Research Guides: NURS 4160: (Term 8): Global Health Country Briefing: Home

This guide provides an extensive list of sources to search for your N4160 country briefing proposal assignment.

Country information - history, geography, demography, politics, religion & culture

CIA World Factbook
Updated weekly, this free site provides information on 267 countries recognized by the USA. The Country Comparisions pages rank countries in descending order for 80 specific variables, for example: Health expenditures ~ GDP per capita ~ Gini index
Sample country profile: Angola

Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
Recent historical, political and economic information on over 250 countries, plus in-depth coverage of regional developments.

Countries and Their Cultures
Call Number: GN 307 C68 2001 (1st floor Reference)
Four volumes. Profiles 225 alphabetically arranged countries, providing an overview of the cultures that shape each one. Includes brief overviews of medicine and health care.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures This link opens in a new window
This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture.

World Health Organization Country Profiles
Excellent starting point for country-level information about health systems and statistics, including total expenditure on health as % of GDP. Canada is included, so easy to find comparative data. WHO Country Cooperation Strategy reports describe and analyse a country's health issues, policies and systems in detail.
Sample profile: Angola
Sample WHO Country Cooperation Strategy report: Angola 2015-2019 Brief (2 pages) and Full report (58 pages)
Global Burden of Health - Country Profiles
Extensive health and mortality information compiled from the Global Burden of Disease portal, hosted at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Includes estimates of how much is spent on health care and what the sources are.
Sample profile: Angola
OECD Health
Detailed health data, including expenditures and policies, on the OECD's 35 member countries.