Guides: Global Health Law Research Guide: Health Data

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World Health Organization: Data
Provides centralized access to various WHO data sources (such as the Global Health Observatory, below). Includes access to the annual World Health Statistics report.
World Health Organization: Global Health Observatory
Includes reports, statistics, and a map gallery on major health topics. Includes a browsable index of topics and pages for individual countries. The African Health Observatory offers coverage of that region and includes a page with links to National Health Observatories for each of its member nations.
World Bank: Health, Nutrition and Population Portal
Includes databases and “dashboards” for health and population data, as well as a browsable index of topics and pages gathering material on individual subjects (such as COVID-19). The WHO also maintains a Data Catalog that includes many health datasets.
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
The OECD Data Explorer includes data from OECD member nations and selected non-members across a variety of subjects (“themes”), including health. Includes customizable data visualizations across a range of subjects, including health, as well as links to reports and databases.
Global Health Data Exchange
Huge inventory of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data. Note that not all data are available in full.
Center for Disease Control: Health Topics A–Z
Browsable list of topics that includes definitions and subject-specific pages (see e.g. COVID-19).

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