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Biomedical & Health Sciences
Various Topics
Disclaimer

On this page the ITG librarians have collected a number of hyperlinks that may lead visitors of the ITG library web site to useful Internet resources. These hyperlinks are provided as a browsing convenience to quickly and easily access all kinds of (health related) information. The linked sites have, however, not been reviewed extensively and do not necessarily imply endorsement by ITG or the ITG library.

Biomedical & Health Sciences in General

Adam Health Medical Illustrated Encyclopedia (MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine)
AED-Satellife - Essential Health Links (Center for Health Information and Technology)
AllRefer.com Health Channel
American College of Physicians (ACP) - American Society for Internal Medicine Online (ASIM)
Bandolier - Evidence based health care
BEN - BioSciEdNet - Educational Portal for Biological Sciences (AAAS)
BIEN - Border Health Information and Education Network (USA)
BIOMED - Bristol Biomedical Image Archive (University of Bristol, Institute for Learning and Research Technology)
BioMed Central - The Open Access Publisher
BioMedNet: the Internet community for biological and medical researchers (personal registration required)
BioSci: (Stanford University)
Biosis: Information Services for the Life Sciences
BIUM - Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine (Paris)
Bristol Biomedical Image Archive
CDC/CLS - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Laboratory Systems
CISMeF: Catalogue et Index des Sites Médicaux Francophones
CISMeF-patients : sites médicaux francophones à destination des patients et de leurs familles
Current Controlled Trials - ISRCTN trial numbering scheme, metaRegister of controlled clinical trials.
DrugFacts.com
DrugWatch.com
Emedicine: Instant Access to the Minds of Medicine
Essential Health Links - AED Satellife (Center for Health Information and Technology)
Google: Health
Hardin MD : The Medical Information Hub (University of Iowa)
Health Services/Technology Assessment Texts (NIH/NLM)
Healthatoz: the search engine for health and medicine
HealthGate
Health Insite (Australia)
Healthopedia.com
HealthGate
HealthWeb
HON - Health On the Net Foundation
History of Medicine Library (Wellcome Trust)
Hospitalmanagement.net (International Hospital Federation)
Human Illnesses and Behavioral Health
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM/NIH)
Images.MD (Current Medicine) [subscription required]
Internet Handbook of Neurology (Katalin Hegedüs - University of Debrecen, Department of Neurology)
INTUTE: Health and Life Sciences
LIS Cuba - Localizador de Información de Salud
LookSmart - exploring World - Health & Fitness - Health Professions
Martindale's Virtual Medical Center
Medical Images (Karolinska Institute)
Medical Matrix - Clinical medicine resources (personal registration required)
Medical Teaching - Teaching Resources for Medical Education in Africa
MediLexicon
MedlinePlus - Health Information (NLM/NIH)
MedPhoto - Wellcome Medical Photographic Library
MedScape [personal registratioin required]
MedWeb: (Robert W. Woodruff Health Science Center Library of Emory University)
NGC - National Guideline Clearinghouse (USA)
NHS Direct (UK)
NIH - National Institutes of Health (USA)
NIH - Consensus Development Program
NIH - Images from the History of Medicine
NOAH: Health Topics and Resources
1up Health
Open Directory Project - Health
Pharmaceutical-industry.info - Directory - List of Pharmaceutical Companies and Suppliers
PHIL - Public Health Image Library (CDC)
Science in Africa (South Africa)
Universidad Virtual de Cuba [?]
Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice (Centres for Health Evidence)
Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
Virtual Naval Hospital
Visible Human Project (NLM)
WebMD - Medical Library
Wellcome History of Medicine Library (Wellcome Trust)
Whole Brain Atlas (K.A. Johnson & J.A. Becker)
Webhealth.com
WHO - World Health Organization
WICC - WONCA International Classification Committee
WMA - World Medical Association
X-Ray Teaching-Case Museum: Radiology
Yahoo! Health

Medical & Health News

AlphaGalileo.Org - the Internet-based News Centre for European Science, Engineering and Technology
CNN - Health
eBioNews
e! Science News
EurekAlert! Public Contents
HealthOrbit
ProMED - Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases

Conferences, Grants, Vacancies

DoPP - Directory of Published Conference Proceedings (InterDok)
Doctor's Guide Congress Resource Center (CRC)
HONMeeting (Health On the Net Foundation)
MedicalConferences.com
Medscape Conference Center
European Commission - DGXII
GrantsNet
Nature Jobs
New Scientist Jobs
Science Jobs - Bioscience employment opportunities in industry, academic, and government sectors
Science's Next Wave

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Biomedical & Health Sciences Databases

Gquery - Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine (NCBI/NLM/NIH)

NLM Gateway (NLM/NIH)
  • AIDS Meetings
  • Dirline
  • LocatorPlus
  • Medline
  • MedlinePlus
  • OldMedline

PubMed (NCBI): (NLM/NIH)
  • Biomolecule DNA Sequences
  • Complete Genomes
  • GenBank DNA Sequences
  • GenBank Protein Sequences
  • MedLine
PubMed Tutorials (NLM/NIH)

NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information: (NLM/NIH)
  • BankIt
  • Blast
  • Entrez
  • Omim
  • Structure
  • Taxonomy

ExPASy - Molecular Biology Server [Switzerland]
  • Swiss-Prot: Annotated Protein Sequence Database [including taxonomy]
  • Trembl: Swiss-Prot supplement
  • Others

J. Craig Venter Institute databases: (formerly TIGR)
  • TIGR Microbial Database
  • TIGR Parasites Database
  • Human genome sequencing projects
  • Others genome centers and databases

Databases produced by the ITG library

MitoMap: - a human mitochondrial genome database
Nature - Genome Gateway
Parasite Genomes (European Bioinformatics Institute)
ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database (International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses)

African Index Medicus (WHOLINK)
GlobalHealthLibrary (WHO)
Global Index Medicus (WHO)
LILACS - Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciéncias da Saùde (PAHO/BIREME)
Virtual Health Library - Databases (PAHO/BIREME)

Belgian Library Catalogs (KBR)
Bioquery (Oregon Health & Science University
Biomedical Reference Collection (EbscoHost)
CHID - Combined Health Information Database [NIH & CDC]
Clinical Evidence (BMJ Publishing Group)
ClinicalTrials.gov (USA)
Cochrane Collaboration
Cochrane Library (John Wiley - access restricted to ITM)
CRD Databases (University of York, NHS Centre for Review and Dissemination)
Current Controlled Trials - MetaRegister of Controlled Clinical Trials
DARE - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (NHS/CRD)
DoPP - Directory of Published Conference Proceedings (InterDok)
EJS E-Journals Database (EbscoHost)
European Patent Office Publication Server
Faculty of 1000 - Medicine
GIDEON - Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network
GTB - Global Trial Bank (American Medical Informatics Association)
Google Print
Google Scholar
GreenFILE
IndexCat - History of Medicine (NLM/NIH)
IDS - Institute of Development Studies: Info Services
JCR - Journal Citation Reports (ISI) [ITG only - please log out explicitely afterwards!]
KABISA - Institute of Tropical Medcine Antwerp (Belgium)
LISTA - Library and Information Science and Technology Abstracts (EbscoHost)
OVID Journals
PopLine (Infoforhealth.org)
Population Index (Princeton University)
RHL - Reproductive Health Library (WHO)
Scirus: For Scientific Information Only (Elsevier)
SHARED Network SHARing Point Server (Scientists for Health and Research for Development Network) - www.sharingpoint.net
Source Bibliographic Database (International Information Support Centre)
Tropical Plant Database (Raintree)
UpToDate - Putting Clinical Information into Practice
VDIC Databases (Vesalius Documentation and Information Center, Belgium)
Web of Science - Science Citation Index (ISI) [ITG only - please log out explicitely afterwards!]
Wellcome Library - Online Catalogue (Wellcome Trust)

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Microbiology, Genomics, Biotechnology

Antimicrobial Resistance Information Bank World Health Organization (WHO)
ASM - American Society for Microbiology (USA)
ATCC - American Type Culture Collection
ATS - American Thoracic Society
Bad Bug Book: Introduction to Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins (FDA/CFSAN)
Belgian Biosafety Server (Service of Biosafety and Biotechnology)
Bio-Web: Resources for Molecular and Cell Biologists (compiled by Andrea Cabibbo)
Clinical Toxinology Resources (University of Adelaide)
CLSI - Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (USA)
ExToxNet: Pesticide Information Profiles (Oregon State University and others)
Foundations of Medical and Veterinary Virology: Discoveries and Inventions (Frederick A. Murphy / ASM)
Foundations of Medical and Veterinary Virology: Discoveries and Inventions (Frederick A. Murphy / UTMB)
Genome Web Servers (TIGR)
HIV Molecular Immunology (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
HUGO: The Human Genome Organisation
ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database (International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses)
[Basic] Immunology Overview - Multimedia Course in Immunobiology (V.V. Klimov)
IDSA - Infectious Disease Society of America (USA)
Institute of Human Virology (USA)
IMV - Institute for Molecular Virology (USA)
Karolinska Institute: Diseases & Disorders Links
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research)
List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature (J. Euzéby)
Medi-Lexicon - a dictionary of pharmaceutical medicine
Merck Manual
Microbiologyprocedure.com
Microbiology Video Library (University of Leicester)
Molecular Cloning (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press)
Mycology Resources - WWW Virtual Library (Cornell University)
NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
NPIN - CDC National Prevention Information Network (CDC)
Pathology Atlas (University of Illinois)
Pharma-Transfer: Dialogue in Drug Discovery
PharmWeb - Pharmaceutical Information on the Internet
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
SDSC Biology Workbench (San Diego Supercomputer Center)
Tree of Life: Biodiversity (Phylogenetics)
Viral Genomes (NIH)
Virology on the WWW (D.M. Sander)
Virus International (Elsevier) (Elsevier)
WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory (Florida State University College of Medicine)
Wetenschappelijk Instituuut voor Volksgezondheid - Afdeling Epidemiologie (Belgium)

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Infectious Diseases

CDC - Health Information A to Z
CDC - Travelers' Health - Diseases
CDC - Travelers' Health - Destinations
Doctor Fungus - All Things Mycological
EPR - Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (WHO)
Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (WHO)
Global Atlas of Infectious Diseases (WHO)
Global Health Chronicles - disease eradication (Emory University and others)
Global Health Facts - Global data on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and more (Kaiser Family)
Global Health Related Websites
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (WHO)
IMCI - Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (WHO)
www.Infectiologie.com: le site de la SPILF et de l'APPIT
Infectious Disease News
Infectious Diseases (WHO)
IDSA - Infectious Diseases Society of America
IDSA - Bioterrorism Information and Resources (Infectious Disease Society of America)
IDSA - Bioterrorism Information and Resources (Infectious Disease Society of America)
ICEID - International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISID - International Society for Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins Antibiotics Guide
Medicine Prices (HAI/WHO)
MedLinePlus: Infectious Diseases
One Health Initiative
Preventing Biological Warfare. Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Website (Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford)
Vaccine Resource Library (PATH)

Tuberculosis

DTBE - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (CDC)
EuroTB - Surveillance of Tuberculosis in Europe (CESES - Centre Européen pour la Surveillance Epidémiologique du SIDA)
Focus on Tuberculosis (TB) (NIAID)
Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center (USA)
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Global Health Facts - Global data on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and more (Kaiser Family)
HDI - Health & Development Initiative: TB & HIV
IUATLD - International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Johns Hopkins Center For Tuberculosis Research
TheLancet.com - Infectious Diseases Collection
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Genome Project (Sanger Center)
Stop TB Partnership (WHO)
TB Alliance - Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
Stop Tuberculosis (WHO/EMRO)
TB Literature (WHO)
Tuberculist World Wide Web Server (Institut Pasteur, France)
Tuberculosis (CDC/NPIN)
Tuberculosis (NOAH New York)
Tuberculosis (TDR)
Tuberculosis (WHO)
Tuberculosis Elimination - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (CDC)

Leprosy

American Leprosy Missions - Online Leprosy Action Center
ALLF - Association des Léprologues de Langue Françe [?]
Elimination of leprosy as a public health problem (WHO-SEA)
Global Project on the History of Leprosy (ILA - International Leprosy Association)
ILEF - Indian Development Foundation [?]
ILEP - International Federation of Anti Leprosy Associations
Leproma World Wide Web Server (Institut Pasteur, France)
Leprosy (TDR)
Lepra - British Leprosy Relief Organisation
Leprosy (TDR)
Leprosy Mission International

Other Bacterial Diseases

GBUI - Buruli Ulcer Initiative (WHO)

Cholera (WHO)
Cholera Information (NCID / CDC)
Cholera Online: A Modern Pandemic in Text and Images (NLM)

Plague (WHO/EPR)
Plague Information (CDC)

Anthrax (MedlinePlus)
Anthrax Information (WHO/EPR)

Meningococcal Disease (WHO/EPR)

EUCALB - European Union Concerted Action on Lyme borreliosis (Lyme disease))
Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease (over 12,000 categorized links on Lyme disease)
Lyme Disease Foundation (USA)
Neglected Tropical Diseases Program (USAID)

Sexually Transmitted Infections

AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (WHO/EMRO)
BASHH - British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
IUSTI - International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Information (CDC)
Sexually transmitted diseases (CDC/NPIN)
Sexually transmitted diseases (NOAH)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services (Royal Adelaide Hospital)
Sexually Transmitted Infections (WHO)

See also: Reproductive Health

HIV, AIDS

Aidsinafrica.net
AEGIS - AIDS Education Global Information System
AIDS and HIV (NOAH New York)
AIDS Info (NIH)
AIDSmap - World leaders in AIDS and HIV treatment and services information
AIDS 2008 : XVII International Conference on AIDS, Mexico City - August 3-8, 2008
AIDS 2006 : XVI International Conference on AIDS, Toronto - August 13-18, 2006
AIDS 2004 : XV International Conference on AIDS, Bangkok - July 11-16, 2004 (incl. abstracts)
AIDSPortal
The Body: The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource
BHIVA - British HIV Association
Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre
CAPS - Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF))
Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention (WHO, UNAIDS, AVAC, FHI)
EMPRO - European Microbicides Project (EU)
EuroHIV - HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe (CESES - Centre Européen pour la Surveillance Epidémiologique du SIDA)
Global Campaign for Microbicides
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Global Health Facts - Global data on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and more (Kaiser Family)
HDI - Health & Development Initiative: TB & HIV
HEART - Hepatitis & AIDS Research Trust
HIV/AIDS Information (NLM/NIH)
HIV/AIDS (WHO)
HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets (CDC/NCHSTP/Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP))
HIV/AIDS Introduction (NPIN)
HIVandHepatitis.com
HIV InSite: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge
HIV InSite Knowledge Base (Eds Laurence Peiperl & Paul Volberding)
HIV InSite: Conferences
HIVMedicine (C. Hoffmann & B.S. Kamps)
HIVNET - HIV Vereniging Nederland
HIV Registratie & SOA Surveillance (WIV - Belgium)
IAPAC - International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
IAPAC African Regional Office
IAS - International AIDS Society
IAVI - International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IPM - International Partnership for Microbicides
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
MedScape: HIV/AIDS
SAHARA Resource Network (South Africa)
SciDev.Net - Dossier HIV/AIDS
Science's AIDS Prevention and Vaccine Research Site
Sensoa. Het diensten en expertisecentrum rond hiv/aids en soa (Belgium)
Telemedicine (ITM)
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Women, Children, and HIV

Other Viral Diseases

All About Hepatitis C (Schering Corporation)
HEART - Hepatitis & AIDS Research Trust
Hepatitis C Information Center
HepNet - The Hepatitis Information Network (Canada)
Viral Hepatitis (CDC)

Ebola Virus Information Headquarters (Biohazard / Nanda Somarajan)
Ebola - Frequently asked questions (B. Russell)
Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (WHO/EPR)
Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease Literature (ITG Library - Bibliographic database)
Ebola Page (E. Rybicki, University of Cape Town, South Africa) [lacks recent information]
Ebola Virus Haemorrhagic Fever (including Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever) ITG Conference proceedings, December 1977, edited by S.R. Pattyn)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (NCID / CDC)
Virus-Ebola (encyclopédie médicale - en français)

Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (WHO/EPR)

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (WHO)

Smallpox (CDC)
Smallpox (WHO)
Smallpox (WHO/EPR)
Smallpox Factsheet (WHO)
Smallpox and its eradication (F. Fenner, D.A. Henderson, I. Arita, Z. Jezek, I.D. Ladnyi)

RabiesBlueprint.com - Blueprint for rabies prevention and control (FAO)

Dengue (TDR)
Dengue (WHO)
Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Information (NCID/CDC)
10th International Course "Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever", La Habana, August 6-17, 2007 (IPK, Cuba)

Yellow Fever (CDC)

Measles Information (CDC)

Avian and Pandemic Influenza.be (University of Leicester Library)
Influenza (WHO/EPR)
Influenza Report 2006 (B.S. Kamps, C. Hoffmann & W. Preiser)
www.influenza.be (Belgium)
H1N1 Flu Resource Centre (Lancet)
PandemicFlu.gov (+ AvianFlu.gov) (USA)

SARS (WHO/EPR)
SARSReference (B.S. Kamps & C. Hoffmann)
West Nile Virus (National Biological Information Infrastructure)

Parasitic Diseases

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Dermatology

AccessDermatology (Prous Science)
DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas
DermNet (New Zealand Dermatological Society)
DermWeb at UBC
DOIA - Dermatology Online Atlas
Internet Dermatology Society

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Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

Health Training: Postgraduate Training Programmes in International Health (Medicus Mundi, Basel)
Illustrated Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine (E. Van den Enden, ITM Antwerp, Belgium)
ASP - American Society of Parasitologists (USA)
ASTMH - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (USA)
Anofel - Association des Enseignants et des Praticiens Hospitaliers Titulaires de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicales
ACTM - Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (Townsville, Australia)
Australian Society for Parasitology
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (Hamburg)
BSP - British Society for Parasitology (London) [?]
Caibco - Centro de Análisis de Imágenes Biomédicas Computarizadas - Instituto de Medicina Tropical (Venezuela)
CISMeF - Médecine Tropicale: sites et documents francophones (CHU Rouen, France))
CSIH - Canadian Society for International Health Site / Société Canadienne de Santé Internationale
DGP - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parasitologie (Stuttgart)
DTG - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Internationale Gesundheit (Hamburg)
EDCTP - European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
FESTMIH - Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health
FIOCRUZ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Maguinhos, Brazil)
GNNTDC - Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control
Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine (Birmingham, USA)
Hardin MD : Tropical Medicine, Parasitology, & Malaria Links
IDCCR - Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh (Dhaka)
Indian Society for Parasitology (Lucknow)
IFMT - Institut de la francophonie pour la médecine tropicale (AUF)
Institut de Médicine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées - Le Pharo (Marseille, France)
IP - Institut Pasteur (Paris)
Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine (Gdynia, Poland) [?]
ITG - Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerpen)
ITG library - Tropical Endemic Diseases Control (Bibliographic database)
ITM - Institute of Tropical Medicine (Nagasaki, Japan)
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Alexander von Humboldt" (Lima, Peru)
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri" (La Habana, Cuba)
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo - FMUSP (Brazil)
Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología (INHEM) (La Habana, Cuba)
ICTDR - International Centers for Tropical Disease Research (USA)
IFTM - International Federation for Tropical Medicine
James Cook University, Division of Public Health & Tropical Medicine (Townsville, Australia)
KIT - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen / Royal Tropical Institute (Amsterdam)
LSTM - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Liverpool)
LSHTM - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (London)
Mahidol University - Faculty of Tropical Medicine (Bangkok)
Médecine Tropicale - Diplôme de Médecine Tropicale des Pays de l'Océan Indien (France)
NCPEMC - National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (Cambodia)
NIMPE - National Institute of Malariology Parasitology & Entomology (Hanoi) [?]
NVTG - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Tropische Geneeskunde en Internationale Gezondheidszorg (Netherlands)
Neglected Tropical Diseases Program (USAID)
OCEAC - Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte Contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (Cameroun)
RSTMH - Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (London)
SHARED - Global Database (Scientists for Health and Research for Development) - www.shared-global.org [?]
SHARED Network SHARing Point Server (Scientists for Health and Research for Development Network) - www.sharingpoint.org
Société Française de Parasitologie
Société de Pathologie Exotique (Paris)
Swiss Tropical Institute / Schweizerisches Tropen Institut (Basel)
TDR - UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (Geneva)
TDR - Image Library
TDR - Targets Database
TDR - Useful Links
TropEd Network
TMCR - Tropical Medicine Central Resource (USUHS, USA)
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine
University of Oxford, Centre for Tropical Medicine (UK)
UTMB - University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Tropical Diseases (Galveston)
Wellcome Trust (London)
WHO - World Health Organization: Health Topics

Parasitology & Parasitic Diseases In General

Atlas of Medical Parasitology (Carlo Denegri Foundation, Italy)
Bacteriology, Mycology & Parasitology (Microbiology@Leicester)
CISMeF - Parasitologie: sites et documents francophones (CHU Rouen, France)
Diagnostic Parasitology: Images & Syllabus (University of Delaware)
DPDx - CDC Parasitology Diagnostic Web Site
DPDx - Parasite Image Library
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy - Education Web Site
Ectoparasites and Endoparasites: a directory of links to medical and veterinary parasites, ecto- and endo-parasites and parasitic zoonoses (Clive Bennett, University of Southampton)
Helminthological Society of Washington
Karolinska Institute: Parasitic diseases links
Parasite Genome databases (European Bioinformatics Institute)
Pictorial Presentation of Parasites by Herman Zaiman (ASTMH)
TropIKA (TDR)
Tropiques (Jean Dutertre)
Veterinary Clinical Parasitology Images (Oklahoma State University)
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Parasitology (David Gibson's URLs)
WormLearn

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Parasitic Diseases

Malaria

AMANET - African Malaria Network Trust
ACTMalaria - Asian Collaborative Training Network for Malaria
EMVI - European Malaria Vaccine Initiative
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Global Health Facts - Global data on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and more (Kaiser Family)
HPA Malaria Reference Laboratory
Impact Malaria (Sanofi Aventis)
Malaria (TDR)
Malaria (WHO)
Malariologie in Vlaanderen (G. Timperman)
Malaria Consortium (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine / Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
Malaria Database (WHO/TDR)
MFI - Malaria Foundation International [?]
Malaria Information (CDC)
Malaria Online Resource (Royal Perth Hospital)
MARA/AMRA Project - Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa
MIM - Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (English & Français)
MIMCom - Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (NLM)
Nature Outlook Malaria
Le Paludisme en Afrique et dans l'Océan Indien (F. Louis)
Plasmodium falciparum Genome Database (PFDB) (TIGR)
PREMA-EU: Malaria and Anaemia in Pregnancy
RBM - Roll Back Malaria - A Global Partnership (WHO)
RBM - Roll Back Malaria (WHO/EMRO)
SciDev.Net - Dossier Malaria

African Trypanosomiasis

African Trypanosomiasis (CDC)
African Trypanosomiasis (TDR)
African Trypanosomiasis (WHO)
DNDi - Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (TDR and others)
ICPTV - Integrated Control of Pathogenic Trypanosomes and their Vectors (EU)
La maladie du sommeil (OCEAC/IRD)
PAAT Information System - Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis

Chagas Disease

Chagas Disease (CDC)
Chagas Disease (TDR)
Chagas disease (WHO)
Chagas Disease Elimination (WHO)
DNDi - Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (TDR and others)
Trypanosoma Cruzi Genome Initiative (Fiocruz)

Leishmaniases

DNDi - Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (TDR and others)
ILN - International Leishmania Network (Brazil)
Leishmania Genome Network (TDR)
Leishmania Infection (CDC)
Leishmaniasis (TDR)
Leishmaniasis (WHO)
Leishmaniasis and HIV (WHO/CSR)

Schistosomiasis

Neglected Tropical Diseases Program (USAID)
PPC - Partners for Parasites Control (WHO)
Schistosomiasis (CDC)
Schistosomiasis (TDR)
Schistosomiasis (WHO)
WHO/UNDP/World Bank Schistosoma Genome Network

Onchocerciasis

APOC - African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (WHO)
Onchocerciasis (TDR)
Onchocerciasis (WHO)
Onchocerciasis / River Blindness (CDC)
OnchoNET (Clark Science Center, Northampton, MA)

Dracunculiasis

Dracunculiasis (CDC)
Dracunculiasis (WHO)
Dracunculiasis Eradication (WHO)
Guinea Worm Eradication (HDI - Health and Development International)

Filariases

Filariasis (WHO)
FilGenNet - Filarial Genome Network
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
Lymphatic Filariasis (CDC)
Lymphatic Filariasis (HDI - Health and Development International)
Lymphatic Filariasis (TDR)
Filariasis (WHO)
Neglected Tropical Diseases Program (USAID)
Towards Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (ICMR, India) [?]

Zoonoses

Animals - Zoonotic Diseases (CDC)

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Medical Entomology

AMCA - American Mosquito Control Association
AnoBase: The Anopheles Database (TDR)
Book of Insect Records (University of Florida)
Discover Entomology - Insect Answers (Texas A & M University)
Entomological Society of Southern Africa
Entomology (Colorado State University)
General Entomology (North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology)
Insectclopedia (Pedagonet)
Insects, Disease and History (Montana State University University - Department of Entomology)
Insects and Entomology Pictures (Photovault)
Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery
Iowa State University Entomology Index of Internet Resources
WRBU - Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit

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Disease Outbreaks, Emergencies

ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
Disease Outbreak News (WHO/EPR)
Disease Surveillance On-Line / Surveillance des maladies en direct (Health Canada/Santé Canada)
EPR - Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (WHO)
Epidemiologic Information on Bioterrorism (UCLA School of Public Health)
ENIVD - European Network for Diagnosis of Imported Viral Diseases
EuroSurveillance (CESES - Centre Européen pour la Surveillance Epidémiologique du SIDA)
GIDEON - Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network
Health Action in Crises (WHO)
Health Canada - Population and Public Health Branch
HealthMap - Global Disease Alert Map
INCLEN - International Clinical Epidemiology Network
Infectious Diseases (WHO)
One Health Initiative
Preparedness for Deliberate Epidemics (WHO/EPR)
ProMED - Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases
Public Health Mapping (WHO/CDR)
ReliefWeb
RIVM - Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Netherlands)
WIV - Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid Louis Pasteur. Afdeling Epidemiologie (België)

Epidemiology

Biostatistics Resources on the Web (Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health)
ECTE - European Course in Tropical Epidemiology
Epidemiolog.net - Epidemiology learning materials
Epidemiology for the uninitiated (D. Coggon, G. Rose, D.G.P. Barker - BMJ Collection)
Epidemiology & Biostatistics (UCSF)
EpiMonitor.Net (incl. EpiMonday)
EXCITE - Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology (CDC)
HealthWeb : Public Health : Epidemiology
Supercourse - Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health (Global Health Network)
UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
WWW Virtual Library: Epidemiology

Software

EpiData - freeware
Epi Info (CDC)
Free Public Health Software (Brixton Health Home)
PEPI - Computer Programs for Epidemiologic Analysis (J.H. Abramson & P.M. Gahlinger)
StatPrimer (B. Gerstman)

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Travel Health Information

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

ASTMH - Travel Clinic Directory
CDC - Travelers' Health Pages
CDC - Travelers' Health - Destinations
Diarrhea (CDC)
HealthLink Travel Health Links (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Hospital for Tropical Diseases (University College London)
Institut Pasteur de Lille - Médecine de voyage - Vaccinations
ISTM - International Society of Travel Medicine
ITH - International Travel and Health: Vaccination Requirements and Health Advice (WHO)
James Cook University, Department of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine
MIP/VIS - National Immunization Program, Vaccine Information Statements (CDC)
Programme de Médecine des Voyages (PMV - Santé Canada)
Reisemedizinisches Zentrum des Bernhard-Nocht-Institutes für Tropenmedizin: Reisemedizin Infos / Beratung zu Impfungen, Infektionen / Reise- und Tropen-Krankheiten wie Malaria und Gelbfieber (BNI Hamburg)
Travel Health Online (Shoreland - registration required)
Travel Medicine (AMEDEO Literature Guide)
Travel Medicine (BMJ Collection)
Travel Medicine Program (TMP - Health Canada)
VacciWeb (Belgium)

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Food and Nutrition

Bad Bug Book: Introduction to Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins (FDA/CFSAN)
CFSAN - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA)
Children's Nutrition Research: Facts & Answers (Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Nutrition Research Center)
Diarrhoea, Diarrhea, Dehydration and Oral Rehydration (Rehydration Project) [?]
EFSA - European Food Safety Authority
EUFIC - European Food Information Council
FDA - Food and Drug Administration (USA)
FSP - Food Safety Programme (WHO)
FSA - Food Standards Agency (UK)
Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition (WHO)
IFIS - International Food Information Service (Food Science Central)
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
IFR - Institute of Food Research (UK)
IUFOST - International Union of Food Science & Technology
NOAH: Nutrition (New York)
SCN - Standing Committee on Nutrition (UN)
WFP - World Food Programme (UN)
www.foodSafety.gov - Gateway to US Government Food Safety Information (USA)

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Global Health, Reproductive Health, Population Issues, Development

Directory of Development Organizations

AED-Satellife - Essential Health Links (Center for Health Information and Technology)
African Studies Centre (Leiden University - Netherlands)
Afro-Nets - African Networks for Health Research & Development (SatelLife)
Amanitare - African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls
AMREF - African Medical and Research Foundation
Anancy - Virtual Resource Centre (CTA)
ANU - Demography & Population Studies WWW Virtual Library
AZG - Artsen Zonder Grenzen België
B-SPAN World Bank Webcasting for Development
Be-cause Health - Belgian Platform for International Health (Belgium)
BTC/CTB - Belgische Technische Coöperatie - Coopération Technique Belge
Bibliothèque de l'IMT - Retrouver de la documentation spécifique à un pays à la bibliothèque de l'IMT
Book Aid International
BCID - Bradford University Centre for International Development
BLDS - British Library for Development Studies at IDS
BVCIS - Biblioteca Virtual en Ciencia de la Información (Cuba)
BVS - Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (Cuba)
CAREC - Caribbean Epidemiology Centre
Centre de Documentation en Santé (CDS-INAS) (Morocco)
Center for Global Health (Johns Hopkins University)
Centre for Health Economics (University of York - UK)
CID - Center for International Development (Harvard University)
CETIM - Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (Switzerland)
CRD Databases (NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination)
Child and Adolescent Health and Development (WHO)
CIA World Factbook
Commission for Africa
CMH - Commission on Macroeconomics and Health
CHIH - Communication for Health India Network
Consortium on Social Health Protection in Developing Countries [GTZ-ILO-WHO]
COHRED - Council on Health Research for Development
CSIH - Canadian Society for International Health
Deadline2015 (IPS-Vlaanderen, Belgium)
Demographic Disentrapment (Maurice King)
Demography & Population Studies (WWW Virtual Library) (ANU - Australia)
Development Gateway Foundation
DGDC - Directorate General for Development Cooperation (Belgium)
DHS - Demographic and Health Surveys (Macro International)
Disability Knowledge and Research
Drinking water (WHO)
DSE - German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
Earthwatch Institute
eGranary Digital Library (WiderNet)
EHESP - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (Rennes, France)
ELDIS - Electronic Development and Environment Information Server: Gateway to Development and Environment Information (IDS) (UK)
ELDIS: Regional and Country Profiles (IDS) (UK)
ELDIS: How to use the Internet for development research
ENDA - The International Organisation Enda Third World
EPT - Electronic Publishing Trust for Development
ESF - European Science Foundation
Essential Health Links - AED Satellife (Center for Health Information and Technology)
EUFORIC - Europe's Forum on International Cooporation
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO/EURO)
Global Forum for Health Research
Global Health (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Global Health (USAID)
GHI-Net - Global Healthcare Information Network
Global Health Council
Global Health.Gov - Office of Global Health Affairs (US Department of Health and Human Services)
Global Health Watch
GIMI - Global Information on Micro-Insurance (ILO/STEP)
Going International (Austria)
Grand Challenges in Global Health
GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Germany)
Health Canada - Population and Public Health Branch
Health Care for All - Meeting and Declaration (ITM Antwerp 2001)
HIRU - Health Information Research Unit: Evidence-Based Health Informatics (McMasters University)
Health Inforum (Palestina)
Health Systems Strengthening (DGDC, Belgium)
Health in Your Hands - Global Handwashing Partnership
Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG)
Healthlink Worldwide - Bibliographic Database
Health Map - GIS: Geographic Information System (WHO)
Health Systems Performance Assessment (WHO)
Health Training: Postgraduate Training Programmes in International Health (Medicus Mundi, Basel)
HealthWrights - Workgroup for People's Health and Rights (McMasters University)
HPN - Humanitarian Practice Network
INAS - Institut National d'Administration Sanitaire (Rabat, Maroc)
IDRC - International Development Research Centre (Canada)
INDEPTH Network (Demography, Health)
INFOMED, Red Telemática de Salud en Cuba
IDPM - Institute for Development Policy and Management (University of Manchester)
IDS - Institute of Development Studies
Institute for Global Health (Imperial College, London)
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Christopher JL Murray et al.)
International Forum on Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health: IDRC Research Network (IDRC/CRDI)
International Health - Training Programs
IIED - International Institute for Environment and Development
IPC - International Programs Center (USA): Demography
International Women's Health Coalition
IPS Vlaanderen/MO - e-zines
IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (avant: ORSTOM) (France)
ITDG - Intermediate Technology Development Group
ITG Library - Health Care in Developing Countries (Bibliographic database)
ITG Library - Finding country-related information in the ITG library (Guidelines)
IVI - International Vaccine Institute (Korea)
IWMI - International Water Management Institute
JICA - Japanese International Cooperation Agency
JOICFP - Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning
LACHSR - Latin America and Caribbean Regional Health Sector Reform Initiative
LACHSR - Clearinghouse on Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean - LAC Health Sector Reform Initiative
TheLancet.com - Global Health Collection
Library of Congress - Country Studies (Area Handbooks)
Macroeconomics and Health (CMH/WHO)
MediBel-Net - Belgian Information Kiosk for Health and Environment
Medical Teaching - Teaching Resources for Medical Education in Africa
Medicine in Developing Countries (BMJ Collection)
Microfinance Gateway (CGAP - Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest)
Millennium Development Goals Indicators (UN)
MO - Mondiaal Magazine
Le Monde Diplomatique - Maps
NCSE - National Council for Science and the Environment
NeLH - National Electronic Library for Health (NHS, UK)
Nordic Africa Institute
OCEAC - Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale
ODI - Overseas Development Institute (UK)
OECD/OCDE - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organization of Health Care in Developing Countries (1980-2001) (ITG Library - Selected bibliography)
Organization of Health Care in Developing Countries (1990-2004) (ITG Library - Selected bibliography)
Organization of Health Care in Developing Countries (2000-2008) (ITG Library - Selected bibliography)
OXFAM (UK)
PAHO/OPS - Pan American Health Organization
PAHO/OPS - Country Health Profiles Information
PAHO/OPS - Health Analysis: Country Health Data
Partners in Health - Health Care for the Poor
PATH - A Catalyst for Global Health
PHRplus - Partnerships for Health Reformplus
Primary Care Internet Guide
Public Health Info Links (Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health)
Refugee Studies Centre (RSC)
République Démocratique du Congo (ATOL Portail)
www.santetropicale.com. Le guide de la santé tropicale
SatelLife / HealthNet
Save the Children (UK)
SciDevNet - Science and Development Network
Sci.DevNet - Dossier Brain Drain
Social Science Research Network
SCSI - Société Canadienne de Santé Internationale
Source - International Information Support Centre (UN)
STEP - Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty (ILO)
The Sphere Project
Statistiques mondiales
TALC - Teaching Aids at Low Cost
UN - United Nations (UN)
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme (UN)
UNED Stakeholder Forum
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme (UN)
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN)
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN)
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund (UN)
USAID - Population, Health & Nutrition
VHS - Virtual Health Library (BIREME, Latin America)
VITA - Volunteers in Technical Assistance [?]
World Bank Group
WHO - World Health Organization (UN)
WHO - Infectious Diseases Reports
WHO - World Health Reports
WHO - Water Sanitation and Health
WHO - Information on member countries
WHO - Regional and Other Offices
World Health Information (Belgian Government)
WRI - World Resources Institute
WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development

Reproductive Health & Population Issues

Access Denied - U.S. Restrictions on International Family Planning
ARHP - Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
AWARE - Action for West Africa Region - Reproductive Health
Center for Reproductive Rights
CONRAD Program - Making Progress Toward Better Reproductive Health For All
Countdown 2015 - Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights For All
EngenderHealth
FHI - Family Health International: AIDS/HIV/STD, Family Planning, Reproductive Health and Women's Studies
Guttmacher Institute
ICDDR,B - Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
The INFO Project (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
IYWG - Interagency Youth Working Group - Resources on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
International Centre for Reproductive Health (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)
IPPF - International Planned Parenthood Federation
International Women's Health Coalition
JHPIEGO - International Education and Training in Reproductive Health (Johns Hopkins University)
JHPIEGO - Related Web Sites (Johns Hopkins University)
Marie Stopes International
MedlinePlus - Reproductive Health
Open Directory Project - Reproductive Health
Pathfinder International
POPIN - United Nations Population Information Network (UN)
Popinform: Popline selection
Population Council
Population Index
PRB - Population Reference Bureau
Reproductive Health (Zunia - Development Gateway)
Reproductive Health Information (CDC)
ReproLine - Reproductive Health Online (JHPIEGO)
RHG - Reproductive Health Gateway (USAID/PHMWG)
RHIYA - EC/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia
RHO Cervical Cancer (PATH)
Sexual and Reproductive Health (WHO)
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund (UN)
UNFPA - State of World Population (UN)
UON Network (unmet obstetric needs)
WHO Reproductive Health Library
World Population Prospects Population Database (UNPD)

See also: Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Veterinary Medicine

Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières
AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association
Animal Disease Resource Index (SFSPH, Iowa, USA)
Animal Health and Production Compendium (CABI)
Animalscience.com
be.troplive
BEDIM - Bureau for Exchange and Distribution of information on Minilivestock
DEFRA UK; Animal Health
Department of Tropical Animal Health, Centre for Veterinary Medicine (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Dierenartsen Zonder Grenzen (Belgium)
ENVA - Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort
EFSA - European Food Safety Authority
Google: Animal Health
HealthWeb: Veterinary Medicine (Michigan State University Libraries)
IVIS - International Veterinary Information Service
Littérature Vétérinaire Francophone (Université de Montréal, Bibliothèque de Médecine Vétérinaire)
Merck Veterinary Manual
NetVet - Veterinary Resources
OIE - Office International des Epizooties
OIE - Disease Information
OIE - International Animal Health Code 2000
One Health Initiative
PigTrop (CIRAD, France)
Poultry Disease A-Z Index (Tripod)
PSA - Poultry Science Association
STVM - Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine
Tropicultura
ULG - Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire (Université de Liège)
Vétérinaires sans Frontières (Belgium)
Veterinary Conference Proceedings (Université de Montréal, Bibliothèque de Médecine Vétérinaire)
Veterinary Books / Livres Vétérinaires) (Université de Montréal, Bibliothèque de Médecine Vétérinaire)
Veterinary Clinical Cardiology (VetGo.com)
Veterinary Journals Contents Pages (Université de Montréal, Bibliothèque de Médecine Vétérinaire)
Veterinary Medicine (Intute)
Veterinary Medicine Libraries
VetGate - UK's Gateway to High Quality Internet Resources in Animal Health
Vetline (Netherlands)
VetSeek.Info (Germany)
Wildlife diseases (WildPro)
WVA - World Veterinary Association
WWW Virtual Library: Veterinary Medicine (Biosciences)

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Organizations, Institutions & Universities

Geneva International Forum: Directory Guide of International Institutions
UIA - Union of International Associations
4International Colleges &nd Universities - International Education Directory
Academia.edu
BiomedExperts
Directory of Education - International Colleges and Universities
Universities Worldwide
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities

AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science
AMA - American Medical Association (USA)
AMREF - African Medical and Research Foundation
ASM - American Society for Microbiology (USA)
AZG - Artsen Zonder Grenzen België (Belgium)
British Council
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
CIRAD - Recherche agronomique pour le développement
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
COHRED - Council on Health Research for Development
Commission for Africa
CSIRO (Australia)
DSE - German Foundation for International Development (Germany)
Earthwatch Institute International
ESF - European Science Foundation
ELDIS - Electronic Development and Environment Information Server: Gateway to Development and Environment Information (DANIDA) (UK)
EMRO - WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
ENDA - The International Organisation Enda Third World
Europa Home Page (European Union)
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN)
FDA - Food and Drug Administration (USA)
FP Medicine - Institutes of Medicine
GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Germany)
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
IDCCR - Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh
IDS - Institute of Development Studies
IFRCRCS - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGC - Institute for Global Communications: Human rights issues
IHE - Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid Louis Pasteur. Afdeling Epidemiologie (België)
IIED - International Institute for Environment and Development
ILO - International Labour Organization
IMF - International Monetary Fund
INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (France)
INSERM - Centre Collaborateur de l'OMS pour la Surveillance Electronique des Maladies
IP - Institut Pasteur (France)
Institute for Global Health (Imperial College, London)
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPPF - International Planned Parenthood Federation
IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (avant: ORSTOM) (France)
IVI - International Vaccine Institute (Korea)
KIT - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen / RTI - Royal Tropical Institute (Netherlands)
MM - Medicus Mundi (Switzerland)
MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières International
MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Belgium)
NAS - National Academy of Sciences (USA)
NIH - National Institutes of Health (USA)
NSF - National Science Foundation (USA)
NWO - Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands)
ODI - Overseas Development Institute (UK)
OECD/OCDE - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIE - Office International des Epizooties (France)
OMS - Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (UN / in English)
OSI - Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation - Budapest)
OXFAM (UK)
PAHO/OPS - Pan American Health Organization
SEAMEO - Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
SEAMIC/IMFJ (Japan)
TWAS - Third World Academy of Sciences
UN - United Nations and other international organizations (UN)
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme (UN)
UNED Forum
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme (UN)
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund ((UN)
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN)
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN)
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund (UN)
UNICEF Belgium
Wellcome Trust (London)
WAYS - World Academy of Young Scientists
WB - World Bank
WHO - World Health Organization (UN)
WHO: Regional and Other Offices - World Health Organization
WHOLINK: Virtual Reference Desk (UN)
WMA - World Medical Association
WMA - Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association)
WONCA - World Organization of Family Doctors
WWF - World Wildlife Fund

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Publishers Online

Publishers Catalogues: Geographical Index (Northern Light)
Editeurs Francophones : littérature
Links to selected free electronic books
Links to selected electronic journals

AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
BioMed Central
Book Aid International
CABI Publishing
CISMeF - Documentation & Bibliothèques
Clinical Medicine & Health Research NetPrints (British Medical Journal)
CrossRef (PILA)
DOI - The Digital Object Identifier (International DOI Foundation)
EPT - Electronic Publishing Trust for Development
HighWire Press: electronic journals (Stanford University Libraries)
HINARI - Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative
IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations
INASP - International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
Ingenta
Open Archives Initiative (Universal Preprint Server)
PERI - Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (INASP)
SPARC - Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition
TALC - Teaching Aids at Low Cost
e-TALC - Electronic Teaching Aids at Low Cost

Academic Press - Elsevier (UK/USA)
Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
AMA - American Medical Association Publications
ASM - American Society for Microbiology Book Store
Baywood
Bentham Science Publishers
Berkeley Electronic Press
Bioline International (University of Toronto Libraries)
Blackwell Science (UK)
BMJ Publishing Group
CABI Publishing
Cambridge University Press (UK)
CIA Publications and Handbooks (USA)
CIRAD - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (France)
Jean De Lannoy (Belgium)
Earthscan (UK)
Elsevier Science (Netherlands)
FHI - Family Health International - Publications
Harcourt - Elsevier (incl. Baillière Tindall, Churchill Livingstone, Mosby, W.B. Saunders) (UK/USA)
Harvard University Press (USA)
HodderHeadline (UK)
Humana Press (USA)
Idea Group Inc.
Informaworld - Taylor & Francis
IDS - Institute of Development Studies Bookshop
IMF - International Monetary Fund - Publications
Johns Hopkins University Press (USA)
John Libbey Eurotext : Éditions Médicales et Scientifiques (France)
Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
KIT Press - Royal Tropical Institute (Netherlands)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (USA)
Macmillan (UK)
Masson (France)
Masson - E2Med (France)
MCB University Press - Emerald Library (UK)
Merck Publications (USA)
National Academies Press
OECD Books
Oxford University Press (OUP) (UK)
PAHO Publications (Americas)
PHF - Public Health Foundation (USA)
Sage Publications(UK)
Springer Verlag (Deutschland)
Stanford University Press (USA)
Taylor & Francis Group
Taylor & Francis Group - MetaPress
UNDP Publications (UN)
UNESCO Electronic Document Management System (UN)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics Publications
John Wiley & Sons (USA)
WHO Bookshop
WHO Publications
WHO - various books and documents (UN)
WHO/EMRO Publications
WHOLIS - World Health Organization (UN)
Wolters Kluwer

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Libraries Online

Antilope - Belgian Periodicals Union Catalogue [select Antilope Catalogue] (via UA)
Belgian Library Catalogs (KBR)
Other Belgian University Library Catalogues (via UA)
EMRO Library (WHO/EMRO)
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute - Information, Library & Documentation (Amsterdam)
Locatorplus: NLM's catalogs (USA)
Other Librarianship-related Links
WHOLIS - World Health Organization (UN)
World Health Organization Library - various books and documents (UN)

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Internet Bookshops

123PriceCheck
Abebooks
Acco Medical (Belgium)
ALA Booklist (American Library Association, USA)
Alapage Librairie (France)
Alibris
Amazon Books - USA (USA)
Amazon Books - UK (UK)
Amazon Books - France (France)
Barnes & Noble (USA)
Beagle Books (USA)
Best Book Buys (USA)
Blackwell's Book Services (UK/USA)
Blackwell's Bookshops (UK)
BMJ Bookshop (UK)
BOL Bookstore (Germany)
BookBrain (UK)
BookFinder.com (USA)
Borders.com (USA)
Buy.Com: The Internet Superstore (USA / UK)
BookWeb (USA)
BookWire (USA)
D. K. Agencies (India)
Geneeskundeboek.be (Belgium)
MedBookStore (HealthGate) (UK)
Medirect - Blackwell Bookshop (UK)
NHBS - Natural History Book Service (UK)
Proxis Internet Bookstore (Belgium)
Scholar's Bookshelf (USA)
J. Story Scientia (Belgium)
University BookStore (University of Washington)
W.H. Smith (UK)

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WWW Search Engines

Alexa
BBC - Becoming WebWise Online Course
Phil Bradley - Search Engines
Internet and IT Network
Finding Information on the Internet: a Tutorial (UC Berkeley Library)
Gerry McGovern
NetLingo Dictionary of Internet Words: A Glossary of Online Jargon with Definitions of Terminology & Acronyms
Search Engine Colossus
Search Engine Watch: News, Tips and More About Search Engines
Tonic: The Online Netskills Interactive Course
All the Web
Alta Vista
Ask.com
1Banana Metasearch
Dogpile
Eccellio Science Miner
Eurekster Swicki
Excite
FindHow
Go.com
Google
Google Groups
Google Scholar
HotBot
Ixquick Metasearch
Lycos
IceRocket
MSN Search
QuadSearch
Scirus: For Scientific Information Only (Elsevier)
Search.com
SurfWax
Tile.net (Discussion and information lists, newsgroups, ...)
WebCrawler

AltaVista Image Search
Amazing Picture Machine
Bristol Biomed Image Archive
Comstock Images
Corbis
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy - Education eb Site
Finding Images on the Web: a Tutorial (Ruth S. Thomas - Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University)
Foto Search Stock Images
Google Images
HONmedia
Mediscan
PHIL - Public Health Image Library (CDC)
Photovault
TDR - Image Library

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WWW Subject Directories

BUBL Link / 5:15 Catalogue of Selected Internet Resources
DMOZ - Open Directory Project
eiNET
Google Directory
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
InfoMine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
InfoSpace.com - Yellow Pages & White Pages
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Miningco.com
Pinakes: A Subject Launchpad
WebRing
Yahoo

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General Reference, Dictionaries

CalculateMe.com - Calculation and Conversion Utility
Conversion of Units
How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
XE.com - Universal Currency Converter
WHOLINK: Virtual Reference Desk
World Clock
World Time Zone Clock and Database
Yahoo! Finance - Currency Conversion

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
AllRefer.com Reference Channel
The Answer Bank
The Why Files: science behind the news
Acronym Finder: 175,000+ acronyms/abbreviations & their definitions
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations (Wiley InterScience)
MedTermscom: medical Dictionary (MedTerms.com)
Bartleby - Great Books Online, etc.
Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations (1950-1988)
Quotationreference.com
www.citaten.net [in Dutch]
Distance Education Clearinghouse (University of Wisconsin)
Fathom Archive (Columbia University)
Whenago?com
Who Named It: Medical Eponyms
Nobel Prize Winners
Ig Nobel Web Page
HotAIR - Rare and well-done tidbits from the Annals of Improbable Research

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Language, Translation

AfricanLanguages.com
Babel Fish (AltaVista)
Dictionary.net
Ethnologue: Languages
Freedict.com
Freelang.net
Google Translate
Interglot.com
KnowPlay: dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, world atlas, quotations, acronym finder, ... (KnowPlay cc)
MedlinePlus: Dictionary
Merriam-Webster dictionary
OneLook Dictionary Search
On-line Medical Dictionary (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Your Dictionary.com

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Country Information, Travel

BUBL - Countries
CIA World Factbook
CIA World Factbook Reference Maps
Countries.com
Country Portal (National Institute of Statistics - Belgium)
Country Reports.org
East View Cartographic
Encarta MapsCenter
Excite Travel
FarandFurther
GeographyIQ: World Atlas with Geographic, Economic, Political, Historical and Cultural Information
Google Maps
How Far is It
Library of Congress - Country Studies (Area Handbooks)
Lonely Planet
Map24 (maps)
MapQuest: Geography, Travel
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the WWW (University of Auckland Library)
Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
RouteNet
Travelstreet (Belgium)
UN Atlas of the Oceans (UN)
Vegetation (Vito - Belgium)
ViaMichelin (maps)
World Travel Guide

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Biodiversity, Zoology, Paleontology

All Species Foundation
American Museum of Natural History (New York)
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology)
Biodiversity on the Internet
Classification of Living Things (Palomar College, Behavioral Sciences Department, CA)
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Mammal Species of the World (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
Natural History Portal (Natural History Museum)
Paleomap Project (C.R. Scotese)
Species 2000 - Catalogue of Life Programme
Tree of Life Web Project
UCMP - Museum of Paleontology (University of California, Berkeley)
WWF - World Wildlife Fund

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News. Regional Information

AllAfrica.com
AlphaGalileo.Org - the Internet-based News Centre for European Science, Engineering and Technology
EurekAlert: Science (AAAS)
Africa Home: The Home of Africa on the Web
Africa Online
BBC World Service - Africa
CNN Interactive
EarthWire Africa: the Environmental News Portal (UNEP / GRID-ARENDAL)
Economist
Google News
Guardian Unlimited
IRIN - Integrated Regional Information Networks - Africa
Kidon Media-Link - access to newspapers
Lycos News
MSNBC News
New York Times
News and Newspapers Online (University of North Carolina, W.C. Jackson Library)
Oneworld.net
Reuters Group PLC
De Standaard Online
Time
Times & Sunday Times
TotalNews: all the News, on the Net, all the Time
Washington Post
Washington Times

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Selected Belgian Websites

.be - Belgian Federal Portal
APS - Administratie Planning en Statistiek
Africa Museum Tervuren
Aportaal - Websites in de gezondheidszorg
Africa Museum Tervuren
Archiefbank Vlaanderen
Be at Home in the World
Be-cause Health - Belgian Platform for International Health (Belgium)
be.troplive
Belbot.be
Belgian Biosafety Server (IHE)
Belgian Library Catalogs (KBR)
Belgisch Staatsblad - Moniteur belge
Belnet - The Belgian Research Network
Digipolis Antwerpen
Digitale Metropool Antwerpen
DGDC - Directorate General for Development Cooperation (Belgium)
Discover Belgium - Local Links and Resources
DOKS - Eindwerkportaal Vlaamse Hogescholen
DWTC - Federale Diensten voor Wetenschappelijke, Technische en Culturele Aangelegenheden
FOD - Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking
FOD - Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu
Goudengids.be
Hoge GezondheidsRaad - Adviezen en Brochures
Ik heb een vraag (questions about scientific topics)
IHE - Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid Louis Pasteur. Afdeling Epidemiologie
IPH - Standard Procedures for Mortality Analysis
Infobel - Belgian Telephone Directory
IPS Vlaanderen
IPS Vlaanderen/MO - e-zines
ITG - Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
JPU [test]
Koning Boudewijnstichting - Fondation Roi Baudouin - King Baudouin Foundation - König Baudouin Stiftung
Medimmigrant (gezondheidszorg en sociale rechten)
Map24 (maps)
MO - Mondiaal Magazine
NIS - National Institute of Statistics (Belgium)
NMBS (Belgian railroads)
OSTC - Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technolgical and Cultural Affairs (Prime Minister's Services)
Promedia: Gouden Gids
Search.fgov.be - Belgian Federal Government
Studentenpoort Antwerpen
2link.be: directories for most countries
Verkeerscentrum Vlaanderen
VDIC - Vesalius Documentation and Information Center
ViaMichelin (maps)
Vlaamse Administratie Wetenschap en Innovatie (AWI)
Flemish Science and Innovation Administration (AWI)
Vlaamse Overheid
Vlaamse Statistieken
Vlaamse Wetenschapsweek
VLIR
VRTnieuws.net
VVOB - Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en technische Bijstand
Weather in Antwerp (Holiday-Weather.com)
WIV - Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid

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Ressources en français

AUF - Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUPELF-UREF)
Anofel - Association des Enseignants et des Praticiens Hospitaliers Titulaires de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicales
BIUM - Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine (Paris)
CIRAD - Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
CIRS - Centre International de Recherche Scientifique (France)
CISMeF: Catalogue et Index des Sites Médicaux Francophones
CISMeF - Documentation & Bibliothèques
CISMeF-Patients : Sites Médicaux Francophones à destination des patients et de leurs familles
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Edisan: Médecine de voyage (France)
Foto Search Banque d'Images
www.Infectiologie.com: le site de la SPILF et de l'APPIT
IFMT - Institut de la francophonie pour la médecine tropicale (AUF)
INIST - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (CNRS)
INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
IP - Institut Pasteur (Paris)
IRD - Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement (France)
La maladie du sommeil (OCEAC/IRD)
Médecine Tropicale: sites et documents francophones (CISMeF)
Recherche avec Article@INIST
Santé Pro (France)
Société Française de Parasitologie
Société de Pathologie Exotique (Paris)
ULB - Bibliothèque Centrale de Médecine (Bruxelles)

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Compiled by Dirk Schoonbaert
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