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WHO Resources
(Module 7.3)
WHO Resources
Instructions – This part of the:
course is a PowerPoint demonstration
intended to introduce you to resources
accessible on the web sites of WHO
Headquarters and its Regional Offices.
module is off-line and is intended as an
information resource for reference use.
Table of Contents
 Basic Entry Points
 Gateways & Portals
 Highlighted Sites
Note: This module originally was developed
for a workshop in Jamaica so it includes links
to PAHO resources and health information
about Jamaica.
Basic Entry Points
We have opened the initial page of the World Health
Organization (WHO) website. We will examine the
contents in the left-column frame. This page
Highlights current health-related news items.
Note: for all the WHO sites, the slides will include the
site’s URL or web address – at the top of the slide.
We have opened the Health Topics page
of WHO website. Using the A-Z
alphabetical list, you can locate
information on broad topics of interest to
you. Note the list of topics in the A list.
We have opened the HIV-AIDS page of
Health Topics A-Z list.
The types of resources include: General
Information, Technical Information,
Multimedia and Publications.
We have opened the Publications page of
WHO website. This page contains
information on How to obtain WHO
publications and highlights the organization’s
publications in broad categories - Key
WHO Publications, Journals, etc.
We have clicked on the link to the
World Health Report subpage. This
page contains links to the annual reports
that were first published since 1995.
Another WHO publication is the International Pharmacopoeia
– a source of information about pharmaceutical substances
and dosages for WHO member states.
Note the link to the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs.
The final Publication we will access is the
Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Articles are available in Abstract, Full
Text[HTML] and Full Text[pdf] format.
We now will look at the Publications of the
Pan American Health Organization.
Each regional office of WHO has a set of
publications. At the bottom of the initial WHO
Publications page, there are hyperlinks to
access the WHO Regional Publications.
We now will view the initial page of the
WHO Data and statistics page.
Besides the Malaria highlight, this page
contains links to Databases, Mortality and
Health Status, Risk Factors and others.
We have opened the World Global Health Atlas
- a database of standardized data and
statistics for infectious diseases on the country,
regional and global level. The options for using
the Atlas include: Data Query, Interactive
Mapping and Maps and Resources.
We are viewing the page with the links to
the Statistics from (6) WHO regional offices.
Note that the web address or URL for this
(and all resources) is highlighted in the web
browser’s search box.
Returning to the left-column frame, we have
opened the Programmes and projects page. Via
an A-Z alphabetical list, links to the principal
WHO programmes and projects are listed. We
will view several of these activities.
From the E listing, we have opened the Essential Medicines and
Pharmaceutical Policies program. Using broad subject
categories, this page contains links to Technical Areas plus a link
to a keyword search tool for Medicines Publications.
From the H listing, we have opened the HINARI Access to
Research Initiative. This is a collaborative project between
WHO and STM publishers that enables developing
countries to gain access to over 6400 electronic journals.
Via the Media centre, we have opened the Fact sheets
– a resource for brief overviews on numerous diseases
and health issues. Note that you also can access the
Media centre from a link in the right-column that is
displayed on many of the website’s pages.
From the A listing, we have opened the
Antimicrobial resistance page. You
can read basic information from this
Fact sheet and also print the material.
Via the Library and Information Networks for
Knowledge page, we have opened the
Databases page. You have access to the
WHOLIS database. (WHO publications index
from 1948 to date) plus the WHO Regional
Databases. We will search in the WHOLIS
site later in the module.
We have opened the initial page of the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO) website. Similar to the
WHO site, the left-column frame contains hyperlinks
to the principal pages of this website. All the WHO
Regional Offices have similar sites.
We have opened the initial page of the
PAHO in one click page that contains
WHO/HQ, Regional Office and Country
News and numerous category links.
We have opened the initial page of BIREME, the
Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health
Sciences Information. Several of Bireme’s
resources are featured in the Gateways and
Portals section of this presentation.
Gateways & Portals
We previously looked at this Health topics
page. Since it directs users to material within
the WHO website, it serves as a portal.
We have accessed the Library and Information
Networks for Knowledge Databases page. We
will click on the Access WHOLIS link.
We have opened the initial page of
the World Health Organization
(WHO) website. We will examine the
contents in the left-column frame.
Note: for all the WHO sites, the
slides will include the site’s url or web
address.
We have entered a keyword search
bednets AND malaria and will click on
Search. Other search options include
author, title, subject, series, periodical
title plus library, language, format, type,
location and publication years.
The bednets AND malaria search located 14 titles. 7
have a Full Text Link. We have clicked on Keep for 4
articles and the box has changed to Remove. This gives
us the option to save or e-mail these citations. We now
will click on the Full Text Link for the first article.
This is the PDF version of the article
retrieved by clicking on the Full Text Link.
From the original Search results page, we have clicked on
the Try these too... Option of Antimalarials. The results for
this search are 381 titles. Note the Try these too...
suggestion for this search.
We now will examine the WHO Statistical
Information Systems (WHOSIS) website. We
will click on Customized Search/Select from a
list of regions/countries, indicators and time
periods and locate statistics about Jamaica.
We have checked the box for Jamaica on the
Regions/countries page and will proceed to Indicators
Note that you can browse by Browse by a region.
We have checked the boxes for the World Agestandardized mortality rates for cancer, cardiovascular
disease, injuries and non-communicable diseases
Indicators. Finally, we will proceed to the Time period page.
Note that you can Browse by an indicator category.
We have displayed the results for the
four Indicators and Jamaica.
We have opened the WHO Global InfoBase,
another Data and Statistics resource that
contains information about chronic diseases
and their risk factors. Again, we will search
for statistics on Jamaica.
This slide has displayed the Country
Collected Data on the various chronic
disease surveys for Jamaica. Note the
various search tools for this database.
The Global Health Library (GHL) is another database of
WHO and a source for reliable Internet health
information. We have entered a search for swine flu and
clicked on Regional Indexes option and Search . The
GHL also contains links to Global and Regional Indexes.
This search has displayed 238 Results with
options for accessing the documents .
We have entered the initial page of Bireme’s
Virtual Health Library. This gateway contains
numerous Information Sources and we will
look at the Evidence Portal . Note the
keyword Search bar that allows you to limit
your search to specific indexes and sources.
We have clicked on the Information Sources
Evidence Portal. In the Search box, the Results
are 16941 citations for Systematic reviews. You
could add specific keywords or, access all or some
of the indices to this Systematic reviews search.
We have opened the Information Sources
Evidence Portal articles. This time, in the Search
box, we have limited the search to Clinical Practice
Guidelines and the Results are 2381 citations.
Again, you can could add specific keywords or,
access all or some of the indices.
We have opened the initial page of Bireme’s
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO).
It is a gateway to online e-journals from
PAHO participating countries.
Note that you have Search article, Search by
journals, By alphabetical list and By Subject
options.
We have opened the Available issues of the West
Indian Medical Journal. We will click on the most
recent issue – Vol. 57, Issue 6. Note that you can
search by issues, author and subject.
We have opened the Table of
contents page for this issue of West
Indian Medical Journal. Note that the
full-text articles are available as text
in english (html) and pdf in english.
Highlighted Sites
We will view several Highlighted Sites – to examine
the scope of information produced by WHO and
WHO Regional Offices.
This initial example is the Health Library for
Disasters, a portal from the PAHO region. Note The
topics include list, the Search by keyword tool and
Desastres Journal.
We have opened the initial page of the WHO medicines
bookshelf 1.0 – the web version of a CD-ROM that consists
of 95 information resources primarily from the WHO Essential
Drugs and Medicines Department. Note the various ways
that you can search in this collection.
The WHO produces numerous useful publications. We are
viewing the initial page of the Weekly Epidemiological Record
(WER), a tool for the rapid and accurate dissemination of
disease outbreaks information. From this page, you can
access the current and previous WER reports.
Our final Highlighted Site is the 2009 Edition
of the International travel and health report.
Note all hyperlinked resources including
International Health Regulations, Diseases
Distribution Maps and Updates for Travellers.
This is the end of the WHO
Resources module.
There is a Work Book with
working examples that covers the
topics included in this module.
Updated 04 2010