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International Health Portal

This portal provides a selected collection of Web resources pertaining to international health. Each entry includes a brief description and additional topics.

Electronic Books

Electronic books are available within many of the Library’s electronic resource collections. This is a selected list of electronic books from multiple sources, and additional electronic books on health and healthcare disparities may be found by searching the Library’s eBooks on EBSCOhost collection.

   Country Studies/Area Handbook Program [Electronic Book]
   Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd ed., 2006- (NCBI) [Electronic Book]
   Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 2006- (NCBI) [Electronic Book]
   Handbook of International Health Care Systems, 2002 (eBooks on EBSCOhost) [Electronic Book]
   Priorities in Health, 2006 (NCBI) [Electronic Book]
   World Factbook [Electronic Book]

Web Resources

   Coordinating Office for Global Health
   Demographic and Health Surveys
   Global Health Library
   Global Health Reporting
   globalhealth.gov
   InfoNation
   Intute
   Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2005
   National Center for Cultural Competence
   OECD.Stat
   Pan American Health Organization
   Population Index On the Web
   Population Reference Bureau
   UNICEF
   United Nations Economic & Social Development Agencies
   United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
   United Nations Statistics Division
   United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Health
   WHO International Digest of Health Legislation (IDHL)
   World Bank
   World Health News
   World Health Organization
   World Health Organization Statistical Information System - WHOSIS

Electronic Journals

Find electronic journals related to international health under the following subject headings:

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Print Resources

Below is a selected list of print books from the Library’s collection. The UT Southwestern Library uses the National Library of Medicine Classification scheme for books and audiovisuals. Under this system of organization, print resources related to international health may be found under the following call numbers:

  • W 21.5: Allied health manpower
  • W 76: Health manpower
  • WA 108: Preventive health services
  • WA 110: Prevention & control of communicable diseases
  • WA 395: Health in developing countries
  • WA 530: World health
  • WA 550: Family planning services
  • WA 590: Health education
  • WA 675: Water
  • WA 778: Waste
  • WA 900: Statistics

International Public Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies
Merson, Michael H.
WA 530.1 I61
Is it available? Library Catalog

Textbook of International Health
Basch, Paul F., 1933-
WA 540.1 B298I
Is it available? Library Catalog

Universal Healthcare Almanac
WA 540 AA1 U58
Is it available? Library Catalog

World Health and Disease
Gray, Alastair, 1953-
WA 105 W927
Is it available? Library Catalog

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