Websites with informatilon on global health

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Information on specific countries and news links.

Demographic and Health Surveys -Country level fact sheets summarizing social and health data are available.

Country Studies -information about developed and developing nations, from the Library of Congress on the culture, society, and belief systems of nations, as well as the manner in which people precieve their national and political institutions through their cultural heritage. Data is a available on health systems although much information is dated.

World Health Organization

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public Health in Europe

European Public Health Association - Contains links to a number of governmental and nongovernmental organisations working in the general field of public health.

Public Health in South Africa

Health Systems Trust--link to the South African Health Review which provides you with a current and longer-term review of health policy developments and their implementation in South Africa. It is regarded as the most comprehensive and authoritative publication available on monitoring changes and challenges in the provision of equitable and accessible health care in the country.

Public Health in Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada

Reference Materials and Books at Kenyon

International Encyclopedia of Public Health [REF RA 423.I58 2008 v. 1-6]

Global Public Health: A New Era [RA425 .G56 2003]

The Politics of Health in Europe [ RA483 .F74 2000]

Women's Health in post-Soviet Russia: the Politics of Intervention [RA564.85 .R56 2005]

Databases to Search for Scholarly Articles on Health Care Systems

Medline

Social Sciences Abstracts