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1   Link   Child survival and family size
In this video Hans Rosling presents the importance of the Millenium Development Goals and at the end shows a truly impressive animation of the relationship between child survival and family size.
Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker. He is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Thanks to John Lloyd for this link 		100
2   Link   School of Public Health Johns Hopkins
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3   Link   Health Metrics Network
HMN is the first global partnership on HIS strengthening. 		93
4   Link   Zaragoza Logistics Center
Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) is a research institute established by the Government of Aragón in Spain in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Zaragoza. The mission is to create an international center of excellence for education and research in logistics and supply chain management that actively engages with industry and the public sector to develop and disseminate knowledge. 		103
5   Link   London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Teaching institution offering postgraduate courses and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine. 		100
6   Link   mHealth Alliance
The mHealth Alliance (mHA) advances mHealth through policy research, advocacy, and support for the development of interoperable solutions and sustainable deployment models. Working with diverse partners, the mHA sponsors events and conferences, leads cross-sector mHealth initiatives, and hosts HUB (HealthUnBound), a global online community for resource sharing and collaborative solution generation. 		127
7   Link   Photoshare
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Photoshare is a service of Knowledge for Health (K4Health), helping international non-profit organizations communicate health and development issues through photography. We welcome you to browse the Photoshare collection, request images for non-profit educational use, and learn more about development photography on our website. Most importantly, we invite you to share your own photos. The scope and quality of the Photoshare collection depends entirely on the generosity of those who are willing to freely share their photos as a way to help advance the work of public health professionals and organizations around the world. 		80
8   Link   HealthNews Review
A site that reviews quality of health news reports. 		72
9   Link   International Federation of Red Cross
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) was founded in 1919 in Paris in the aftermath of World War I.
It was Henry Davison, president of the American Red Cross War Committee, who proposed forming a federation of these National Societies. An international medical conference initiated by Davison resulted in the birth of the League of Red Cross Societies, which was renamed in October 1983 to the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and then in November 1991 to become the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 		70
10   Link   Logistimo
Logistimo offers a simple and scalable solution without the need for expensive hardware. It uniquely provisions low-end mobile phones to capture transactional data, track inventory, place orders, forecast demand, optimize inventory, and generate demand analytics. 		86
11   Link   Spanish Network of Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI)
The Spanish Network of Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI) is an interterritorial research space framed in the Redes Temáticas de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud [Thematic Networks of Cooperative Health Research] (RETICS), through the "Instituto de Salud Carlos III", the Ministry of Science and Innovation, featuring the participation of twenty-five research groups from seven Spanish Autonomous Communities from the Health System, University and the Higher Council of Scientific Research.

The objective of the member groups is to generate scientific knowledge in the area of infectious diseases, bringing together microbiologists, infectologists and immunologists linked to basic, translational and clinical-epidemiological research groups. 		98
12   Link   WHO immunization highlights: 2010
In a new online format, the 2010 edition of "WHO immunization highlights" covers key global achievements and provides a snapshot of the wide range of work undertaken by WHO staff and partners to support national immunization programmes.

We'd love to receive your feedback - to Alison Brunier at bruniera@who.int 		90
13   Link   Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) represents physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA’s purpose is to improve the health of individuals, communities, and society by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases. 		63
14   Link   National Institutes of Health
NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs by funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions in every state across America and around the globe.

NIH is made up of 27 Institutes and Centers, each with a specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. NIH leadership plays an active role in shaping the agency's research planning, activities, and outlook. 		68
15   Link   Blog 4 Global Health
Interactive blog from the Global Health Council’s Policy, Research and Advocacy team 		55
16   Link   The Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration, established in 1993, is an international network of people helping healthcare providers, policy makers, patients, their advocates and carers, make well-informed decisions about human health care by preparing, updating and promoting the accessibility of Cochrane Reviews – over 4,500 so far, published online in The Cochrane Library. 		67
17   Link   Vi-based Vaccines for Asia Initiative
The Vi-based Vaccines for Asia Initiative, more commonly known as the VIVA Initiative, is a five-year program supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and coordinated by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI)

VIVA's goal is to reduce typhoid fever mortality and morbidity in infants and children in countries that are afflicted by typhoid through the accelerating adoption of existing typhoid vaccines (Vi polysaccharide vaccine), and by developing a new and affordable Vi conjugate vaccines 		85
18   Link   Infection Prevention and Control Africa Network
IPCAN is a network of like minded people working in various aspects of infection prevention & control (IPC) in Africa with an aim to establish support in training, operational research and high standards of healthcare practice in healthcare facilities under one umbrella. Some of us work in Africa yet live abroad; others work and live in Africa, while some Africans work and live abroad but are excited about working in Africa, networking with colleagues in this continent. Currently IPCAN has 24 African countries with approximately 110 individual members. 		125
19   Link   Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (India)
Lays down standards of drugs, cosmetics, diagnostics and devices. Also regulates clinical research in India 		108
20   Link   Sanofi Pasteur
Sanofi Pasteur is a global company manufacturing vaccines. 		104

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