Economics

Organisations - NGOs, academic institutions, etc.

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) http://www.oecd.org/home/
• Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/About.aspx (for information on OxHA, see also http://www.prb.org/ )
• World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/ (see in particular http://web.worldbank.org/)

Major reports

• An unhealthy America: the economic burden of chronic disease (Milken Institute) http://www.chronicdiseaseimpact.com/
• Chronic Disease: An Economic Perspective (Oxford Health Alliance, 2006) http://www.oxha.org/initiatives/economics/
• The Contribution of Health to the Economy in the European Union (Suhrcke et al., European Commission, 2005) http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_overview/
• Disease Control Priorities Project www.dcp2.org
• Dying Too Young: Addressing Premature Mortality and Ill Health due to Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries in the Russian Federation (World Bank, 2005) http://web.worldbank.org/
• Engineers against Poverty: http://www.engineersagainstpoverty.org/
• Preventing Chronic Disease: A Vital Investment (WHO, 2005) http://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/en/
• A Race Against Time: The Challenge of Cardiovascular Disease in Developing Economies (Leeder et al., Columbia University, 2004) http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/
• 'Reducing the Growing Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing World' (Thomas A. Gaziano, Health Affairs 26(1): 13-24, 2007) http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/1/13
• Sick Cities (Sydney Morning Herald interactive site): http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/sickcities/main.html
• The Prevention of Lifestyle-related Chronic Diseases: An Economic Framework (OECD) http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,3425,en_2649_33929_40324264_119684_1_1_1,00.html

Blogs

• A community of 40 selected science bloggers, set up as an experiment in scientific communication www.scienceblogs.com/

OxHA

• Economics publications on OxHA website http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/