Global health

Global Health Watch

Link: 
http://www.ghwatch.org
At the World Health Assembly in May 2003, the Peoples Health Movement, together with GEGA and Medact discussed the need for civil society to produce its own alternative World Health Report. It was felt that the WHO reports were inadequate that there was no report that monitored the performance of global health institutions and, that the dominant neo-liberal discourse in public health policy also needed to be challenged by a more people-centred approach that highlights social justice.

Global Health Trust

Link: 
http://www.globalhealthtrust.org/
The aim of the Global Health Trust is to advance global health equity through strengthening the production, deployment, and empowerment of human resources for health in low-income countries. The work has been launched through a Joint Learning Initiative, a multi-stakeholder participatory learning process, to better understand the role of workers in health systems and to identify new strategies to strengthen their performance

Health InterNetwork (HIN)

Link: 
http://www.who.int/hinari/en/
The Health InterNetwork project was introduced by United Nations' Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the UN Millennium Summit in the year 2000. Led by WHO, the Health InterNetwork aims to strengthen public health services by providing public health workers, researchers and policy makers access to high-quality, relevant and timely health information through an Internet portal. It further aims to improve communication and networking. As key components, the project will provide training as well as information and communication technology applications for public health.

Global Health

Link: 
http://www.globalhealth.gov
This site addresses global health, and more importantly, the link between domestic and international health issues. The following points convey the key messages for the web site: * The health of Americans is a global concern. * A healthy America depends on a healthy world. * The primary mandate of HHS is to protect the health of the American people. * The direct interests of the United States are best served when America acts decisively to promote health around the world. * Addressing health globally enhances America's stature overseas and its own national security.

WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record

Link: 
http://www.who.int/wer/
The World Health Organization (WHO) Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) serves as an essential instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including the newly emerging or re-emerging infections

Bulletin of the World Health Organisation: The International Journal of Public Health

Link: 
http://www.who.int/bulletin/
This monthly journal includes a variety of reports, reviews, controversies, perspectives, and news from the frontlines of public health. New features in 2001 include state-of-the-art reviews on clinical problems and policy issues, expanded coverage of international news from reporters around the globe, updates on the initiatives and views of WHO, and interviews with leading figures in public health.

World Health Organization

Link: 
http://www.who.int/
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. WHO also proposes conventions, agreements, regulations and makes recommendations about international nomenclature of diseases, causes of death and public health practices. It develops, establishes and promotes international standards concerning foods and biological, pharmaceutical and similar substances.

Global Fund Board affirms importance of links with health systems partnerships

At its 20th Board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) affirmed its commitment to joint collaboration with global health partnerships on health systems strengthening. In addition to strong working relationships with public-private partnerships such as Stop TB, Roll Back Malaria and UNITAID, the Global Fund works closely with other global actors including GAVI, WHO, the World Bank, UNAIDS and, increasingly, with newer health system-focused partnerships such as the International Health Partnership (IHP+), the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), as well as HMN.

Health department dismisses HIV, AIDS fund allegations

The Department of Health has dismissed a Sunday newspaper report suggesting that the HIV and AIDS projects funded by the Global Fund face the danger of collapse as a result of the department's incompetence. The projects in issue are funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.