Public Health Organizations

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The World Health Organization is United Nations specialized agency for health. Snapshot information about health parameters such as mortality rates, health expenditure, health regulations and systems in each country, specific conditions and diseases and other related statistics can  be found. Also find links to various health topics, publications and research tools.
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Formed by merging the City of  Seattle and King County governments health departments, Public Health – Seattle and King County provide public health services, which promote health and prevent disease in  Loads of information useful for health care providers and educators can be found on the site.
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The Pan American Health Organization is an international public health agency. It serves as a regional office of the World Health Organization as well is a health organization of the Inter-American System. It aims to improve the local and national health systems in America. Find health data, publications and public health related news. The site is very comprehensive.
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The National Association of County and City Health officials, located in  Washington, DC talks about various programs in the area of public health. Areas covered include Environmental Health, Public Health Preparedness, Infectious Diseases and Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. There is more information on peer networks, funding and training opportunities.
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A non-governmental organization, that works in the area of health care for children and adolescents. You can find US state based chapters. It primarily looks to advocate national and state policies, programs and funding that help to integrate school-based health care into America's health care and education system.

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