MUFL

                                   Monitoring Topics and Issues

                                 INTERNET RESOURCES FOR THE COURSE

                                            Spring 2010




                                         Monitoring Topics


Public Health Preparedness has expanded beyond disease surveillance to encompass manmade or natural
 disasters, emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism threats or events, nuclear and/or chemical
               incidents and even now, cyberspace (cyber security) and outer space.


  * Haiti    -           ______________________________
  * Chile   _          ______________________________


  * H l N l _          ______________________________
  * H l N 5  --        ______________________________


  * START Treat             _________________________
  * A Q Khan                   _________________________
  * North Korea               _________________________


  * Cyber Security + Outer Space          ____________________________
  * Bioterrorism or chemical threats or events  ___________________________________________




                                   (Some) Public Health Websites


·        World Health Organization (WHO) (to include GLOARN—Global Outbreak and Response Network)
http://www.who.int/en/

·        Ministry of Health for the Czech Republic      http://www.mzcr.cz/Default.aspx

·        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/

·        CDC Public Health Law Program http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/

·        European Commission on Health and Consumer Protection

                  http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm

·        European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

            http://www.ecdc.eu.int/

·        Centers for Public Health Preparedness

                  http://www.asph.org/acphp/calendarDisplayOnly.cfm

·        American Public Health Association (APHA)

                  http://www.apha.org/

·        Center for Law and the Public’s Health, Georgetown Law School

                                    http://www.publichealthlaw.net/

·        United States Agency for International Development

                  http://www.usaid.gov/

·        Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome

                  http://www.fao.org/

·        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Paris

                  http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm


                                            (Selected)

                                 International News Internet Sites



·        The International Herald Tribune:  http://www.iht.com/

·        Prague Daily Monitor http://praguemonitor.com/

·        EU Observer (email subscription available):  www.EUobserver.com

·        The Economist:  http://www.economist.com/index.html

·        The Financial Times:  http://www.ft.com/world

·        Reuters  (email alerts available):  http://www.reuters.com/

·        CNN International:  http://www.cnn.com

·        The BBC (email alerts available):  http://www.bbc.co.uk/

·        Google Alerts