Global Health: Getting Started

Presents the most important worldwide mental and physical diseases, as well as the industries and services related to their care. Content includes health issues and services of a large selection of individual countries.

Provides information on the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures.

Data summaries for the member nations of WHO.

These goals which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS are agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.

Global Health and Global Health Ethics addresses these questions from the perspective of a range of disciplines, including medicine, philosophy and the social sciences. Topics covered range from infectious diseases, climate change and the environment to trade, foreign aid, food security and biotechnology. Each chapter identifies the ways in which we exacerbate poor global health and discusses what we should do to remedy the factors identified. Together, they contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges we face, and propose new national and global policies

This global health section of Center for Disease Control's website highlights CDC's global programs, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, immunization and global disease prevention.

An in-depth collection of information and resources on global health topics from Fogarty, the NIH, other U.S. government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and more.

From the United States Department of Health, this site focuses on major topics in global health such as communicable and non-communicable diseases, global water supply and safety, health diplomacy, maternal and child health, and refugee health.

Provides links to WHO projects, initiatives, and activities organized by health and development topics.