Global Public Health Threats Links

1. Some of the websites providing factual information on Global Public Health Threats:

   • 1. International Organizations addressing Global Public Health Threats
   • 2. Policy-related websites
   • 3. Global Public Health Threats articles and news sites
   • 4. Other websites addressing Global Health

1. International Organizations addressing Global Public Health Threats

• The website of the WHO hosts the Global Health Atlas, an electronic platform designed to provide data, reports and documents on infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels:
  www.who.int/globalatlas/ 
  Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, WHO programme on global health: www.who.int/csr/en/ 
  WHO section on Drug resistance diseases: tuberculosis, AIDS and malaria:
  www.who.int/drugresistance/en/ 
• Website of The Global Health Council, an alliance of health-care professionals and organizations that include NGOs, foundations, corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that work to ensure global health: www.globalhealth.org/ 
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a partnership created to increase resources to fight these three diseases: www.theglobalfund.org/en/ 
• Action for Global Health, a European network of NGOs and charities, contains news on global health and European action to support the health Millennium Development Goals in developing countries.
  www.actionforglobalhealth.eu/ 
• UN AIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is one the main organizations fighting aids; on the webpage there is information on programmes and factual data about aids.
  www.unaids.org/en/ 

2. Policy-related websites

• European Commission Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health (2008-2013):
  http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_overview/pgm2008_2013_en.htm 
• European Commission public health programme related to “Threats to health”:
  http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_threats/threats_en.htm 

3. Global Public Health Threats articles and news sites

• World Health News is a news digest from the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health that covers critical public health issues from around the world.
  www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/index.html 
• Article "Ancient scourges still plague the modern world", published on CBC News
  www.cbc.ca/news/background/health/scourges.html 
• Article "Past pandemics that ravaged Europe", published on the web of BBC News:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4381924.stm 
• Global Health TV gives a daily update via written articles and documentaries on pressing health issues, particularly in developing countries:
  www.globalhealthtv.com/ 
• The US Council on Foreign Relations published several articles related to global and public health threats: Article "Sovereignty' That Risks Global Health":
  www.cfr.org/publication/16927/ 

4. Other websites addressing Global Health

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is an agency that works to protect public health and safety. On its website there is a complete index of diseases, with information and advice about each of them:
  www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ , including:
  • Polio: www.cdc.gov/polio/ 
  • Flu: www.cdc.gov/flu/ 
  • And tuberculosis: www.cdc.gov/tb/ 
• Section on “Emerging infectious diseases”, by the USA National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/healthtopics/emerging