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9th Grade Projects - Global Health: Asia

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Topic specific sites & information:

WHO (World Health Organization) - Search "Asia" http://search.who.int	WHO (World Health Organization): Health Topics: http://www.who.int/topics/en/ Everyone should look at this topic list!	Asian HIV/AIDS Organizations by country: http://www.thebody.com/index/hotlines/asia.html HIV & AIDS (by region & by country) -Univ. Of California, San Francisco http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=Country HIV & AIDS in Asia http://www.thebody.com/index/whatis/demo_asia.html
University New South Wales, Australia http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcmweb.nsf/page/asia Scroll down page to see list of countries.	MedlinePlus Encyclopedia -definitions of most health-related terms and conditions http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
South Asian Public Health Forum http://www.saphf.org/	WHO -"Programmes & Projects" http://www.who.int/entity/en/ World Health Organization health and disease-related programs
Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health http://www.apacph.org	Clusty.com – Query multiple search engines and other web resources. Results are clustered. Separates out sponsored links. http://clusty.com/	"Controlled vocabulary" is important! Dental health -see Oral health Domestic violence - see Gender-based violence Drug addiction - see Substance Abuse Malnutrition -see Nutrition Disorders Waterborne disease -see Water Sanitation and Health or Water-related Disease
South Asian Health Issues - SAWNET Many articles focused on women's health issues. http://www.sawnet.org/	Google Directory http://www.google.com/dirhp Search by topic - enter by health topic or region.
	Google Advanced Search http://www.google.com/advanced_search
South and Southeast Asia Resource Center on Sexuality Main site: http://www.tarshi.net/about/about_tarshi.asp News articles: http://www.tarshi.net/asiasrc/news/newsarticles.asp	Travel Guide to Asian countries' health issues http://wordtravels.com/#asia Choose your country, then click on "Health" in the left-hand column under "Guide". Mostly just infectious disease.	CDC (Centers for Disease Control) -links to countries LOTS of great info about disease and disease prevention in each country as well as info about other health-related issues. (Travel-related but still very useful) http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinationList.aspx CDC links to specific diseases (transmission, prevention, treatment, etc.) http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentDiseases.aspx
CIA World Factbook country-listing page https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/countrylisting.html	Asian NGO list - by country From Duke University - not comprehensive, but a good starting place. http://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/ngo_guide/ngo_links/asia.html	Emerging Health Issues in Asia and the Pacific: Implications for Public Policy http://www.unescap.org/pdd/publications/apdj_12_2/bandara.pdf Report on health issues in Asia for the "Asia-Pacific Development Journal" by a UN officer. Check out page 24's suggestions for your design-a-campaign assignment.

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