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Links to public health Web sites, medical institutions.



Istituto Superiore di Sanita (ISS) (http://www.iss.it)
ISS is the leading technical and scientific public body of the Italian National Health Service. Links to the institute's laboratories and services, research, public health measures, training, and international relations. In Italian, introductory pages in English.

Looking at Health Care (http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/italy/health.html)
Basic information about health care in Italy. From Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Ministero della Salute (http://www.ministerosalute.it)
Ministry of Health. Links to information about the Ministry, its organization, health laws and government documents, food safety, investments in the health care infrastructure, medical testing, and other subjects related to health. In Italian.

Salute News (http://www.xagenasalute.it)
Online magazine with news from Italy and elsewhere about medicine and health. In Italian. Searchable.

Societa' Italiana di Igiene Medicina Preventiva e Sanita Pubblica (http://www.sitinazionale.com/cont/010hom/)
Italian Agency for Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Information about health care and education in Italy with related links. In Italian.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Travelers' Health. Health Information for Travelers to Countries in Western Europe (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/westeurp.htm)
Information on health and safety topics to include vaccinations, diseases, health risks, travel notices, and references and resources.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)
Provides numerous links to health resources and databases such as PubMed--with more than 16 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Search on Italy.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov)
Search on Italy.

University of New South Wales. School of Public Health & Community Medicine. WWW Virtual Library: Public Health: Italy (http://www.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/SPHCMWeb.nsf/page/italy#countryinfo)
Links to resources on public health in Italy including multinational and government organizations, NGOs, academic institutions, documents and educational resources, and more.

World Health Organization: Italy (http://www.who.int/countries/ita/en/)
Links to information on health expenditures, health system, statistics, specific conditions, human resources, and more.

Yahoo! Italia. Medicina e salute (http://it.dir.yahoo.com/medicina%5Fe%5Fsalute/risorse/)
Italian Web sites on health and medical subjects. In Italian.

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