Geographical Locations - Colombia

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 1,061
• CIA - World Factbook: Colombia

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO country profile - Colombia
  - 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 - Colombia
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Colombia
• UNDP - Colombia

Government

• República de Colombia - the official gateway to Colombia provided by the Government
• Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar
• Ministerio de Salud

Non-Government

• Colombian Red Cross
• Salud Colombia - provides access to comprehensive information on the Colombian health care system including universities and NGOs active in the field

Academic Institutions

• Universidad Catolica de Manizales, Facultad de Ciencas de la Salud

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Colombia: Internal Displacement - Policies and Problems - This report by Natalia Springer and commissioned by the UNHCR describes the recent events and developments in Colombia's armed conflict and its effects on displacement trends and human rights violations of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs). Special importance is given to the situation of property rights of Colombian IDPs.
• Health in the Americas 2007: Colombia - 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 Colombia 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 Colombia, 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

• Revista de Salud Pública
• CDC - Travel Information : Tropical South America
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Colombia