Resources
All our recommended Links
- GlobeMed
GlobeMed is a network of university students which partner with grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of the impoverished. - U8 Student Partnership for Development
The U8 is a global university network. It provides ways for students to learn about and engage with development issues in a free-thinking environment. - Oxford Global Health Group
The Oxford Global Health Group is an enthusiastic, student-run society that aims to promote interest in international health issues, and raise money for various medical charities. - Know Dare Act
Physicians for Human Rights strive to advance health professional students’ understanding and lifelong investment in health and human rights activism, and to cultivate their unique contributions as advocates promoting health and human rights. - Australian Medical Students Association Global Health Network
AMSA’s Global Health Network unites Australia’s medical students to discuss initiatives and empower each other with new initiatives. - UCL Institute for Global Health
‘Today’s health challenges requires a coordinated response…’ UCL’s postgraduate degrees in Global Health - Health Systems Action Network
HSAN’s vision is to be a leading global network facilitating the development of equitable, accountable and sustainable health systems for improved health outcomes. - Global Pulse Journal
The American Medical Student Association’s International Health Journal - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The main aim of LSHTM is to improve the worldwide pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.
- GlobeMed
Charities and NGOs
- Oxfam
The main site for Oxfam - THET
The website for the Tropical Health and Education Trust, a charity dedicated to improving the quality of heath services in the developing world - Merlin
Merlin is a UK charity which provides health care and medical relief for people caught up in natural disasters, conflict, disease and health system collapse. - Survival
Survival is an international organisation supporting indigenous peoples worldwide. - International Rescue Committee
The IRC brings humanitarian aid to those affected by manmade or natural disasters. - International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group provides analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank on the prevention and resolution of conflict. - MSF
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people they help. - Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture
A UK charity dedicated to caring for survivors of torture. - Emergency
An Italian NGO which provides surgical and medical care to the civilian victims of war, landmines and poverty.
- Oxfam
Electives
- Medics Travel
A one stop shop where you can plan everything you need for your elective - Child Family Health International
A non-profit organisation operating socially responsible electives - Work the World
The place to go to organise structured electives in different health fields including medicine, nursing and dentistry
- Medics Travel
Global Health Resources- (The Lancet series' are below)
- Gapminder
Gapminder World is a online application which allows you to creates interactive maps and charts using data from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators report. For example, you could plot life expectancy against GNP/capital - Supercourse
Supercourse is a global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. Supercourse has a network of over 42500 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of over 3232 lectures. - Global Health Education Consortium Modules
The Global Health Education Consortium has initiated a project to develop by late 2008 at least 100 teaching modules on global health topics. - TDR
Program sponsored by the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank involved in combating major tropical diseases. - Conflict and Health
An online journal focusing on the relationship between conflict and health. - Humanitarian Practice Network
HPN is an independent forum for humanitarians to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience. See Issue 61 for a paper on Public Health in Crisis Affected Populations. - UCL Institute for Global Health
‘Today’s health challenges requires a coordinated response…’ UCL’s postgraduate degrees in Global Health - Health Systems Action Network
HSAN’s vision is to be a leading global network facilitating the development of equitable, accountable and sustainable health systems for improved health outcomes. - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is Britain’s national school of public health and a leading postgraduate institution worldwide for research and postgraduate education in global health.
- Gapminder
Human Rights
- Human Rights Library from the University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library is a great resource for research in Human Rights. It houses over 25,000 human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. - Human Rights Watch Health Page
HRW is an NGO which monitors human rights abuses worldwide. - The Right to Health Unit at Essex University
Recent documents and publications by Paul Hunt and others on the Right to the Health. - WHO’s page on Health and Human Rights
Publications by WHO and their partners on the Right to Health - Health and Human Rights
An open access journal published by the centre for Health and Human Rights at Harvard - Physicians for Human Rights
A US-based organisation investigates and campaigns to end Human Rights abuses
- Human Rights Library from the University of Minnesota
Media
- Irin News
Irin is the news service of the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. - Alertnet
Alertnet is a news service for humanitarians. It reports on global health issues and conflicts largely ignored by the media. - The Invisibles
MSF asked 5 film directors to make short documentaries on unreported humanitarian crises. - The Greatest Silence
A documentary examining the impact of sexual violence and rape on the lives of women in the DRC
- Irin News
Medical Departments Asia
Medical Departments Australasia
Medical Departments Europe
Medical Departments North America
Medical Departments UK
- Hull and York Medical School
- University of Leeds
- University of Southampton
- Imperial College
- University of East Anglia
- University of Manchester
- Cambridge University
- Swansea University School of Medicine
- University of Nottingham
- University of Lancaster
- University of Sheffield
- Durham University
- University of Liverpool
Networks
- Alma Mata
For all health professionals interested in global health issues, providing a source of information and a means of discussion and communication on these issues - University Coalition for Global Health
A US-based collaboration in global health - Global Health Education Consortium
A consortium of faculty and health care educators dedicated to global health education in North American health professions - The Institute for International Medical Education
A website for worldwide medical education, including a database containing details of every medical school in the world - Australian Medical Students Association Global Health Network
- Intute
A consortium of UK universities aiming to help students find resources for studies and research
- Alma Mata
Statistical Resources
- UN data
Data on: Key indicators, education, employment, energy, the environment, food and agriculture, health, human development, industry, information and communication, national accounts, population, refugees, trade, tourism. - Data Online for Population, Health and Nutrition
The Data Online for Population, Health and Nutrition (DOLPHN) is an online statistical data resource of selected demographic and health indicators gathered from various sources for several countries of the world. - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS – UNAIDS
The UNAIDS Knowledge Centre includes a range of resources, developed either by the UNAIDS Secretariat and/or one of its Cosponsors - UNHCR (United Nations High Commission on Refugees)
Database provides data and trends on the “Population of concern to UNHCR”: refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) protected/assisted by UNHCR, returned IDPs, stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR. - UNICEF
UNICEF assists countries in collecting and analyzing data, helps develop methodologies and indicators, compiles and maintains global databases, and distributes and publishes statistics. - WHO
Has global-, regional-, and national-level data on more that 70 core indicators, including data on morbidity, mortality, risk factors and health systems. - World Bank
Includes data on more than 800 indicators related to economic outputs, as well as the welfare of people, the condition of the environment, and the quality of governance. - SIPRI
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has data on arms and military expenditure. - WHO’s Health and Human Rights Database
- UN data
Student Bodies
- IFMSA
The website of the International Federation of Medical Students Association - Medsin
The UK section of the IFMSA - International Exchange, Erasmus Student Network
A European Commission exchange programme, which enables students in 31 European countries to study abroad for part of their degree - Organization of International Health
an organisation of students at Stanford University School of Medicine who want to increase awareness of international health issues - American Medical Student Association
- Asian Medical Students’ Association
- Australian Medical Students’ Association
- Physicians for Human Rights Student Program
- IFMSA
The Lancet
- Indigenous Health
Indigenous peoples are a potent example of our human diversity of culture, language, and spirit. They have been the guardians of our global environment and its medicines for millennia. - Newborn, child, and maternal survival
The Lancet is committed to improving newborn, child, and maternal survival. Exclusive online material, coverage of meetings and special issues/series relating to child survival, and a complete article collection dating back to 2003 is available here. - Adolescent Health: an opportunity not to be missed
Today’s generation of adolescents is the largest in history—nearly half of the world’s population is less than 25 years old—and they face far more complex challenges to their health and development than their parents did. - Energy and health
The complete collection of articles in the Lancet Energy and Health series - Mental Health
The complete collection of Lancet articles on mental health - Chronic Disease Series
The collection of articles in the Lancet Chronic Disease Series - Who Counts?
The Collection of the Lancet ‘Who Counts?’ series - Women Deliver
The Women Deliver collection of Lancet articles - Child Survival
The Lancet Child Survival Special Issue articles - HIV/AIDS Special Issue
The special HIV/AIDS Lancet issue from July 2007 - Maternal and Child Undernutrition
A link to the Lancet Maternal and Child Undernutrition series - The Lancet Global Health Network
The Lancet’s network focusing on global health.
- Indigenous Health
US Resources
- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s opencourseware project
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s opencourseware project provides access to content of the School’s most popular courses. - University of Minnesota Bioethics links
The University of Minnesota Bioethics links webpage is fantastic list of bioethics resources. - Harvard Medical School: Centre for Health and the Global environment
Resources for medical students, publications and events promoting awareness of the importance of the global environment in human health issues.
- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s opencourseware project