Key Books
Globalization, Health, and the Environment by Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. They explore the destabilizing impact of globalization on the planet's ecology, and on the health of the human populations that are dependent on the delicate global bionetwork.
Health and Poverty by Using a novel combination of the personal studies of patients and description of conditions or diseases, this book provides a highly original and accessible introduction to key issues in global health today.
HIV and AIDS in Africa by HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology is a collection that seeks to further our understanding of AIDS by shifting the predominant understandings generated by biomedical and epidemiological research.
Atlas of Health and Climate
"The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to emergencies arising from extreme weather events and disease outbreaks. They also include environmental degradation, the increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and the universal trend of demographic ageing." -- Website
- Full version in English
pdf, 17.97Mb - Section 1: infections
pdf, 8.89Mb - Section 2: emergencies
pdf, 4.26Mb - Section 3: emerging environmental challenges
pdf, 4.78Mb
Online Videos
- Global Health - IME Video LibraryThe Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Video Library is a collection of free, high quality videos of educational events that have taken place at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC).
- Global Health Summit Videos
The Global Health Summit Project is a mechanism to bring decision makers together in the G8 chairing country to promote global health on the G8 agenda and to maintain continuity across G8 countries.
As the largest donor and most influential decision-making body, the G8 has unparalleled capacity in the global health arena. - Global Health Video LibraryThe Global Health Video Library is a free, online service for journalists around the world who report on public health issues. The goal of the video library is to provide television reporters and filmmakers -- particularly in low and middle income countries -- with another tool to accomplish their work. The library provides rights-free cover footage related to HIV/AIDS. Generic cover footage is also included.
- Top Ten Global Health Video ResourcesFrom change.org