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[edit] The McGill Library Global Health Resource Guide

The McGill Global Health Resource Guide was created as a wiki to promote collaboration between all McGill people working in the field of global health. All McGill faculty, clinicians, researchers and students are encouraged to use and add to these resources.

We hope this resource guide will attract a global audience, and promote collaboration between professionals within, and beyond, the McGill Community.

If you would like to contribute to this resource, but are not a member of the McGill community, we would like to hear from you.

For more information, comments, or suggestions for content, please contact Jim Henderson, McGill Library - Jim Henderson

[edit] Sign up for the McGill Library Global Health Workshop

Where in the world. . . ? Online Sources for Global Health Information: Hands-On Workshops:

Fall workshop dates - all sessions will be held in the Nahum Gelber Law Library Computer Classroom:


November 18, 2009, 3 - 4:30pm : Part 1: Health / Environment / Nutrition

November 25, 2009, 3 - 4:30pm : Part 2: Social Sciences / Government & Intergovernmental Publications / Law & Regulations


To register, click on "View available sessions" under the global health workshop entries at http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-assistance/classes/. For further information, contact one of the global health team (see "Contact us").

Let us know if you would like a session customized to your group or course. Please contact one of the global health team (see "Contact Us") for assistance with searching or to request an individual or small group consultation.



[edit] Resources

  1. Suggested Texts
  2. Key Databases
  3. Key Journal Titles
  4. Access to Electronic Journals
  5. Free and Low Cost Publications
  6. Canadian Resources
  7. Legal sources
  8. Government Documents
  9. Statistics & Data
  10. Conferences & Events
  11. Sites Organized by Subject Click here to go to list of subjects
  12. Sites Organized by Region and Country Click here to go to list of regions and countries
  13. Key Web Sites
  14. Related Subject Guides
  15. Sources to Support Library Development and Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
  16. Information for writers, editors, and publishers
  17. Jobs, Placements, Electives, Exchanges, Volunteer Opportunities
  18. Workshop handouts and other guides to global health information

[edit] Maps + Tools

Global Health Atlas (interactive)

Gapminder graphic software for comparing countries (Hans Rosling)

Health Map: Global Disease Alert

Globalis

Malaria Atlas Project

World Bank Online Atlas of the Millenium Development Goals

McGill Global Health Programs Interactive Database

Pre-formulated PubMed subject search for "world health" OR "international cooperation" since March 1, 2008

World Health Special Report (NewsBank): articles, statistics and dispatches from the World Health Organization (WHO)

[edit] In the News

World AIDS Week at McGill, November 16 - 20, 2009

PubMed Central Canada is launched!, October 21, 2009

World Food Day, October 16, 2009

United Nations Development Programmme Human Development Report 2009; Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development

World Health Organization World Health Statistics 2009

World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2009

H1N1 Rap on YouTube

Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine trial - article in 2009 Sep 10 NEJM: Clark TW et al. Trial of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent MF59-Adjuvanted Vaccine -- Preliminary Report.N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 10. (Epub ahead of print)
PubMed abstract
Full text of article in NEJM - MCGILL ONLY

WHO Venice Draft Concluding Statement on Maximizing Positive Synergies between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives, 2009 June 23

OECD 2009 Health Data released 2009 July 1

News release - 15 June 2009: Health research agencies form global alliance to curb humanity's most fatal diseases - formation of Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

World No-Tobacco Day - 31 May 2009

World Hepatitis Day - 19 May 2009

Influenza A (H1N1) / Swine Flu resources

International Women's Day - 8 March 2009

For International Women's Day: Thematic Paper on Women and Substance Abuse

McGill Daily: "Pushing for Research That Reaches" Upon questioning from the Senate, McGill confirms that the review of its current Intellectual Property policy will consider adding terms for Equitable Licensing.

Montreal World Health Organization Simulation The theme of MonWHO 2009, to be held in Montreal March 6-8, is "Environmental health: food crisis and access to water". Registration is now open.

Health on Earth radio show blog Health on Earth is CKUT's Health Show, broadcasting live Tuesday at 20:30EST on 90.3FM or http://www.ckut.ca/. It is coordinated by students from McGill's Faculty of Medicine.

State of the World's Children 2009 UNICEF's 2009 report was released 15 January 2009.

World Report on Child Injury Prevention Report issued jointly by UNICEF and WHO 9 December 2008

Official sites for World AIDS Day
UNAIDS (United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS) site
World AIDS Campaign site
UK site

Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health, 17-19 November 2008, Bamako, Mali See also commentary at TropIKA.net

Lawrence O. Gostin. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; Health Development at the Crossroads. JAMA. Nov. 5, 2008;300(17):2046-2048. Electronic version available via McGill Library subscription

Colleen C. Denny; Ezekiel J. Emanuel. US Health Aid Beyond PEPFAR; The Mother & Child Campaign. JAMA. Nov. 5, 2008;300(17):2048-2051. Electronic version available via McGill Library subscription

Lancet special issue on Chinese health care Volume 372, Issue 9648, Pages 1437-1518 (25 October 2008-31 October 2008) - electronic version available via McGill Library subscription

Global Health Watch 2 - an alternative world health report Launched October 16, 2008 - full text available online Nov. 12

Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health An exhibition opening at the US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, April 17, 2008



[edit] How to use this wiki

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Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Board if you have questions or comments - contact information at Contact Us.

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* Key Databases - (18 November 2009)


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