Health Links

Infectious diseases

Children's Vaccine Program
The Children's Vaccine Program works to ensure that all children receive the full benefits of new, lifesaving vaccines without undue delay.
www.childrensvaccine.org/

Gates Children Vaccine Programme
The programme promotes equal access to life-saving vaccines for all children. 
www.childrensvaccine.org/

Malaria Foundation International
Raises awareness and provides education about malaria. The website is a central source of information for malaria.
www.malaria.org/

Malaria Journal
an electronic journal published by BioMed Central, in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
www.malariajournal.com/

Medicine for Malaria Venture
A nonprofit organisation created to discover, develop and deliver new
affordable antimalarial drugs through effective public-private partnerships.
www.mmv.org/

Partners for Health Reform (PHRplus)
PHRplus project is the U.S. Agency for International Development’s flagship project in health policy and systems strengthening. PHRplus provides technical assistance to health care reform, health policy, management, health financing, and systems strengthening.
www.phrplus.org/

Roll Back Malaria
A coordinated international approach to fighting malaria. Launched in 1998 by the WHO, UNICEF, UNDP and World Bank. RBM's goal is to halve the burden of malaria by 2010.
www.rbm.who.int/

Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN)
SIGN is a voluntary coalition of stakeholders aiming to achieve safe and appropriate use of injections throughout the world. The Blood Safety and Clinical Technology (BCT) department of the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides the secretariat for the network.
www.who.int/injection_safety/en/

STOP TB partnership
Stop TB is a global movement to accelerate social and political action to stop the unnecessary spread of tuberculosis around the world. The global partnership's secreteriat is housed at the WHO.
www.stoptb.org/

UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
TDR is an independent global programme of scientific collaboration. Established in 1975, it aims to help coordinate, support and influence global efforts to combat a portfolio of major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged.
www.who.int/tdr/index.html

World Health Organisation: Action Against Infection newsletter
The WHO's newsletter, available online in English, French and Spanish, covers reports on events, programmes, research and guidelines.
www.who.int/health-topics/idindex.htm

World Health Organisation: global atlas of infectious diseases
The WHO’s Communicable Disease Global Atlas is bringing together for analysis and comparison standardised data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels.
globalatlas.who.int/

World Health Organisation: infectious diseases
The infectious diseases section of the WHO website features factsheets, related links and regional specific site.
www.who.int/health_topics/infectious_diseases/en/

World Health Organisation: pesticide evaluation scheme
Set-up in 1960, WHOPES promotes and coordinates the testing and evaluation of pesticides for public health.
www.who.int/whopes/en/

World Health Organisation: Quality Assurance and Safety of Medicines (QSM)
QSM is responsible for the development, harmonisation and promotion of international standards. It provides governments and pharmaceutical manufacturers with the means to establish and maintain the quality, safety, efficacy and rational use of pharmaceutical products.
www.who.int/medicines/organization/qsm/orgqsm.shtml

World Health Organisation: vaccine-preventable diseases
Each disease covered has its own section featuring background information, key documents, links and fact sheets.
www.who.int/vaccines/en/vaccprevdis.shtml