|  Health 
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            1.     
            ABA
            Commission on Law and Aging 
            This site includes the work of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging
            with links to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the
            American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the 
            
            National
            
            Center
            
            on Elder Abuse and more. For documents on aging/elderly, also search
            WHO and UN
            websites.   
            2.     
            Amnesty International
            USA                                             
                                                                                  
            This site provides links to Amnesty programs, world human
            rights news, publications, letter-writing campaigns and more as well
            as resources on female
            genital mutilation,and circumcision. 
            3.     
            Canadian HIV/AIDS
            Legal Network 
            This organization is dedicated to promoting responses to HIV
            infection and AIDS that respect human rights. It also provides a
            link to the AIDS Law Project of South Africa. 
            4.     
            Carter Center 
            Founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the 
            
            Carter
            
            Center
            
            is an NGO dedicated to international democratization and
            development, urban revitalization, and global health. 
            5.     
            Center for Economic and
            Social Rights 
            The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) informs economic
            and social rights practitioners; provides addresses for affiliated
            NGOs in Asia and 
            Australia
            , Europe, Latin America, and 
            North America
            . 
            6.     
            Children -- UNICEF 
            The United Nations Children's Fund address the health, nutrition,
            education and other needs of children worldwide; this website
            provides access to vital statistics, programs and reports, e.g., The
            State of the World's Children 1998, The Progress of Nations 1997. 
            7.     
            Physicians for
            Global Survival (PGS) 
            Physicians for Global Survival is an affiliation of international
            physicians for the prevention of nuclear war. This web page provides
            access to documents about the effect of war on children, including
            UNICEF reports as well as other human rights documents. Other
            resources include NGO reports and both gopher and online resources
            including access to information about human rights in 
            Canada
            , 
            Greece
            , 
            Norway
            , 
            Russia
            , 
            Israel
            , 
            Japan
            , and the 
            
            United States
            
            . 
            8.     
            Carnegie
            Corporation of New York -- Children’s Health 
            Provides on-line access to publications of the Carnegie Corporation,
            some of which address child development, violence prevention,
            education, school health promotion, conflict resolution, parent
            education and more. 
            9.     
            Children’s
            Rights -- Cornell University 
            Maintained by the Legal Information Institute, this site provides
            ready access to over 20 
            
            U.S.
            
            federal and state laws, agencies, documents, and foundations, as
            well as national and
            international legal materials. 
            10. 
            Health
            Rights Connection 
            This group comprises Global Lawyers and Physicians, Physicians for
            Human Rights, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
            War, and the 
            
            Francois-Xavier
            
            Bagnoud
            
            Center
            
            for Health and Human Rights. 
            11. 
            Court
            TV Casefiles 
            This "Court TV" homepage provides information about the
            Bosnia War Crimes Tribunal and a link entitled "A Look Back at 
            
            Nuremberg
            
            ." 
            12. 
            Diana Project
            -- Univ. Cincinnati 
            This DIANA site focuses primarily on the United Nations and
            Organization of African Unity materials. You can also access other
            DIANA sites through this. 
            13. 
            Human Rights
            Library --  Univ. of Minnesota 
            This DIANA site provides links to UN documents, the Inter-American
            Human Rights system, Partners in Human Rights Education, the 
            
            Peace
            
            Resource
            
            Center
            
            , and Human Rights USA. Also includes links to over 100
            international human rights instruments (including French and Spanish
            versions) including those pertaining to rights of children, disabled
            persons, refugees, war victims and more. 
            14. 
            Women's
            Human Rights Resources -- Univ. of Toronto 
            This DIANA site focuses on women's human rights and provides links
            to bibliographies as well as governmental and NGO documents. 
            15. 
            Diana -- Yale Law
            School 
            This DIANA site provides access to human rights bibliographies,
            legal documents and other materials. (Under Construction as of
            01/2004)
            
            
             
            16. 
            EPA 
            The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mission is to protect
            human health and to safeguard the natural environment. 
            17. 
            International Gay
            & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) 
            This site advocates a world in which the fundamental human rights of
            gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, and people with
            HIV and AIDS are respected and accorded the protection of
            international human rights law. Provides links to publications,
            projects and more. 
            18. 
            Francois-Xavier
            Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights 
            Describes the work of the 
            
            Francois-Xavier
            
            Bagnoud
            
            Center
            
            for Health and Human Rights of the Harvard School of Public Health;
            provides links to health and human rights sites, publications, and
            foundations. Also links to children's health and human rights
            resources. 
            19. 
            Holocaust Memorial
            Museum 
            This U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website provides information
            about the Nuremburg Code and human rights, with excerpts from the
            official trial record of the Doctors Trial. 
            20. 
            SUNY
            Binghamton's Political Science Resource Page 
            This web page provides links to human rights papers, conferences,
            data and Internet sites. 
            21. 
            BUSPH Health
            Law Department 
            The Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law Department
            provides comprehensive links to human rights and health, law,
            bioethics, and medicine resources, including UN and NIH homepages,
            Court TV Casefiles, NGOs, DIANA, the Holocaust museum, medical
            journals and more. 
            22. 
            Human Rights Internet (HRI) 
            HRI, an international NGO and documentation center, provides links
            to children's rights, other human rights websites, UN information
            and more. 
            23. 
            Human Rights Watch 
            This NGO Human Rights Watch site provides links to its publications,
            its regional divisions, special projects, e.g., children's and
            women's rights, and special initiatives, e.g., drugs and human
            rights, prison conditions, and more.
            
            
             
            24. 
            Human Rights Web 
            Human Rights Web introduces human rights, provides legal and
            political documents, and links to over 20 NGOs, UN sites, and other
            resources. 
            25. 
            Hunger
            Web - TUFTS 
            Seeks to prevent and eradicate hunger through research, field work,
            advocacy and policy-making, education and training; collaborates
            with World Hunger Education Service, Food First, and FoodFirst
            Information and Action Network. 
            26. 
            Center for World
            Indigenous Studies (CWIS) 
            The goal of CWIS is to democratize relations between peoples to
            enrich the world community. This website provides comprehensive
            links to 
            Fourth World
            studies, seminars, and library materials. 
            27. 
            CWIS' Fourth
            World Documentation Archive 
            The Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)' Fourth World
            Documentation Archive allows access to comprehensive lists of UN and
            international documents, including tribal resolutions, treaties and
            other constructive arrangements. 
            28. 
            Int’l
            Health Action Group 
            Describes the A.M.A. Student Association's INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
            ACTION GROUP (IHAG) which is dedicated to increasing students'
            awareness of global health issues and ethical issues surrounding aid
            to poorer nations. Provides links to other sites. 
            29. 
            International Labour
            Organization (ILO) 
            ILO formulates international labour standards and provides
            information on child labour, equality for women and information
            about human rights in the work environment worldwide. 
            30. 
            Legal
            Information Institute -- Cornell University 
            This comprehensive site provides access to 
            
            U.S.
            
            legal decisions both recent and historic. The "world" link
            accesses decisions of the International Court of Justice and
            national law materials from North and 
            South America
            , 
            Australia
            and 
            New Zealand
            , Asia, Europe, the Middle East and 
            Africa
            as well as other international law materials. 
            31. 
            International Committee
            of the Red Cross (ICRC) 
            The ICRC homepage includes news, links to humanitarian law
            resources, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and
            more. 
            32. 
            Int'l
            Student Association for Health and Human Rights 
            The International Student Association for Health and Human Rights is
            an association of student organizations interested in health and
            human rights, dedicated to promoting involvement in local, national,
            and international health and human rights issues. 
            33. 
            American International
            Health Alliance (AIHA) 
            The American Int'l Health Alliance (AIHA)'s online publication of CommonHealth
            provides articles on such topics as public health, micronutrient
            deficiencies, risky teen behaviors as well as news and features
            pertaining to global health care. 
            34. 
            Human
            Rights and Foreign Policy News 
            This site provides access to the contents of the human rights
            magazine, containing both international news and articles. 
            35. 
            PrisonAct
            List 
            This page provides up to date information on the prision crisis in
            the 
            
            United States
            
            and the world.  
            36. 
            Human Rights
            First 
            HRF promotes human rights through legal advocacy worldwide; focuses
            especially on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. 
            37. 
            Medicine &
            Global Survival (MGS) 
            MGS is the official publication of International Physicians for the
            Prevention of Nuclear War. 
            38. 
            Global Health Council  
            A US-based non-profit organization -- strives to mobilize a global
            network to influence health policy by co-sponsoring conferences such
            as Women's Reproductive Health Initiative, Global HIV/AIDS Program
            and others. 
            39. 
            Physicians for Human
            Rights (PHR) 
            PHR seeks, among other goals, to improve the health and sanitary
            conditions of prisons and detention centers, to defend medical
            neutrality and to prevent medical complicity in torture and other
            abuses. 
            40. 
            Physicians for Human
            Rights - Israel 
            Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in
            1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to
            promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents
            of Israel and the Occupied Territories. 
            41. 
            Physicians for Social
            Responsibility (PSR) 
            PSR emphasizes the relationship between environment and health and
            strives to influence global policy; provides research updates,
            publications, press releases and more. 
            42. 
            Global
            Reproductive Health Forum (GRHF) 
            Part of a multifaceted initiative, spearheaded by the Harvard School
            of Public Health to bring women from underserved populations and
            developing countries onto the Internet, where they can access
            information and take part in online discussion groups. 
            43. 
            Save the
            Children 
            Describes the 
            
            United Kingdom
            
            's international children's charity, which is dedicated to
            protecting children's human rights; provides numerous links. 
            44. 
            Genethics                                                                                                                                                     
            This site provides links to the Human Genome Project,
            Biotechnology and Biodiversity Resources, genetics and the law and
            more. 
            45. 
            National Institutes
            of Health Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) 
            Provides extensive links to human and animal protection resources 
             
            46. 
            Scientists for Global
            Responsibility (SGR) 
            SGR examines and fosters the role of scientists in the development
            of socially responsible democratic society. 
            47. 
            World Organization
            Against Torture 
            The World Organization Against Torture (Organisation Mondiale contre
            la Torture) is an NGO dedicated to identifying torture, alerting
            other organizations, and assisting torture victims. 
            48. 
            United Nations Homepage 
            The United Nations homepage provides links and search capabilities
            to access UN treaties and declarations, press releases, country
            reports and more. Links to the Office of the High Commissioner for
            Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of Economic and Social Development. 
            49. 
            UN's Office of the
            High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 
            The homepage for the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human
            Rights (OHCHR) provides extensive human rights information. 
            50. 
            UN — Office
            of Economic and Social Development 
            This site provides ready access to health, disability, aging and
            related resources. 
            51. 
            Video Project 
            This non-profit source lists over 250 educational videotapes for all
            ages on the environment, energy, science, technology, activism,
            violence, and global human rights. 
            52. 
            World Health Organization 
            This site contains links to current and historical documents,
            statistics, and international health initiatives. Has search
            capabilities for access to health and related topics. 
            53. 
            WHO —
            Child and Adolescent Health and Development 
            This World Health Organization web page provides comprehensive links
            to the WHO's Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CHD)
            programs. 
            54. 
            WHO -- Reproductive
            Health and Research 
            Describes World Health Organization research regarding human
            reproduction (HRP) in collaboration with the Women's and Adolescent
            Health Units. Provides a bibliographic database, recent publications
            and search capabilities. 
            55. 
            Institute
            for Global Communications (IGC) 
            The Institute for Global Communication website provides links to
            information about health/reproductive rights, women and technology,
            women's organizations, and more. 
            56. 
            World
            Bank's Early Child Development (ECD) 
            Describes the ECD program to integrate health, nutrition and early
            child care services in developing countries; links to the
            International Development Association (IDA) and other sites
            pertinent to children's health and human rights. 
            57. 
            World
            Bank — Developmental Goals 
            Provides links to the Health,
            Nutrition, and Population page of the World Bank's Human
            Development Department, including Early Child Development (ECD),
            HIV/AIDS, health care financing, women's health and more.
            
            
             
            
             
            
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