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Public health aims to "fulfill society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy" (Institute of Medicine, Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health, Division of Health Care Services. 1988. The Future of Public Health.
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  • Community Information Resource Center (free Web resource)  
      
    A product of the Rural Policy Research Institute, the Community Information Resource Center utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to integrate and display public health data about United States communities and regions. Primary audiences
  • CDC Epi Info (free Web resource)  
      
    CDC portal to resources for creating public health maps. Chief product available through this page is EpiInfo, a CDC software package that allows epidemiologists to access and analyze epidemiological data for their areas of responsibility. The web page al
  • CDC Syndromic Surveillance Page (free Web resource)  
      
    Syndromic surveillance involves the monitoring of routine public health data for evidence of potential health outbreaks. This is particularly critical for determining whether a bioterrorist act has occurred. This web page provides a framework for the eval
  • WHO Public Health Mapping and GIS Program (free Web resource)  
    The World Health Organization has maintained a public health mapping and GIS program since 1993. The goal of the program is to deliver timely information to health policymakers. This web page provides an overview of WHO mapping and GIS programs, and delin
 
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