Links

Overseas Health Websites

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (www.bt.cdc.gov)
This site is intended to increase the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.

The Cochrane Collaboration (www.cochrane.org)
The Cochrane Collaboration produces core content for The Cochrane Library, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Consumer Health information at the University of Pittsburgh (www.hsls.pitt.edu)
The Internet Guides contain links to resources on the Internet either available to the general public or restricted to the faculty, staff and students of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Everybody (www.everybody.co.nz)
everybody aims to provide useful and accurate consumer health information for New Zealanders. It is written by medical writers and reviewed by consumer health organisations and health professionals.

General Consumer Health Information Resources (www.uic.edu)
Library of Health Sciences - University of Illonois

International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (www.inahta.org)
Many organizations throughout the world assess healthcare technology. There is an evident need to cooperate and share information from different cultures. INAHTA serves this purpose.

Internet Sleuth Health Search Engine Directory (www.isleuth.com)

Oncolink at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource (www.oncolink.upenn.edu)
The latest news on cancer treatment, cancer research, oncology advances, and cancer clinical trials.

NHS Alliance (www.nhsalliance.org)
NHS Alliance is the representational organisation of primary care and Primary Care Trusts. Currently the Alliance represents over 90% of Primary Care Trusts (and many of their equivalent organisations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (www.york.ac.uk)
CRD undertakes reviews of research about the effects of interventions used in health and social care.

The centre maintains various databases, provides an enquiry service and disseminates results of research to NHS decision makers.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (www.oecd.org)
The OECD brings together the governments of 30 market democracies from around the world to: Support sustainable economic growth, boost employment, raise living standards, maintain financial stability, assist other countries' economic development and contribute to growth in world trade.

The Virtual Library of Medicine (Biosciences) at Ohio State University (www.ohsu.edu)

World Health Organization (www.who.int)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.

Yahoo's Health Directories (health.yahoo.com)


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