The following WWW sites are just a sample of those
relevant to this module; they have been chosen because they may provide
data useful to students for a number of the activities in this module.
In addition, any of the various Internet search engines will also yield
numerous sites of interest. The URL addresses provided below were
valid as of April 15, 1998. Because websites often move, please verify
these addresses before suggesting them to your students.
CIESIN: Information for a Changing World
http://www.ciesin.org/ CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization
to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and
the public better understand their changing world. CIESIN specializes in
global and regional network development, science data management, decision
support, and training, education and technical consultation services. Site
provides links to numerous demographic, socioeconomic, health, and environmental
datasets.
CIESIN Guide to Human Health and Global
Environmental Change
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/HH/hh-home.html Guide to help web-users find selected key documents and data sets vital
to understanding the relationship between human health and global environmental
change.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm Journal from the National Center for Infectious Diseases that tracks
trends and analyzes new and reemerging infectious diseases around the world.
HIV/AIDS Information Outreach Project
http://www.aidsnyc.org Information about HIV/AIDS, including medical, housing, drug approval,
children, nutrition, and access to treatments.
HIV/AIDS Data Animation Project
http://www.ciesin.org/datasets/cdc-nci/cdc-nci.html Compilation of information from studies appearing in medical and scientific
literature, presented at international conferences, and appearing in the
press.
Infectious Disease Weblink
http://pages.prodigy.net/pdeziel A website dedicated to infectious disease resources on the WWW; provides
links to numerous other websites.
http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone Contains a Human Health Data Resources service, providing access to
State Cancer Registries in the United States, and the North American Association
of Central Cancer Registries.
http://www.unaids.org HIV/AIDS figures and trends. Students can find global and regional
estimates of AIDS cases, as well as background information on the disease.
World Health Organization
http://www.who.ch Homepage of the World Health Organization with search engines and links.
World Health Organization: Emerging
and Other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control
http://www.who.ch/emc/ This site provides listings of reported disease outbreaks and the number
of cases, as well as fact sheets about various diseases (e.g., cholera,
dengue fever, ebola, influenza, etc.)