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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.