Nordic Geospatial Blog » WHO http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:35:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Maps – Council on Foreign Relations Vaccine-Preventable Disease Maps http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2011/12/18/maps-cfr-disease-maps/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2011/12/18/maps-cfr-disease-maps/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:07:18 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=1179 Excellent embeddable and downloadable global disease data via the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) -

http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH_Vaccine_Map/index.html#map

http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH_Vaccine_Map/index.html#/intro

]]> http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2011/12/18/maps-cfr-disease-maps/feed/ 0 News – TED statistics, FIFA Map, H1N1 and Health Security http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/09/28/news-ted-stats-health/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/09/28/news-ted-stats-health/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:23:31 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=640 Lessons from H1N1
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/health/Lessons-H1N1-Pandemic.html

2008 Lyon, France – WHO IHR Report on Cities and Public Health Crises
http://www.who.int/ihr/lyon/FRWHO_HSE_IHR_LYON_2009.5.pdf

2010 FIFA South Africa HealthMap
http://www.healthmap.org/fifa/

Hans Rosling @ TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

]]> http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/09/28/news-ted-stats-health/feed/ 0 Tools – HealthMap global & South African FIFA World Cup resources http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/08/18/tools-healthmap/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/08/18/tools-healthmap/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:29:26 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=583 Bravo team HealthMap.org and note the useful South Africa FIFA World Cup map that vividly displays how modern transportation networks and mass gatherings can pose unique public health challenges (for more info on WHO efforts in this regard, go to http://www.who.int/csr/mass_gatherings/en/ & http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/swineflu/h1n1_mass_gatherings/en/) …

http://www.healthmap.org/fifa/

http://www.healthmap.org/en/

http://healthmapblog.blogspot.com/

And some perspective from WHO on Athens 2004
http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/environmental-health/urban-health/publications/2007/mass-gatherings-and-public-health-the-experience-of-the-athens-2004-olympic-games

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]]> http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/04/04/news-world-health-day-2010-who/feed/ 0 Report – WHO and cellular phones for disasters and social media http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/11/11/report-who-and-cellular-phones-for-disasters-and-social-media/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/11/11/report-who-and-cellular-phones-for-disasters-and-social-media/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:11 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=197 Use of mobile phones in an emergency reporting system for infectious disease surveillance after the Sichuan earthquake in China

Risk and outbreak communication: lessons from alternative paradigms

What social media offers to health professionals and citizens

]]> http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/11/11/report-who-and-cellular-phones-for-disasters-and-social-media/feed/ 0 News – Nov 2-5, 2009 – UN WHO Director General and Fifth Global Meeting of Country Offices http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/11/07/news-nov-2-5-2009-un-who-director-general-and-fifth-global-meeting-of-country-offices/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/11/07/news-nov-2-5-2009-un-who-director-general-and-fifth-global-meeting-of-country-offices/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:21:44 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=192 In the wake of the global H1N1 pandemic, this global meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO – OMS) in Geneva was very informative.

Overview – http://www.who.int/countryfocus/fifthglobalhwcomeeting/en/index.html

Video press conference by the WHO Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan – June 11, 2009

Overview of WHO Global Alert and Response (GAR) and Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN)

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