Useful Resources for Additional Information

 

• Patently Obvious....For years, international activists have tried to argue that patent protection for new drugs is incompatible with global health. Read more........

• Thailand's Creaking Health System.... The government's lack of spending on healthcare is a scandal-but abusing intellectual property rights won't help. Read more.......

• National Institute of Mental Health. Science news about diversity and ethnic groups

• NIMH Article. "Foreign nativity may not always protect against mental disorders in the US." - Jan 2008

• Centers for Disease Control. Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Though health indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality have improved for most Americans, some minorities experience a disproportionate burden of preventable disease, death, and disability compared with non-minorities.

• Centers for Disease Control. Definitions of Racial and Ethnic minority populations.

• International Council of Nurses. A federation of more than 120 national nurses' associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide.

• International Council of Nurses on health and human rights.

• Institute of Medicine (IOM). Links to current projects, events, and reports concerning minority health. Read more about the work IOM has done in the area of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.

• American Cancer Society :: Information and Resources for Cancer: Breast, Colon, Prostate, Lung and Other Forms