Beyond Borders: Ethics, Humanity, and Health Care

A Health Topic page from the WHO. Scroll down almost to the bottom of the page to look up Country Profiles. Also includes overviews, news, fact sheets, infographics, and more.

Produced by the American Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer – provides a comprehensive global overview of information about the burden of cancer, associated risk factors, methods of prevention, and measures of control.

A suite of data visualization tools to explore estimates of the incidence, mortality, and prevalence of 36 specific cancer types and of all cancer sites combined in 185 countries or territories of the world in 2022, by sex and age group, as part of the GLOBOCAN project. From the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Presents international trends in cancer-specific incidence and mortality rates. From the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Provides a suite of data visualization tools to predict the future incidence and mortality for a given country or region from the current estimates in 2022 up until 2050, based on estimates of the incidence, mortality, and prevalence of 36 specific cancer types and of all cancer sites combined in 185 countries or territories of the world in 2022 , by sex and age group, as part of the GLOBOCAN project. From the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer.

A Health Topic page from the WHO. Includes overviews and news as well as links to country profiles, fact sheets, infographics, and more.

From the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer. Aims to enable countries to create effective, sustainable cervical cancer strategies that are specifically adapted to their unique demographic and health-care needs.

Free, full-text book published in 2022 reviewing the scientific evidence and assessing the cancer-preventive and adverse effects of various methods of screening for cervical cancer. Use the "Search This Book" box to find references to the country you are researching.

Free, full-text book published in 2023. Describes current best practices in the following aspects of a cervical screening programme: conducting an audit of cervical cancers; establishing legal and ethical frameworks to safeguard the interests of screening participants, health professionals, and programme managers associated with cervical screening; developing a strategy for effective and transparent communication with target populations and other stakeholders about the benefits, risks, and limitations of cervical screening; and establishing a framework for developing workforce competencies in communication.

Free, full-text books in biomedical and health sciences.