Global Health: Electronic Reference Sources
Select Open Access Journals
BMC International Health and Human Rights is an online journal that publishes original research articles on "health and disease in developing and transitional countries, as well as all issues relating to the impact of health policies, programs and practices on human rights".
Global Health Action is produced by the Umeå Centre for Global Health Research in Sweden. Their aim is "to contribute to fuelling a more concrete, hands-on approach to global health challenges".
Globalization and Health is an online journal affiliated with the Health research center at the London School of Economics. The focus of this journal is "on advancing the conceptual and theoretical tenets, empirical evidence base, and policy applications relevant to globalization and health".
Journal of Global Health is produced by the Edinburgh University Health Society in Scotland. The mission of the journal is "to inspire and educate individuals, groups, organizations and communities about global health issues".
Pathogens and Global Health is a journal of infectious diseases that focuses on the impact on global health.
Electronic Resources
Global Health: An Introduction to Current and Future Trends
"The health of human populations around the world is constantly changing and the health profiles of most nations in the early twenty first century global health landscape are unrecognizable compared with those of just a century ago.This book examines and explains these health changes and considers likely future patterns and changes. While the overall picture charted is one of progress and improvement, certain unfortunate regressions and stubbornly persistent health inequalities are equally shown to be part of the evolvingpatterns of global health".
The Handbook of Global Health Communication
"International in scope, The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change".
"The World Health Statistics series is WHO's annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This year it also includes highlight summaries on the topics of noncommunicable diseases universal health coverage and civil registration coverage".