department of State (http://www.state.gov)

  • Country-specific Information - Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/)
  • Travel Warnings, Consular Information Sheets (travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html)
  • Travel Publications (travel.state.gov/travel_pubs.html)
  • U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide (travel.state.gov/links.html)

• Department of Commerce - U.S. Census Bureau

  • Publications - International (http://www.census.gov/mp/www/pub/int/msint.html#International)
  • World Population Information (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html)
  • International Data Base (IDB) (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html)
  • IDB - submit data queries (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html)
  • World POP Clock (http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw)
  • World Population Projections 1950-2050 (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldpop.html)
  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsw.html)
  • International Library (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/libsum.html)
  • Publications and Reports (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/publist.html)

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (CIA -http://www.odci.gov/)

  • World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
  • Reference Maps (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/refmaps.html)
  • Country profiles (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/profileguide.html)

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ( USAID - http://www.info.usaid.gov/)

• Center for International Health Information publications (http://www.cihi.com/publist.htm)

Other

• National Academies of Science Institute of Medicine (IOM - http://www.iom.edu/)

• Population Reference Bureau, Inc. (http://www.prb.org/)

• Macro International: Demographic and Health Surveys (http://www.measuredhs.com/)

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3. Environmental Health

United Nations

• World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Protection of the Human Environment (PEH - http://www.who.ch/peh/)

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO - http://www.paho.org/)

  • Other Web sites in the Americas (http://www.paho.org/english/heplinks.htm)

• UN Environmental Programme (UNEP - http://www.unep.org/)

• Global Environment Facility (GEF - http://www.gefweb.org/)
  

United States Government

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA - http://www.epa.gov/)

• National Institute for Environmental Sciences and Health
  (NIH/NIEHS -http://www.niehs.nih.gov/)

• National Center for Environmental Health (CDC/NCEH -http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/)

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (http://www.cia.gov)

  • Country profiles - include maps, wide range of data, environmental issues (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/profileguide.html)
  • Selected environmental agreements (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/appendix/appendix-c.html)

• USAID: Environmental Health Project(http://www.ehproject.org/)
  

Other

• National Environmental Health Association (NEHA - http://www.neha.org/)

• Links to other environmental health resources (http://www.neha.org/links.html)

• Earthwatch (http://www.earthwatch.org/)

• World Resources Institute (WRI - http://www.wri.org/)

• International Society for Exposure Analysis (http://www.iseaweb.org/)

• Worldwatch Institute (http://www.worldwatch.org/)

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4. Micronutrient Malnutrition

United States Government

• CDC – National Center for Environmental Health

  • Folic Acid (http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec80010af9)

United Nations

• World Health Organization (WHO)

  • WHO Nutrition Programme (http://www.who.int/nut/index.htm)
  • Vitamin A Deficiency (http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/vitaminamain.shtml)

Other

• Institute of Medicine
  (IOM - http://www.iom.edu/)

  • Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline (1998)
  • Prevention of Micronutrient Deficiencies: A Toolkit for Policymakers and Public Health Workers (1998)

• Micronutrient Initiative (MI): A nonprofit organization specializing in addressing micronutrient malnutrition. MN-NET - in Canada (http://www.micronutrient.org/) (Sponsoring agencies: CIDA, IDRC, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, USAID)

  • Publications and videos (http://www.idrc.ca/mi/publicns.htm)

• International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
  (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jtd/iccidd/)

• Program Against Micronutrient Malnutrition (PAMM)
  (http://www.sph.emory.edu/PAMM )

• Micronutrient Information Sources (http://www.sph.emory.edu/PAMM/misources.html)

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5. Urban Health – Megacities

United Nations

• United Nations Development Programme ( http://www.undp.org/)

• UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) (http://www.unhabitat.org/)

• UN Statistics Division (http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/)

  • Indicators on Health: National level data (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/social/health.htm)
  • State of the World Population 1996

• UN Environmental Program (UNEP) (http://www.unep.org/)

• World Health Organization (WHO) (http://www.who.int/en/)

United States Government

• U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/)

  • International Data Base - Table 002. Urban Population as a Percent of Total Population. Contains links to the official statistical bureaus of other nations. (http://www.census.gov/ipc)

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (http://www.info.usaid.gov/)

• EPA Air Now-Real Time Air Pollution Data (http://www.epa.gov/airnow/)

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6. Lead

United States Government

• CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm)

• CDC Blood Lead Level Laboratory Reference System
  (http://www.cdc.gov/nceh//lead/factsheets/bllrs.htm)

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