Research Guides: NU305: Pathophysiology Resources: News & Feeds

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.
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It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
An interactive database bringing together core health statistics for the 193 WHO Member States.
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It comprises more than 100 indicators, which can be accessed by way of a quick search, by major categories, or through user-defined tables. The data can be further filtered, tabulated, charted and downloaded. The data are also published annually in the World Health Statistics Report released in May.
Demographic and Health Surveys
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Nationally representative data on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, gender, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and nutrition.
UNICEF Statistics & Monitoring
UNICEF measures the situation of children and women and tracks progress through data collection and analysis.
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It maintains and updates global databases and promotes dissemination of evidence-based data for planning and advocacy. UNICEF is the lead United Nations (UN) agency responsible for the global monitoring of the child-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).