Geographical Locations - Ireland

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 681
• CIA World Factbook : Ireland

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Ireland
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile: Ireland
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Ireland
• Regional Office for Europe (EURO) in Copenhagen (Denmark)

Government

• Combat Poverty Agency - a state agency working for the prevention and decrease of poverty and social exclusion and the reduction of inequality in Ireland
• Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
• Department of Education and Science
• Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
• Department of Health and Children
  - Health Promotion Unit
• Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs
• Health and Safety at Work (Ireland)
• National Safety Council - "established in December 1987 to promote Road Safety, Water Safety and Fire Safety through education, training programmes and publicity campaigns"
• Public Health Department, North Western Health Board

Non-Government

• Irish Heart Foundation
• National Youth Council of Ireland - "the co-ordinating body for voluntary youth organisations and services in Ireland representing over half a million young people"

Academic Institutions

• European Institute of Women's Health
• Irish Clearing House on Health Outcomes - "to enable those engaged in evaluating the impact of their practice and those who have an interest in the effect of current practice on the health status of the Irish population, to have access to a range of information and advice. Hopefully, this database, in association with the 'Quality Initiatives' database which is currently being developed by the Irish Society for Quality in Healthcare will facilitate a high level of exchange of ideas and practice"
• Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI) - "the professional organisation for Clinical Nutritionists/Dietitians in Ireland. Founded in 1968, the Institute has grown steadily, and represents Clinical Nutritionists/ Dietitians throughout Ireland as well as having members worldwide"
• National University of Ireland (Galway), Department of Health Promotion
• Trinity College Dublin, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health & Primary Care
• University College Dublin, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health Medicine & Epidemiology

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

Educational Resources

• CDC - Travel Information : Western Europe
• Health Impact Assessment Guidance - Developed by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland on behalf of the Ministerial Group on Public Health, this document describes Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and the steps involved in HIA. It gives advice based on the experience of HIA practitioners and provides tools to help carry out these steps and adapt HIA to local circumstances.
• Population Health Intelligence System (Online) - The ‘Population Health Intelligence System (PHIS (Online))’ website is designed to be a ‘first port of call’ for intelligence about health, the factors that affect it and the interventions that improve it in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The main components of the PHIS (Online) website are: A population Health Knowledge Resource Catalogue – searchable catalogue of knowledge resources together with standard details (‘metadata’) about each: A Reports System – searchable collection of key policies, strategies and programme documents as well as evaluation reports.
  An Indicators System – searchable collection of pre-calculated indicator sets together with online presentation tools and A Data System – searchable collection of aggregated data sets together with online data aggregation, indicator calculation and presentation tools.