dkacher's Public Library

www.softchalk.com/lessonchallenge

www.cdc.gov/...fullscreen.htm

Infectious Diseases Global Health & Economic Data HIV_AIDS

www.sciencedaily.com/...100713101408.htm

Emerging Technology Cardiovascular Disease Stem Cell Research

www.sciencedaily.com/...100716125839.htm

Cancer Infectious Diseases Emerging Technology

"7.9 million people died from cancer in 2007, according to the WHO"

www.cnn.com/...index.html

Cancer

The Carter Center's River Blindness Program assists ministries of health to eliminate river blindness.

www.cartercenter.org/...index.html

Infectious Diseases

"Dengue fever, a growing scourge in the tropics, has established itself in a popular American tourist destination, federal health officials reported last week. "

query.nytimes.com/...fullpage.html

Infectious Diseases

"Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that cancer cells lacking a key protein are more invasive and more likely to metastasize, providing a possible drug target to combat certain tumor types."

www.sciencedaily.com/...100607101802.htm

Cancer Research Emerging Technology

A new analysis finds that the costs of treating cancer have nearly doubled over the past two decades.

www.sciencedaily.com/...100510075035.htm

Background Brief from Kaiser

www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp

The mortality rate for children under five has dropped in virtually every country on earth.

www.takepart.com/...s-drop-significantly-worldwide

The media and political community have made a big deal out of the fact that the U.S. ranks 37 out of 191 countries on the World Health Organization’s Health Care Ranking System. Is this tool a credible way to compare quality health care delivered in the U.S. vs the rest of the world?

www.healthandsharing.com/...articledetail

More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a 2010 report.

www.time.com/...0,8599,1974364,00.html

REQUIRED READING

www.globalization101.org/What_is_Globalization.html

globalization

REQUIRED VIEWING: Doctors estimate more than a million people die of malaria each year. Researchers are searching for a vaccine.

video.nationalgeographic.com/...malaria-sci.html

Malaria Infectious Diseases

REQUIRED READING for week of January 4, 2010: A new vaccine against polio will be used for the first time in polio immunization campaigns in Afghanistan.

www.who.int/...index.html

Vaccine Infectious Diseases Polio

Learn the basics of a "single-payer" health care system.

www.grahamazon.com/sp

Health Care Systems

Good information, which shows how health provision varies around the world.

www.globalissues.org/...health-care-around-the-world

Health Care Systems

Learn about major health care systems around the world.

www.pbs.org/...countries

Health Care Systems