Resources

This page contains select resources we believe will ignite the imaginations of people new to studying global public health.  This list is subject to revisions and we would love to hear your suggestions!

First, a couple of websites: PubMed is a search engine you can use to search for all articles, and PubMed Central searches only for open-access articles (meaning they can be accessed from any computer).

Videos:

Mike Gretes on “Making Medicines for People, not for Profit”: http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/27/mike-gretes-making-medicines-for-people-not-for-profit/

Elizabeth Pisani getting rational with Sex, drugs and HIV: http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1.html

Global Health and Energy videos including on TB, sleeping sickness and malaria: http://www.ibioseminars.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=31

Bjorn Lomborg on global priorities: http://www.ted.com/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities.html

Websites – Research and Information:

On AIDS, drug prices and generic drugs: http://www.avert.org/generic.htm

On vaccine access, research and development: http://www.msf.org.uk/UploadedFiles/Vaccine_Report_201005111518.pdf

Definition of health (WHO 1948): http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/print.html

Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Social Determinants of Health (WHO 2008) http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/en/index.html

Social determinants of health – a brief introduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_determinants_of_health

Websites – Activism:

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines: http://www.uaem.org/

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines – UBC chapter: http://ubc-uaem.org/

Friends of MSF – UBC: http://friendsofmsf.wordpress.com/

MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines: http://www.msfaccess.org/

Books:

Access – How do Good Health Technologies get to Poor People in Poor Countries? http://www.accessbook.org/index.htm

Mountains Beyond Mountains http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Healing-World-Farmer/dp/0375506160

The Wisdom of Whores http://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Whores-Bureaucrats-Brothels-Business/dp/0393066622

Infections and Inequalities http://www.amazon.ca/Infections-Inequalities-Plagues-Paul-Farmer/dp/0520229134

Prescription for Excellence http://www.michaelrachlis.com/product.pfe.php