Global Health DBQ Response 4

Online Resources for Global Health Data and Major Actors in Global Health

World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring Health for the SDGs

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/255336/1/9789241565486-eng.pdf?ua=1

Global Health Observatory from World Health Organization*

It presents data from all WHO programs and provides links to supporting information. This resource comprises the WHO database, reports, indicator registry, and country stats from each Member State. You can also access much global health information and reports from the WHO Home Page as well.

Global Health Facts

This resource provides data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Global Health Home Page also provides a wealth of other information .

World Bank Open Data*

This source is more on an economic and sociology perspectives concerning global health issues which offers access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sources, searchable by topic, indicator, or country.

USAID DHS (Demographics and Health Surveys)

is a tool that provides access a great variety of health variables both within countries AND in comparison across countries.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

is one of Dr. Boyd’s favorite resources, in particular the following:

Global Health Data Exchange

The GHDx is the catalog of demographic and health data created by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Global Burden of Disease & Visualizations*

Slice and dice the latest data any way you please!

Burden of Disease Reports

Groundbreaking work in collaboration with the World Bank

Country Profiles

Updated from the most recent Lancet GBD study.

Data on the United States

US health is also part of global health!

Global Burden of Disease Study

The Global Burden of Disease Study 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. The data is complete through 2010 and now 2013 compilations and summaries are in progress. This effort combines work of many organizations, including IHME, WHO, and World Bank.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

especially the Human Development Index Reports and Visualizations contain rich information sources.

News Summaries:

Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report is one of the best news and research summaries for Global Health.

Organizations and Actors

Many organizations engage in global health work. Below you will find links to some of the most important actors in Global Health. Please note that asterisks indicate that the entity is part of the United Nations system.

• World Health Organization *

• Pan American Health Organization *

• UN Children's Fund*

• Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)*

• UN Population Fund (UNFPA)*

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)*

• UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)*

• World Food Program (WFP)*

• UN Human Rights Council

• UN High Commissioner on Refugees

• World Bank*

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)*

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)*

• CARE International

• Clinton Foundation

• International Federation of Red Cross; Red Crescent

• Médicins san Frontières (MSF or Doctors without Borders)

• BRAC

• Oxfam International

• Carter Center/u>

• PATH

• Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

• Global Alliance for Vaccines & Immunization (GAVI)

• Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

• Stop TB

• Roll Back Malaria

• Global Polio Eradication Initiative

• UNITAID

• IHP+

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• Wellcome Trust

• Rockefeller Foundation

• Ford Foundation

• Center for Strategic and International Studies (Global Health Policy Center)

• Center for Global Development (CGD)

• Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

• Pfizer

• GlaxoSmithKline

• Merck

• FHI360

• The Futures Group

• RTI International

• Abt Associates

• John Snow International

• IntraHealth International

The US Global Health Strategy

• Office of Global Health Diplomacy

• Department of Health & Human Services

• Office of International Health & Biodefense

• CDC

• NIH

• FDA

• USAID

• President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR

Cervical Cancer, Pink Ribbon, Red Ribbon

• http://pinkribbonredribbon.org/

• Initiatives & Programs: Feed the Future , Neglected Tropical Disease , Malaria , One Health

• Peace Corps