Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

This case examines the United Nations' reactions to the cholera epidemic in Haiti and illuminates contemporary gaps in global governance. In January, 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The public health community anticipated Haiti to be at risk for many health threats, but did not consider a cholera outbreak a likely possibility. However, in October of that year, the first case of cholera in more than 100 years was…

This web portal from the American Public Health Association provides fact sheets on a range of topics, from environmental health and health reform to emergency preparedness. These fact sheets focus primarily on issues related to public health in the United States. The American Public Health Association (APHA) is an organization of public health professionals focusing on health reform, science-based advocacy, and policy programs in the United States. APHA publishes the American Journal of Public Health and The Nation’s…

This resource pack includes a collection of contemporary global health reports, accompanied by an annotated bibliography, to help educators find up to date information on a variety of important population health topics. Reports were selected that are peer-reviewed, target a general audience, provide a world perspective, and contextualize health challenges in different regions and countries. Most reports have useful companion resources that can be used for teaching, such as data interactives, country profiles, regional briefs,…