Geographical Locations - Armenia

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

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - Regional Office for Europe (EURO) in Copenhagen (Denmark)
  - Country profiles on maternal and newborn health: Armenia
  - Tobacco or Health: country profile (provided by CDC / OSH)
  - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile - Armenia
  - Progress in the Prevention of Injuries in the WHO European Region: Armenia
• UNDP - Armenia

Government

• Ministry of Nature Protection
• National Statistical Service

Non-Government

• Armenian International Dental Association - a Public Health Association in the broader sense of this term
• Armenian International Women's Association - amongst other areas active in the health sector
• Armenia Medical Partnership Program - located at Boston University School of Medicine
• "For Family and Health" Armenian Association - "“A public non-commercial organization, which has the mission to contribute to the improvement of health and well being of all families and individuals throughout the Republic of Armenia and in the Armenian Diaspora through advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, provision of the appropriate information, education, counselling, health care and referral.”
• NGO Training and Resource Center - a project funded by the Armenian Assembly of America, provides excellent resources on NGOs in Armenia

Academic Institutions

• American University of Armenia,
  - Center for Health Services Research
  - College of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health
• Yerevan State University

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Armenia health system performance assessment 2009
  This report summarizes the main findings of an assessment of the performance of the Armenian health system, which was carried out by the Ministry of Health of Armenia, with the technical and financial support from the WHO Regional Office for Europe and from the World Bank. This assessment was carried out in 2008 and 2009 and contributes to the efforts pursued by the government of Armenia to strengthen the capacities of the Ministry of Health for effective stewardship of the health system. This report presents an assessment of the performance of the health system against a number of key performance dimensions: health system stewardship, health management information system, development of health human resources, equity in financing and financial protection, health system efficiency, access to health care services, quality and safety of health care services, risk factors, health promotion and disease prevention, health system responsiveness, and improvement in health status. Policy recommendations are presented at the end of each section of this report. An executive summary is enclosed. [publication abstract] [WHO, Europe, 2010]
• Train the Trainer manual - put out by the "For Family and Health" Armenian Association. In Armenian.

Educational Resources

• WWW Virtual Library: Armenia
• Armenian Embassy to the USA - heaps of information on Armenia, perhaps the most comprehensive Armenian web-site so far
• Armenian Homepage - Hye Toon - excellent resource of all aspects of Armenia
• Armenia Resource Page - excellent information
• CDC - Travel Information : Eastern Europe and the NIS
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Armenia