GLHLTH 701K: Global Health Challenges: Epidemiology

To find background information to get started, search the catalog for books on your topic (use the catalog search widget in the box below), and use these  websites for data and background:

• WHO (World Health Organization) website
• Center for Disease Control
• WWW Virtual Library: Epidemiology

• World Health Organization country information
• Background Notes from the State Dept.
• Global Insight
• Country Access & Analysis reports w/ financial focus
• IMF Staff Country Reports
• ISI Emerging Markets
• OECD Economic Surveys in SourceOECD
• eHRAF World Cultures
• World Bank country data and reports
• CIA World Factbook
• EIU Country Reports  (click the orange "By Location" tab to browse countries and regions)
• NGO research guide
• Country Profiles: guides to culture, customs and etiquette

Recommended News Databases

(free to Duke Kunshan students; no subscriptions or article purchases necessary)

• World News Connection
  translations of non-English newspapers, speeches, etc. from foreign countries. Some intl. English-language news sources also included.
• LexisNexis Academic
  includes major world publications, Africa News, New York Times
• Newspaper Source Plus
  national & international papers, some TV and radio news transcripts; emphasis on business news
• Latin American Newstand
  leading newspapers in Spanish and Portuguese; some in English
• Wall Street Journal