FHI360-SATELLIFE Health Information and Technology

This is a useful guide to understand health statistics data. It provides descriptions of statistical methods, literature, and a gateway to health statistics resources. Maintained by the the National Information Center on Health Statistics Research and Health Care Technology, U.S. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/usestats/index.htm

HNP (Health, Nutrition and Population) Statistics (Focus on Low-Income Countries)

This site provides country-by-country data on health status, health determinants, and health finance. Tables are organized by country and topic. Excel is required to view the tables. The site is maintained by the World Bank. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTHEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/EXTDATASTATISTICSHNP/EXTHNPSTATS/0,,menuPK:3237172~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:3237118,00.html

Medilinks: The Gateway for Health Information in Africa (Focus on Low-Income Countries)

Medilinks is an online source of relevant, concise health related information for Africa. The site emphasizes current health information. It also contains regional and country based health statistics plus fact sheets on numerous diseases. http://medilinkz.org/

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Series

This is one of the leading publications of current health statistics around the world prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. It includes recommendations and surveillance data for notable diseases. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

Online Statistics: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study

The site contains an introductory-level statistics book. The material is presented both as a standard textbook and as a multimedia presentation. The book features interactive demonstrations and simulations, case studies, and an analysis lab. It also can be downloaded with (132 Mb) or without multimedia (44Mb). The book was developed at Rice University, University of Houston, Clear Lake, and University of Houston, Downtown. http://onlinestatbook.com/

Statistics at Square One

The online version of the 9th edition is available for free from the BMJ website. This is an extensive and well known statistics textbook that is a useful resource for research projects with quantifiable data. T D V Swinscow is the original author with revisions by M J Campbell, University of Southampton. It was originally published in 1997. http://freepdfdb.com/pdf/statistics-at-square-one-pdf

UNICEF: Monitoring and Statistics (Focus on Low-Income Countries)

The site includes key statistical databases with detailed country-specific information that was used for the end-decade assessment titled "Progress since the World Summit for Children - A Statistical Review". Data includes child survival and health, child nutrition and maternal health. Global and regional summary analyses and graphic presentations of key results are included. http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index.html

United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN) (Focus on Low-Income Countries)

POPIN provides a large amount of information related to population and reproductive health. The site includes a Multilingual Dictionary of Demographic and Reproductive Health Terminology, a worldwide directory of population institutions, regional population information, United Nations reports, and numerous links to population related sites. http://www.un.org/popin/

Using Qualitiative Approaches to Health Systems Research

This web site is designed to support researchers and students planning a small and medium scale qualitative study in health systems/services or training research teams and students in the use of qualitative methods. It is organized through a set of key questions including a section on other Internet resources. The site is maintained by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Curatio International Foundation. http://curatiofoundation.org/qualitativemethods/

WHO: Research Data and Statistics

This WHO portal provides access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation. It has links to a data repository, World Health Statistics Reports, Statistical Reports, Country Reports, Map Gallery and WHO Indicator Repository. http://www.who.int/research/en/

World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French, Spanish)

This site provides demographical, epidemiological, and statistical information about diseases, public health issues, and medical conditions. A keyword search engine is included and some of the documents are available in multiple languages. http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

World Health Organization: Health Statistics and Health Information Systems (Focus on Low-Income Countries)

This site contains data on epidemiology, burden of disease, cost-effectiveness of health care interventions, and health systems assessment and reform, including quality of care, ethical issues, financing, and resource allocation. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/en/

World Health Organization: Weekly Epidemiological Report (Focus on Low-Income Countries) (French)

The Weekly Epidemiological Report provides rapid dissemination of epidemiological information on important communicable diseases. The site is available in French. http://www.who.int/wer/

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