Global Health Recommended Readings
Child Health
- Bearinger L. Sieving R, Ferguson J, Sharma V. Global perspectives on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents: patterns, prevention and potential. Lancet. Apr 7, 2007; 369 (9568): 1220-1231.
- Bhutta ZA. Beyond Bellagio: addressing the challenge of sustainable child health in developing countries. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2004; 89: 483-487.
- Black RE, Morris SS, Bryce J. Where and why are 10 million children dying every year. Lancet. June 28, 2003; 361 (9376); 2226-2234.
- Bryce J, El Arifeen S, Pairyo G et al. Reducing child mortality: Can public health deliver? Lancet. July 12, 2003; 362 (9378); 159-164.
- Bryce J, Victora C, Habicht JP, Black R, Scherpbier RW. Programmatic pathways to child survival: results of a multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Health Policy and Planning. 2005; (20 Suppl):i5-i17.
- Claeson M, Waldman R. The evolution of child health programmes in developing countries: from targetting diseases to targeting people. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2000; 78(10): 1234-1245.
- Darmstadt GL, Bhutta ZA, Cousens S, Adam T, Walker N, de Bernis L and Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. Evidence-based cost effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save. Lancet. Mar 12 2005; 365 (9463); 977-985.
- Engle PL, Black MM, Behrman JR, et al. Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world. Lancet. January 20, 2007; 369(9557): 229-242.
- Gillespie D and the Bellagio Study Group on Child Survival. Knowledge into action for child survival. Lancet. July 26, 2003; 362 (9380): 323-327.
- Grantham-McGregor S, Cheung YB, Cueto S, Glewwe P, Richter L, Strupp B. Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries. Lancet. 2007; 369: 60-70.
- Jones G, Steketee RW, Black RE, Bhutta ZA, Morris SS, and the Bellagio Child Survival Study Group. How many child deaths can we prevent this year? Lancet. July 5, 2003; 362 (9377): 65-71.
- Lawn JE, Cousens S, Zupan J, for the Lancet Neonatal Survival Steering Team. 4 million neonatal deaths: When? Where? Why? Lancet. Mar 2005; 365(9462): 891-900.
- Lopez A. Reducing Child Mortality. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2000; 78 (10): 1173.
- Martines J, Paul VK, Bhutta ZA et al. Neonatal survival: a call for action. Lancet. Mar 26, 2005; 365 (9465): 1189-1197.
- Patel V, Flisher AJ, Hetrick S, McGarry P. Mental health of young people: a global public health challenge. Lancet. April 14, 2007; 369 (9569): 1302-1313.
- Pena R, Wall S, Persson, L. The effect of poverty, social inequity, and maternal education on infant mortality in Nicaragua, 1988-1993. American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90(11): 64-69.
- Rutstein S. Factors associated with trends in infants and child mortality in developing countries during the 1990s. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2000; 78(10): 1256-1270.
- Thapar N, Sanderson IR. Diarrhoea in children: an interface between developing and developed countries. Lancet. Feb 21, 2004; 363(9409): 641-653.
- Victora CG, et al. Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: More of the same is not enough. Lancet. July 19, 2003; 362 (9379): 233-241.
- Victora C, Huicho L, Amaral J, et al. Are health interventions implemented where they are most needed? District uptake of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy in Brazil, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2006; 84: 792-801.
- Walker N, Schwartlander B, Bryce J. Meeting international goals in child survival and HIV/AIDS. Lancet. July 27, 2002; 360: 284-289.
- Walker SP, Wachs TD, Gardner JM, Lozoff B, Wasserman GA, Pollitt E, Carter JA; International Child Development Steering Group. Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries. Lancet. Jan. 13 2007; 369(9556): 145-157.
- Wardlaw T, Salama P, Johansson EW, Mason E. Pneumonia: the leading killer of children. Lancet. Sep 23, 2006; 368(9541): 1048-1050.
Communicable and Tropical Disease
- Aylward B, Hennesey K, Zagaria N, Olive JM, Cochi S. When is Disease Eradicable? 100 Years of Lessons Learned. American Journal of Public Health. 2000; 90(10): 1515-1520.
- Aziz MA, Wright A, Laszlo A, et al. Epidemiology of antituberculosis drug resistance (the Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance): an updated analysis. Lancet. 2006; 368: 2142-2154.
- Bates I, Fenton C, Gruber J et al. Vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS infection and disease. Part 1: determinants operating at individual and household level. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2004; 4 (5): 267-277.
- Bates I, Fenton C, Gruber J, et al. Vulnerability to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS infection and disease. Part II: determinants operating at environmental and institutional level. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2004; 4 (6): 368-375.
- Bonu S, Rani M, Baker TD. The impact of the national polio immunization campaign on levels and equity in immunization coverage: evidence from rural North India. Social Science and Medicine. 2003; 57: 1807-1819.
- Breiman JG, Alilio MS, Mills A. Conquering the intolerable burden of malaria: whats new, whats needed: a summary. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2004; 71 (2 Suppl): 1-15.
- Cohen ML. Changing patterns of infectious disease. Nature. Aug 17, 2000. 406 (6797): 762-767.
- Corbett EL, Marston B, Churchyard GJ, De Cock KM. Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatment. Lancet. 2006; 367: 926-937.
- Dowdle W. The principles of disease elimination and eradication. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 1998; 76 (Suppl 2): 22-24.
- Ehiri JE, Anywanwu EC, Scarlett H. Mass use of insecticide-treated bednets in malaria endemic poor countries: public health concerns and remedies. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2004; 25 (1): 9-22.
- Feachem RG, Sabot OJ. Global Malaria Control in the 21st Century: A Historic but Fleeting Opportunity. JAMA. May 23/30, 2007: 297 (20: 2281-2284.
- Glass RI, Parashar UD, Bresee JS et al. Rotavirus vaccines: current prospects and future challenges. Lancet. July 22, 2006. 368 (9532): 323-332.
- Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, Kestens L. Human schistosomiasis. Lancet. September 23, 2006, 368 (9541): 1106-1118.
- Gupta R, Irwin A, Raviglione MC, Kim JY. Scaling-up Treatment for HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned from Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. Lancet. 2004; 363: 320-324.
- Hay SI, Guerra CA, Tatem AJ, Noor AM, Snow RW. The Global Distribution and Population at Risk of Malaria: Past, Present and Future. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2004; 4: 327-336.
- Hopewell PC, Pai M, Maher D, Uplekar M, Raviglione MC. International Standards for Tuberculosis Care. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2006; 6: 710-725.
- Hotez P, Molyneux D, Fenwick A, Ottesen E, Erlich Sachs S, Sachs J. Incorporating a Rapid-Impact Package for Neglected Tropical Diseases with Programmes for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. PLoS Medicine. 2006; 3: e102.
- Keiser J, Singer BH, Utzinger J. Reducing the burden of malaria in different eco-epidemiological settings with environmental management: a systematic review. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2005; 5: 695-708.
- Kourtis AP, Lee FK, Abrams EJ, Jamieson DJ, Bulterys M. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: timing and implications for prevention. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2006; 6: 726-732.
- Li K, Guan Y, Wang J et al. Genesis of a highly pathogenic and potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza virus in eastern Asia. Nature. 2004; 430: 209-213.
- Lu C, Michaud CM, Gakidou E, Khan K, Murray CJL. Effect of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation on diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine coverage: an independent assessment. Lancet. 2006; 368: 1088-1095.
- Marseille E, Kahn JG, Mmiro F et al. Cost effectiveness of single-dose nevirapine regimen for mothers and babies to decrease vertical HIV-1 transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet. 1999; 354: 803-809.
- Mathers CD, Loncar D. Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Medicine. November 2006, 3 (11): e442.
- Mukherjee JS, Rich ML, Socci AR, et al. Programmes and principles in treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Lancet. 2004; 363: 474-481.
- Okeke IN, Laxminarayan R, Bhutta ZA et al. Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part I: recent trends and current status. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2005; 5: 481-493.
- Okeke IN, Klugman KP, Bhutta ZA et al. Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part II: strategies for containment. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2005; 5: 568-580.
- Pablos-Mendez A, Gowda DK, Frieden TR. Controlling multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and access to expensive drugs: a rational framework. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2002; 80: 489-495.
- Phua K, Lee L. Meeting the challenge of epidemic infectious disease outbreaks: an agenda for research. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2005; 26: 122-132.
- Raviglione MC, Pio A. Evolution of WHO Policies for Tuberculosis Control, 1948-2001. Lancet. 2002; 359: 775-780.
- Reid A, Scano F, Getahun H, et al. Towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support: the role of tuberculosis/HIV collaboration. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2006; 6: 483-495.
- Sachs J, Malaney P. The Economic and Social Burden of Malaria. Nature. 2002; 415: 680-685.
- Wongsrichanalai C, Pickard AL, Wernsdorfer WH, Meshnick SR. Epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2002; 2: 209-218.
Economics, Poverty and Health
- Bloom D and Canning D . The Health and Wealth of Nations. Science, Feb 18. 2000, 207: 1207, 1209.
- Castro-Leal F, Dayton J, Demery L, Mehra K. Public Spending on Health Care in Africa: Do the Poor Benefit? Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2000; 78 (1): 66-74
- Folch E, Hernandez I, Barragan M, Franco-Paredes C. Infectious diseases, non-zero-sum thinking, and the developing world. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2003; 326: 66-72.
- Gallup JL, Sachs JD. The economic burden of malaria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2001; 64 (1-2 Suppl): 85-96.
- Labonte R, Sanger M. Glossary of the World Trade Organization and public health: part 1. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2006; 60: 655-661.
- Labonte R, Sanger M. Glossary on the World Trade Organization and public health: part 2. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2006; 60: 738-744.
- McMichael A, Beaglehole R. The changing global context of public health. Lancet. 2000; 356: 495-499.
- Nanda P. Womens participation in rural credit programmes in Bangladesh and their demand for formal health care: is there a positive impact? Health Economics. August 1999; 8(5): 415-428.
- Peabody JW. Economic Reform and Health Sector Policy: Lessons from Structural Adjustment Programs. Social Science and Medicine. 1996; 43 (5): 823-835.
- Peters DH, Elmendorf AE, Kandola K, Chellaraj G. Benchmarks for health expenditures, services and outcomes in Africa during the 1990s. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2000; 78(6): 761-769.
- Pollock AM, Price D. The public health implications of world trade negotiations on the general agreement on trade in services and public services. Lancet. 2003; 362: 1072-1075.
- Savedoff WD. What Should a Country Spend on Health Care. Health Affairs. July/August 2007; 26 (4): 962-970.
- Shaffer E, Waitzkin H, Brenner J, Jasso-Aguilar R. Global trade and public health. American Journal of Public Health. 2005; 95: 23-34.
- Smith RD. Foreign direct investment and trade in health services: a review of the literature. Social Science and Medicine. 2004; 59: 2313-2323.
Environmental and Occupational Health
- Attaran A, Roberts D, Curtis C, Kilama W. Balancing risks on the back of the poor. Nature Medicine. 2000; 6: 729-731.
- Bartram J, Lewis K, Lenton R, Wright A. Focusing on improved water and sanitation for health. Lancet. 2005; 365: 810-812.
- Beard J and the Australian Rural Health Research Collaboration. DDT and human health. Science of the Total Environment. 2006; 355: 78-89.
- Campbell-Lendrum D, Corvalan C, Neira M. Global climate change: implications for international public health policy. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. March 2007; 85 (3): 235-237.
- Donohoe M. Causes and health consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice. Social Science and Medicine. 2003; 56(3): 573-587.
- Driscoll T, Nelson DI, Steenland K et al. The global burden of diseases due to occupational carcinogens. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2005; 48: 419-431.
- Driscoll T, Nelson DI, Steenland K et al. The global burden of non-malignant respiratory disease due to occupational airborne exposures. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2005; 48: 432-445.
- Keiser J, Singer BH, Utzinger J. Reducing the burden of malaria in different eco-epidemiological settings with environmental management: a systematic review. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2005; 5: 695-708.
- McMichael A, Butler C. Climate change, health and development goals. Lancet. 2004; 364: 2004-2006.
- McMichael A, Woodruff R, Hales S. Climate change and human health: present and future risks. Lancet. 2006; 367: 859-869.
- Smith A, Lingas E, Rahman M. Contamination of drinking water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2000; 78 (9): 1093-1103.
- Zhang J, Smith KR. Indoor Air Pollution: A Global Health Concern. British Medical Bulletin. 2003; 68: 209-225.
Ethical and Equity Issues
- Ahn MJ, Grimwood A, Schwarzwald H, Herman A. Ethics and the AIDS pandemic in the developing world. Journal of the International Association of Physicians for AIDS Care. 2003; 2(2): 81-87.
- Alkire S, Chen L. Global health and moral values. Lancet. 2004; 364: 1069-1074.
- Ashorn P, Kulmala T, Vaahtera M. Health for all in the 21st century? Annals of Medicine. 2000; 32: 87-89.
- Banerji D. Serious crisis in the practice of international health by the World Health Organization: the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. International Journal of Health Services. 2006; 36: 637-650.
- Baum F. Health, equity, justice and globalisation: some lessons from the Peoples Health Assembly. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2001; 55: 613-616.
- Benatar S. Reflections and recommendations on research ethics in developing countries. Social Science and Medicine. 2002; 54: 1131-1141.
- Benatar SR, Daar AS, Singer PA. Global Health Ethics: the Rationale for Mutual Caring. International Affairs. 2003; 79 (1): 107-138.
- Berlingeur G. Bioethics, health and inequality. Lancet. 2004; 364: 1086-1091.
- Bhutta Z. Ethics in international health research: a perspective from the developing world. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2002; 80: 114-20.
- Botbol-Baum M. The shrinking of human rights: the controversial revision of the Helsinki Declaration. HIV Medicine. 2000; 1: 238-245.
- Braveman P, Tarimo E. Social inequalities in health within countries: not only an issue for affluent nations. Social Science and Medicine. 2002; 54: 1621-1635.
- Braveman P. Health disparities and health equity: concepts and measurement. Annual Review of Public Health. 2006; 27: 167-194.
- Coburn D. Beyond the income inequality hypothesis: class, neo-liberalism, and health inequalities. Social Science and Medicine. 2004; 58: 41-56.
- Daniels N. Equity and population health: toward a broader bioethics agenda. Hastings Center Report. 2006; 36: 22-35.
- Evans JR, Hall KL, Warford J. Shattuck Lecture - Health Care in the Developing World: Problems of Scarcity and Choice. New England Journal of Medicine. 1981; 305: 1117-1127.
- Farmer P, Nizeye B, Stulac S, Keshavjee S. Structural violence and clinical medicine. PLoS Med . 2006; 3: e449.
- Folch E, Hernandez I, Barragan M, Franco-Paredes C. Infectious diseases, non-zero-sum thinking, and the developing world. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2003; 326: 66-72.
- Fox F. New humanitarianism: does it provide a moral banner for the 21st century? Disasters. 2001; 25: 275-289.
- Gruen R, Bailie R, Wang Z, Heard S, ORourke I. Specialist outreach to isolated and disadvantaged communities: a population-based study. Lancet. 2006; 368: 130-138.
- Gruskin S, Mills EJ, Tarantola D. History, principles, and practice of health and human rights. Lancet. 2007; 370: 449-455.
- Hanratty B, Zhang T, Whitehead M. How close have universal health systems come to achieving equity in use of curative services? A systematic review. International Journal of Health Services. 2007; 37: 80-109.
- Harmon SH. Solidarity: a (new) ethic for global health policy. Health Care Analysis. 2006; 14(4): 215-236.
- ten Have H, Ang TW. Unescos Global Ethics Observatory. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2007; 33(1): 15-16.
- Hyder AA, Harrison RA, Kass N, Maman S. A Case Study of Research Ethics Capacity Development in Africa. Academic Medicine. 2007; 82(7): 675-683.
- Kottow M. Who is my brothers keeper? Journal of Medical Ethics. 2002; 28: 24-27.
- Labonte R, Schreker T, Gupta A. A global health equity agenda for the G8 summit. British Medical Journal. 2005; 330: 533-536.
- Lie R, Emanuel E, Grady C, Wendler D. The standard of care debate: the Declaration of Helsinki versus the international consensus opinion. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2004; 30: 190-193.
- Lurie, P. and Wolfe, SM. Unethical Trials of Interventions to Reduce Perinatal Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Developing Countries. New England Journal of Medicine. 1997; 337: 853-856.
- Marmot M. Social determinants of health inequalities. Lancet. 2005; 365: 1099-1104.
- Marmot M. Health in an unequal world. Lancet. 2006; 368: 2081-2094
- Marseille E, Hofmann PB, Kahn JG. HIV Prevention Before HAART in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet. 2002; 359 (9320): 1851-1856.
- McMillan JR, Conlon C. The ethics of research related to health care in developing countries. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2004; 30: 204-206
- Navarro V, Shi L. The political context of social inequalities and health. Social Science and Medicine. 2001; 52: 481-491.
- Ostlin P, Braveman P, Dachs N et al. Priorities for research to take forward the health equity policy agenda. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2005; 83: 948-953.
- Roberts MJ, Reich MR. Ethical analysis in public health. Lancet. 2002; 359 (9311): 1055-1059.
- Robinson M. The value of a human rights perspective in health and foreign policy. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2007; 85(3): 241-2.
- Ruger JP. Health and social justice. Lancet. 2004; 364: 1075-1080.
- Ruger JP. Ethics of the social determinants of health. Lancet. 2004; 364: 1092-1097.
- Ruger JP, Kim H. Global health inequalities: an international comparison. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2006; 60: 928-936.
- Ruger JP. Ethics and governance of global health inequalities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2006; 60: 998-1002.
- Scheper-Hughes N. Keeping an eye on the global traffic in human organs. Lancet. 2003; 361: 1645-1648.
- Schuklenk U. The standard of care debate: against the myth of an international consensus opinion. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2004; 30: 194-197.
- Scrimshaw NS. Myths and realities in international health planning. American Journal of Public Health. 1974; 64: 792-798.
- Simon C, Mosavel M, van Stade D. Ethical challenges in the design and conduct of locally relevant international health research. Social Science and Medicine. 2007; 64(9): 1960-1969.
- Singh JA, Govender M, Mills EJ. Do human rights matter to health? Lancet. 2007; 370: 521-527.
- Taylor CE, Cutts F, Taylor ME. Ethical dilemmas in current planning for polio eradication. American Journal of Public Health. 1997; 87: 922-925.
- Wagstaff A. Economics, health and development: some ethical dilemmas facing the World Bank and the international community. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2001; 27: 262-267
- Wall LL, Arrowsmith SD, Lassey AT, Danso K. Humanitarian ventures or "fistula tourism?": the ethical perils of pelvic surgery in the developing world. International Urogynecology Journal. 2006; 17: 559-562.
- Zoloth L. Heroic measures. Just bioethics in an unjust world. Hastings Center Report. 2001; 31 (6): 34-40.
General References: Global Health and Statistics
- [No authors listed] Oslo Ministerial Declaration--global health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time. Lancet. 2007; 369: 1373-1378.
- Boerma JT, Stansfield SK. Health statistics now: are we making the right investments? Lancet. 2007; 369: 779-786.
- Brown TM, Cueto M, Fee E. The World Health Organization and the transition from "international" to "global" public health. American Journal of Public Health. 2006; 96: 62-72.
- Feachem RGA. Globalisation is good for your health, mostly. BMJ. 2001; 323: 504-506.
- Howson C, Fineberg H, Bloom B. The pursuit of global health: the relevance of engagement for developed countries. Lancet. 1998; 351: 586-589.
- Magnussen L, Ehiri J, Jolly P. Comprehensive Versus Selective Primary Health Care: Lessons for Global Health Policy. Health Affairs. 2004; 23: 167-176.
- Mathers CD, Loncar D. Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS. 2006;3:e442.
- McMichael A, Beaglehole R. The changing global context of public health. Lancet. 2000; 356: 495-499.
- Murray, CJ and Lopez AD. Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet. May 3, 1997. 349 (9061): 1269-1276.
- Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet. May 10, 1997. 349 (9062): 1347-1352.
- Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors. Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet. May 17, 1997; 349 (9063): 1436-1442.
- Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020. Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet. May 24, 1997; 349: (9064): 1498-1504.
- Sen A. Health in development. Bulletin. of the World Health Organization. 1999; 77(8): 619-623.
- Von Schirnding Y. Health and sustainable development: can we rise to the challenge? Lancet. 2002; 360: 632-637.
Global Health Education
- Bateman C, Baker T, Hoornenborg E, Ericsson U. Bridging global issues to medical training. Lancet. 2001; 358: 1539-1542.
- Bazemore AW, Henein M, Goldenhar LM, Szaflarski M, Lindsell CJ, Diller P. The Effect of Offering International Health Training Opportunities on Family Medicine Residency Recruiting. Family Medicine. 2007; 39 (4): 255-260.
- Cha SS, Ross JS, Lurie P, Sacajiu G. Description of a Research-Based Health Activism Curriculum for Medical Students. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006; 21: 1325-1328.
- Dodard M, Vulcain A, Fournier A. Project Medishare: a volunteer program in international health at the University of Miami. Academic Medicine. 2000; 75(4): 397-401.
- Drain PK, Primack A, Hunt D, Fawzi WW, Holmes KK, Gardner P. Global Health in Medical Education: A Call for More Training and Opportunities. Academic Medicine. March 2007; 82 (3): 226-230.
- Edwards R, Rowson M, Piachaud J. Teaching international health issues to medical students. Medical Education. 2001; 35: 807-808.
- Finkel ML, Fein O. Teaching medical students about different health care systems: an international exchange program. Academic Medicine. April 2006; 81 (4): 388-390.
- Godkin M, Savageau JA. The effect of a global multiculturialism track on cultural competence of preclinical medical students. Family Medicine. 2003; 33(3); 178-186.
- Godkin M, Savageau J. The effect of medical students international experiences on attitudes toward serving underserved multicultural populations. Family Medicine. 2003; 35(3): 273-278.
- Haq C, Rothenberg D, Gjerde C, et al. New world views: preparing physicians in training for global health. Family Medicine. 2000; 32: 566-572.
- Heck J, Wedemeyer D. A survey of American medical schools to assess their preparation of students for overseas practice. Academic Medicine. 1991; 66: 78-81.
- Houpt ER, Pearson RD, Hall TL. Three Domains of Competency in Global Health Education: Recommendations for All Medical Students. Academic Medicine. 2007; 82(3): 222-225.
- Imperato PJ. A Third World international health elective for US medical students: the 25-year experience of the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Journal of Community Health. 2004; 29(5): 337-373.
- Kanashiro J, Hollaar G, Wright B, Nammavongmixay K, Roff S. Setting Priorities for Teaching and Learning: An Innovative Needs Assessment for a New Family Medicine Program in Lao PDR. Academic Medicine. March 2007; 82 (3): 231-237.
- Pust RE, Moher SP. A core curriculum for international health: evaluating ten years experience at the University of Arizona. Academic Medicine. 1992; 67: 90-94.
- Ramsey A, Haq C, Gjerde C, Rothenberg D. Career influence of an international health experience during medical school. Family Medicine. 2004; 36 (6): 412-416.
- Smilkstein G, Culjat D. An international health fellowship in primary care in the developing world. Academic Medicine. 1990; 65 (12): 781.
- Thompson M, Huntington M, Hunt D, et al. Educational effects of international health electives on US and Canadian medical students and residents: a literature review. Academic Medicine. 2003; 78: 342-347.
- Waddell WH et al. Effectiveness of an international health elective as measured by NBME Part II. Journal of Medical Education. 1976; 51: 468-472.
- Whitcomb ME. Promoting Global Health: What Role Should Academic Health Centers Play? Academic Medicine. 2007; 82(3): 217-218.
Humanitarian Crises and Refugee Health
- Arya N, Zurbrigg S. Operation Infinite Injustice: The Effects of Sanctions and Prospective War on the People of Iraq. Canadian Journal of Public Health. January/February 2003; 94 (1): 9-12.
- Banatvala N, Zwi AB. Public health and humanitarian interventions: developing the evidence base. BMJ. 2000; 321: 101-105.
- Burkle F. Lessons learnt and future expectations of complex emergencies. BMJ. 1999; 319: 422-426.
- Burnham G, Lasta R, Doocy S, Roberts L. Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey. Lancet. 2006; 368: 1421-1428.
- Chin NP, Goepp JG, Malia T, Poordabbagh A. Planning Emergency Medical Services for Children in Bolivia: Part 1 -- The Use of Rapid Assessment Procedures. Pediatric Emergency Care, 2004; 20(9), 593-598.
- Connolly MA, Heymann D. Deadly comrades: war and infectious disease. Lancet. 2002; 360: 23-24.
- Forrow L, Blair BG, Helfand I et al. Accidental nuclear war: a post-cold war assessment. New England Journal of Medicine. 1998; 337: 1326-1331.
- Goepp JG, Chin NP, Malia T, Poordabbagh A. (2004). Planning Emergency Medical Services for Children in Bolivia: Part 2 - Results of a Rapid Assessment Procedure. Pediatric Emergency Care. 20: 664-670.
- Leaning J. Environment and health: impact of war. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2000; 163: 1157-1161.
- Lopes Cardozo B, Vergara A, Agani F, Gotway CA. Mental health, social functioning and attitudes of Kosovar Albanians following the war in Kosovo. JAMA. 2000; 284: 569-577.
- Murray CJ, King G, Lopez AD, Tomijima N, Krug EG. Armed conflict as a public health problem. BMJ. 2002; 324: 346-349.
- Schaller JG, Nightingale EO. Children and Childhoods: Hidden Casualties and Civil Unrest. JAMA. 1992; 268 (5): 642-644.
- Skinner H, Abdeen Z, Abdden H et al. Promoting Arab and Israeli cooperation: Peace-building through health initiatives. Lancet. 2005; 365: 1274-1277.
- Spiegel PB, Salima P. War and mortality in Kosovo, 1998-1999: an epidemiological testimony. Lancet. 2000; 355: 2204-2209.
- Summerfield D. Conflict and health: War and mental health: a brief overview. BMJ. 2000; 321: 232-235
- Toole MJ, Waldman RJ. Refugees and displaced persons: war, hunger and public health. JAMA. 1993; 270: 600-605
Injuries and Violence
- Ackery A, Tator C, Krassioukov A. A global perspective on spinal cord injury epidemiology. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2004; 21: 1355-1370.
- Ameratunga S, Hijar M, Norton R. Road-traffic injuries: confronting disparities to address a global-health problem. Lancet. 2006; 367: 1533-1540.
- Andersson N, da Sousa C, Paredes S. Social cost of land mines in four countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, and Mozambique. British Medical Journal. 1995; 311: 718-721.
- Bishai D, Qureshi A, James P, Ghaffar A. National Road Fatalities and Economic Development. Health Economics. 2005; 15 (1): 65-81.
- Brown R, Chaloner E, Mannion S, Cheatle T. 10-year experience of injuries sustained during clearance of anti-personnel mines. Lancet. 2001;358:2048-2049.
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Jobs and Volunteer Placements
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Mental Health
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Noncommunicable Disease
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Nutrition and Food Security
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Health Organizations
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Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines
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- Anderson GF, Reinhardt UE, Hussey PS, Petrosyan V. Its the prices, stupid: Why the United States is so different from other countries. Health Affairs (Millwood), May/June 2003; 22(3):89-105.
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- Galvao J. Access to antiretroviral drugs in Brazil. Lancet. 2002; 360:1862-1865.
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Population and Demographic Studies
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Public Health, Community Health, and Primary Care
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- Koenig S, Leandre F, Farmer P. Scaling-up HIV treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: the rural Haiti experience. AIDS. 2004; 18 (Suppl 3):S21-S25.
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- Macfarlane S, Racelis M, Muli Muslime F. Public health in developing countries. Lancet. 2000; 356:841-846.
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Research Methods, Evaluation, Survey Design
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- Murray CJ. Towards good practice for health statistics: lessons from the Millennium Development Goal health indicators. Lancet. 2007; 369:862-873.
Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Services
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- Hartley S, Ojwang P, Baguwemu A, Ddamulira M, Chavuta A. How do carers of disabled children cope?: The Ugandan perspective. Child Care, Health and Development. 2005; 31:167-180.
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- Mitchell R. Community-based rehabilitation: the generalized model. Disability and Rehabilitation. 1999; 21:522-528.
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Social, Behavioral, and Cultural
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- Brach C, Fraser I. Can cultural competency reduce racial and ethnics health disparities? A review and conceptual model. Medical Care Research and Review. November 2000; 57 (Suppl 1):181-217.
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Systems Development, Policy and Management
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- Van Dorslaer E, Masseria C, Koolman X and the OECD Health Equity Research Group. Inequalities in access to medical care by income in developed countries. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2006; 174 (2):177-183.
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Technology
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- Daar AS, Thorsteinsdottir H, Martin DK, Smith AC, Nast S, Singer PA. Top ten biotechnologies for improving health in developing countries. Nature Genetics, 2002; 32:229-232.
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- Greenwood HL, Singer PA, Downey GP, Martin DK, Thorsteinsdottir H, Daar AS. Regenerative Medicine and the Developing World. PLoS Medicine. September 2006; 3 (9):e381.
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- Juma C, Yee-Cheong L. Reinventing global health: the role of science, technology and innovation. Lancet. 2005; 365:1105-1107.
- Kirigia JM, Seddoh A, Gatwiri D, Muthuri LHK, Seddoh J. E-health: Determinants, opportunities, challenges and the way forward for countries in the WHO African Region. BMC Public Health. 2005; 5:137.
- Malkin RA. Design of Health Care Technologies for the Developing World. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 2007; 9:567-587.
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- Rafiq A, Merrell RC. Telemedicine for Access to Quality Care on Medical Practice and Continuing Medical Education in a Global Arena. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2005; 25:34-42.
- Senapati S, Advincula A. Telemedicine and robotics: paving the way to the globalization of surgery. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2005; 91:210-216.
Travel Medicine
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- Fradin MS, Day JF. Comparative efficacy of insect repellents against mosquito bites. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347 (1):13-18
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- Hackett PH, Roach RC. High Altitude Illness. New England Journal of Medicine. 2001; 345 (2):107-114.
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- Ryan ET, Wilson NE, Kain KC. Illness after International Travel. New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347 (7):505-516
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Womens Health: Including Maternal and Reproductive Health
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- AbouZahr C. Safe Motherhood: A Brief History of the Global Movement 1947-2002. British Medical Bulletin. 2003; 67:13-25.
- Alao A. Lack of mutual respect in relationship: the endangered partner. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2006; 1087:311-319.
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- Cleland J, Bernstein S, Ezeh A, Faundes A, Glasier A, Innis J. Family planning: the unfinished agenda. Lancet. 2006; 368:1810-1827.
- Corbett MR, Turner KL. Essential Elements of Postabortion Care: Origins, Evolution and Future Directions. International Family Planning Perspectives, 2003; 29(3):106-111.
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