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Health Sciences
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MEDLINEplus:
Hispanic American Health - Section of MEDLINEplus specifically dedicated
to health issues in the Hispanic community. Provides links to the
following: Latest News, Prevention/Screening, Research, Specific
Conditions/Aspects, Law and Policy, Organization, Statistics, Seniors,
Women, and Teenagers.
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Virtual Health Library
of BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information.
The site can be viewed in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and offers access
to 14 databases.
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World Health Organization
(WHO) - This website provides the user with ability to scan its library
of health science information. The user is also able to search its
electronic collections on topics such as: League of Nations malaria
documents and rare books on plague, smallpox, and epidemiology.
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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public
health agency with more than 90 years of experience in working to improve
health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves
as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System.
It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health
Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United
Nations system.
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Health of
Nations - A report, in pdf format, from the Healthcare
Practice of the World Markets Research Centre. The Latin American section
is on pp. 17-20. English.
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Pop Planet - PopPlanet is
a website for learning, information sharing and communication about population,
health and environment connections in different regions.
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Asociación
Latinoamericana de Diabetes (ALAD) - The association for Diabetes in
Latin America was created in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1970. This
site provides information for the medical community, diabetics, and families
of diabetics. This site is in Spanish and Portuguese.
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Bibliomed Inc. - Bibliomed is the
leading healthcare internet company in Latin America, providing integrated
content and connectivity solutions for patients, physicians, companies
and institutions. Customized by country and accessible in Spanish
and Portuguese, Bibliomed is the region's comprehensive resource, offering
an innovative blend of information, community, products, services and educational
solutions that together enable better communications and access to information,
lower costs, and improve the overall quality of healthcare.
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Latin American Health Institute
- The Latino Health Institute is a community-based professional organization
that promotes the health of the community, its institutions, families and
individuals through effective interventions that are culturally competent
and technologically appropriate.
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NOAH: New York Online Access
to Health - NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health information
for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. NOAH currently
supports English and Spanish.
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