HEALTH WEBSITES
Health websites
1.
BBC health pages.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health/
2.
Country statistics can be taken for comparisons.
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/ZMB.html
3.
Health topics can be chosen from this website.
http://www.who.int/topics/en/
4.
EU health information and indicators.
http://www.euphix.org/object_document/o4581n27010.html
Malaria
5.
Malaria potential cure.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/20/gl axo-malaria-drugspublic-domain
6.
Good summary test on malaria.
https://www.malariahotspots.co.uk/index.html
7.
Strategies on bed net provision.
http://malarianomore.org.uk/
8.
Malaria vaccine.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/18/malaria -vaccine-savemillions-children
Heart disease
9.
British Heart Foundation.
http://www.bhf.org.uk
Cancer
10.
Cancer help.
http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/
AIDS
11.
What the UK does for AIDS.
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/
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12.
Lots of information to formulate case studies.
http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/world -aids-day/world-aids-day2011/
13.
Factsheets on AIDS/HIV.
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/factsheets/
14.
Aids and malaria information.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/geography/research_projects/epidemics/Introducti
on.htm
Cholera
15.
BBC introduction to causes and treatments of cholera.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/cholera.shtml
16.
Cholera outbreak in Kenya.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15742664
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