Resources Repository
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DataWeb Portal 2024Global Health Observatory Data Portal
This data portal is the World Health Organization's (WHO) main health statistics repository. The Global …
This data portal is the World Health Organization's (WHO) main health statistics repository. The Global Health Observatory (GHO) provides access to more than 1,000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Sustainable Development Goals, noncommunicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, and health equity. In addition, the GHO provides access to WHO's analytical reports on the current status and trends of priority health…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Evidence Synthesis | Infectious Diseases | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Mental Health | Injuries/Accidents | Global Governance | Global -
Resource PortalWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2021Disease Control Priorities (DCP3)
DCP3 includes a comprehensive review of the efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of priority health interventions …
DCP3 includes a comprehensive review of the efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of priority health interventions with the goal of influencing program design and resource allocation at global and country levels. DCP3 includes nine individual volumes, with the first eight structured around packages of conceptually related interventions, and the ninth providing an overview of main findings. Publicly available resources include journal articles and reports, both DCP3 and non-DCP3 related, as well as presentations, working papers, and book…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Evidence Synthesis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Mental Health | Injuries/Accidents | Policy/Regulation | Science/Technology | Global | High School | College | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Policy Translation -
Lesson/ModuleWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2017Policy Communication Toolkit
This Policy Communication Toolkit is a resource to bridge the gap that often lies between …
This Policy Communication Toolkit is a resource to bridge the gap that often lies between research and policy. It consolidates tools, materials, and approaches PRB has developed and refined over 30 years of training researchers to communicate to policy audiences. Through this toolkit, users can build skills to bridge this gap, with the goal of increasing the use of evidence in policy and decisionmaking. Research often has profound implications for policy, but without effective communication…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Social Determinants | Policy/Regulation | Global Governance | Business/Industry | Culture/Society | Government/Law | Science/Technology | Global | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Graphics/Visualization | Policy Translation | Quantitative Literacy -
Resource PackWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2017Resource Pack: Valuing Vaccines and GAVI
This resource pack on valuing vaccines and GAVI was curated by the Center for Health …
This resource pack on valuing vaccines and GAVI was curated by the Center for Health Decision Science to showcase existing information and analyses to motivate students, educators and others to pursue new applications of decision science methods to the public health challenge of vaccine preventable illnesses.
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Mathematical Models | Dynamic Transmission | Calibration/Validation | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Child/Nutrition | Global Governance | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Science/Technology | Global | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Policy Translation | Quantitative Literacy -
ArticleWeb Portal 2017PLoS Collection: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than one million new sexually transmitted …
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than one million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each day, incurring a very substantial burden of morbidity, mortality and additional infections. The pathogens responsible include bacteria, parasites and viruses, and intensive research is needed to address the substantial barriers to diagnosis and treatment of STIs, and the behavioral challenges of prevention. This PLOS collection, published in collaboration with WHO, focuses on global policy and systems…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Mathematical Models | Dynamic Transmission | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Economics/Finance | Sub-Saharan Africa | Middle East & North Africa | Latin America & Caribbean | Asia & Pacific -
DataWeb Portal 2024OECD Health Statistics
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health Database offers a comprehensive source of …
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health Database offers a comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. These data serve to facilitate and support comparative analyses, and can be useful for researchers, educators and policy makers looking to draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health systems. General categories of data include population demographics, health status and determinants of health, as well as data on the societal responses to health…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Health Outcomes | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Mental Health | Social Determinants | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Education/Labor | Science/Technology | North America | Latin America & Caribbean | Europe | Oceania -
DataWeb Portal 2024EuroQol
The EuroQol Group first met in 1987 in order to develop a standardized non-disease specific …
The EuroQol Group first met in 1987 in order to develop a standardized non-disease specific instrument to describe and value health-related quality of life. A process based on shared development, local experimentation and discussion resulted in EQ-5D, a measure that generates a single index value for health status for use in health care evaluation. EQ-5D is a standardized instrument developed as a measure of health-related quality of life that can be used in a wide…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Preferences/Values | Global -
GuidelinesWeb Portal 2017iDSI Reference Case for Economic Evaluation
This is a reference case which gives 12 principles to guide the planning, conduct and …
This is a reference case which gives 12 principles to guide the planning, conduct and reporting of health economic evaluations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The International Decision Support Group (iDSI) is a network of health, policy and economic experts. It builds on the approaches of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK, the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) in Thailand and the World Health Organization. iDSI…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Global -
Resource PortalWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2024Cochrane
Cochrane produces reviews which study all of the best available evidence generated through research and …
Cochrane produces reviews which study all of the best available evidence generated through research and make it easier to inform decisions about health. In addition to the production and dissemination of systematic reviews, housed in the Cochrane Library, they provide a host of resources such as handbooks and guidelines, interactive learning modules, web casts and other educational public goods. Cochrane is a not-for profit organisation with collaborators from more than 120 countries working together to produce…
Health/Medicine | Health Systems | Evidence Synthesis | Test Performance | Technology Assessment | Global