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POPULATION AND HEALTH - ACTIVITIES 60-76

60. United Nations Population Information Network

http://www.undp.org/popin/popin.htm

Text driven site offers a wide assortment of data, documentation, and status reports available on world population.

ACTIVITY: List 2 world population trends.

61. U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/population/www/

Text driven site offers official stats relative to population. Shows todayís population, estimates, and projections.

ACTIVITY: What is the current population of the United States?

62. Africa 2000

http://www.africa2000.com/

Comprehensive site on population programs and activities in Africa.

ACTIVITY: Why do Western leaders care so much about population control?

63. CIESIN - Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network

http://www.ciesin.org/

Site provides information for a changing world; CIESIN specializes in global and regional network development, science data management, decision support, training, education and technical consultation services.

ACTIVITY: What is the purpose of the demographic data viewer?

64. Population Index on the Web

http://popindex.princeton.edu/

Searchable database of the quarterly bibliography "Population" index.

ACTIVITY: Why would a scientist, educator, or politician search the population index?

65. Zero Population Growth

http://www.zpg.org/zpg/

A grassroots organization concerned with the impact of rapid population growth and the impact on the environment.

ACTIVITY: What is urban sprawl, and what does it have to do with population growth?

66. World Population Clock

http://sunsite.unc.edu/lunar/pop.html

Site displays the current world population.

ACTIVITY: What is the population of the world this very minute?

67. Center for Demography and Ecology - CDE

http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde

Offers information on the National Demographic Survey. CDE is a multi-disciplinary faculty research cooperative. Planned research activities of CDE focus on population composition and distribution within the United States.

ACTIVITY: What is the purpose of the Finderís Guide?

68.) Demographic and Health Survey

http://www.macroint.com/dhs/

Interesting site provides surveys on fertility, family planning, health and living conditions.

ACTIVITY: What are some of the projects DHS sponsors?

69.) World Population - Sunsite

http://sunsite.unc.edu/lunarbin/worldpop/

Offers population update every 30 seconds. Offers links to two other links for comparing population estimates.

ACTIVITY:

a. There are ________ births every ________seconds.

b. There are ________ deaths every ________seconds.

c. There are ________ international immigrants every ________seconds.

70.) WWW Demographic and Population Studies

http://pstc3.pstc.brown.edu/resources.html

This site contains worldwide www links to demographic and population servers, information sources and census and demographic data resources.

ACTIVITY: What kind of information will you find at the center for Studies in Demographic and Ecological Health?

71.) U.S. Consumer Project Safety Commission

gopher://cpsc.gov/

This text only site contains access to files relating to products and community safety.

ACTIVITY: What does this site have to do with population and demographics?

72.) National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Simple but nice-looking site with numerous links to health and health-related issues. Offers information on hot topics, news and on-line publications.

ACTIVITY: Name 2 facts about the current status of AIDs and AIDs research.

73.) Pan American Health Organization

http://www.paho.org/

An interactive health agency working to improve health and living standards in the Americas. Offers some links to other resources on the web.

ACTIVITY: Why have the health conditions of Costa Ricans improved so much since 1970?

74.) Food For All - Food & Agricultural Organization of the U.N.

http://www.fao.org/

Comprehensive site on an organization attempting to feed the world.

ACTIVITY: Whatís in the news about global starvation today?

75.) Food For the Hungry Home Page

http://www.ghn.org/wcn/

Impressively designed site focuses on how people can help those less fortunate. Offers a variety of timely opportunities to help those in need.

ACTIVITIES:

a. Every minute, how many people die of hunger?

b. What is your opinion about sponsoring children?

76.) World Health Organization WWW

http://www.who.ch/

Links and information about the United Nations Organization.

ACTIVITY: What 5 of 50 facts from the World Health Report amaze you the most?

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