MSN Nurse Educator Program: Global Resources

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

The Global Health Center (GHC) works alongside other CDC centers to implement the agency’s global health mission to "Protect people in the United States and around the world by preventing, detecting, and responding to disease threats—anytime and anywhere."

KFF aims to "bring together substantial capabilities in policy research, polling, and journalism in one organization to meet the need for a trusted, independent source of information on national health issues—one with the scope and reach to be a counterweight to health care’s vested interests and a voice for people."

The GHO data repository is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.

Data360, the World Bank's Open Data Portal, aims to improve the coherence and quality of the production, management, documentation, and dissemination of development data. The goal of Data360 is to support evidence-based decision-making to advance development, and to help ensure that a wealth of high quality, useful data is easy to access and use for analysis, strategic planning, and policy action.

The DHS program is a public resource, made available free of charge to communities. They provide access to tools and data, including uploading of and access to new datasets.