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A Reporter's Guide to U.S. Global Health Policy
This online resource provides up-to-date background information for reporters covering global health issues including disease outbreaks, medical advances, Congressional policy debates, foreign policy, economics, food issues, military conflicts, and natural disasters.

Global Health Glossary  
This glossary provides definitions of key terms in global health.

HIV/AIDS Reporting Manual
This reporting guide covers a broad range of subjects including the unique challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS, treatment and prevention strategies, key figures in the struggle against HIV/AIDS and global efforts to finance the campaign against HIV/AIDS. Several country-specific and region-specific manuals are also available in English and other languages.

Data & Statistics

Taking the Temperature: The Future of Global Health Journalism
Based on interviews with reporters, editors and other stakeholders, this report provides a snapshot of the state of global health journalism as media outlets adapt to shrinking newsroom budgets and fewer foreign bureaus.

Kaiser Slides
Graphics and tables on global health statistics and trends, including the U.S. government's response and funding, from studies by Kaiser and others are available to view, group into slideshows, download and print.

Global Health Facts
Kaiser's Global Health Facts provides country-level data on global health conditions, demographics and economics, health systems, and health program funding and financing. The data can be viewed in tables, charts and color-coded maps.

Customized Data Sheets
Customized data sheets, part of Kaiser's Global Health Facts, can be created to compare countries across indicators or to offer a snapshot of an emerging global health issue. Data sheets can be viewed online, printed, emailed or saved.  Examples of this feature include: 

• To get a snapshot of the basic health problems faced by countries with little access to clean water compare access to water with other related indicators in neighboring countries (.pdf).
• To see how countries with significant health care workforce shortages fare compare indicators of health care workforce capacity in several countries to measures of mortality and the economy (.pdf).

Multimedia 

U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus
This series of live, interactive webcasts, devoted to discussing current and critical issues facing the U.S., features experts in the field tackling tough global health problems -- discussing the U.S. government's role and answering questions from webcast viewers.

Global Health Video Library
This free service provides journalists around the world who report on public health issues with rights-free cover footage.

HIV/AIDS Animation Video  
This broadcast-quality animation, available rights-free for broadcasters, illustrates how HIV infects a cell and how antiretroviral treatments combat the virus.

Reporting on HIV/AIDS: Lessons from the Field
This video features interviews with several reporters and a policy analyst who share their views on the unique challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS and offer guidance about issues ranging from understanding data to considering the sensitivities of reporting on someone who is HIV-positive. 

KaiserEDU.org Tutorial: The Current State of the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic This tutorial presents data on the global impact of HIV/AIDS and highlights the countries and regions most affected by the epidemic. The tutorial covers successes, including those related to care, treatment and prevention, as well as the continued challenges in the response to the epidemic.

HIV/AIDS Timeline
This interactive timeline presents key HIV-related events and noteworthy activities from 1981 through today.