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Australian Human Rights Commission: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice  
URL:http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/health/
Category:Human Rights  Health 

The Australian Human Rights Commission advocates for the rights of Indigenous Australians and works to promote respect and understanding of these rights among the broader community. There is a variety of information, up to date statistics and education materials.

Health (AusAID)  
URL:http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/health.cfm
Category:Health 

Australia assists countries develop better quality, cost effective and community focused health systems that support the sustainable delivery of services and lead to better health outcomes in the long term. We concentrate on helping those people most in need, particularly women and children. There is a strong focus on primary health care and disease prevention and our aid gives emphasis to: targeting major causes of child and maternal mortality and morbidity making a strong contribution in the family planning and reproductive health sector on the basis of a voluntary and non-coercive policy HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities.

State of the World's Children (SOWC)  
URL:http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/
Category:Health 

Each year UNICEF's publication, The State of the World's Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. The report includes supporting data and statistics.

UNDP Human Development Report  
URL:http://hdr.undp.org/
Category:Climate Change  Health 

Every year since 1990, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has commissioned the Human Development Report by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern. The concept of Human Development looks beyond per capita income, human resource development, and basic needs as a measure of human progress and also assesses such factors as human freedom, dignity and human agency, that is, the role of people in development.

United Nations CyberSchoolBus  
URL:http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
Category:General cultural resources  Food Security  Cross curriculum teaching units  General cross curriculum resources  Children's rights  Health 

The United Nations Cyberschoolbus is a website about global issues and the UN for students aged 5-18 and their teachers. Educational resources provide information on different countries and the United Nations, as well as games and puzzles. Teaching resources for curriculum areas such as cities, diseases and telecommunications are also included.

United Nations CyberSchoolBus Millennium Development Goals  
URL:http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/mdgs/
Category:Millennium Development Goals  General cultural resources  Health  Children's rights  Cross curriculum teaching units  Food Security  General cross curriculum resources 

The United Nations Cyberschoolbus MDG website is a website about the Millennium Development Goals for students aged 5-18 and their teachers. Educational resources such as photos, text and short videos provide information on the Millennium Development Goals.

World Bank: Public Health at a Glance  
URL:http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTHEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/EXTPHAAG/0,,enableDHL:TRUE~menuPK:64229809~pagePK:64229836~piPK:64229814~theSitePK:672263,00.html
Category:Health  Australia's Aid Program  Global Education organisations 

The Public Health at a glance fact sheets aim to provide easy access to the state of the art in core basic health functions, and basic health, nutrition and population (HNP) preventive and curative services. These concise summaries are intended as introductions to the issues and the key interventions proven to be effective in improving health. They may be useful to project teams in the Bank and to others making investment decisions designed to improve health and nutrition.

World Health Organization (WHO)  
URL:http://www.who.int/
Category:Disasters  People, Health & Food  Health  International organisations  Food Security 

The official home page of the World Health Organisation, this site provides links to WHO's programs, international campaigns and other health-related information.