Geographical Locations - Bahamas

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 340
• CIA - World Factbook : Bahamas

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Bahamas
  - OPS - Organización Panamericana de la Salud - Representación Argentina, Buenos Aires
  - Regional Office for the Americas / Pan American Health Organization (AMRO / PAHO) in Washington, D.C. (USA)
  - WHO - Tobacco control: country profile: Bahamas
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Bahamas

Government

• Ministerio de Salud y Acción Social

Non-Government

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Health in the Americas 2007: Bahamas - As a health agency, the Pan American Health Organization’s core discipline is epidemiology, which enables the measurement, definition, and comparison of health problems and conditions and their distribution from the perspectives of population, geography, and time. This publication on the Bahamas addresses the issue of health as a human right, taking into account both the individual and community contexts, and examines various critical determinants of health, including those of a biological, social, cultural, economic, and political nature. That examination reveals the existence of gaps, disparities, and inequities that persist in the Bahamas, especially those related to access to basic services, health, nutrition, housing, and adequate living conditions as well as to the lack of opportunities for human development—all of which contribute to the greater vulnerability to diseases and health risks of some population groups. [Adapted from the preface of Health in the Americas 2007]

Educational Resources

• CDC Travellers' Advice- Temperate South America
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Caribbean Islands