Receiving Updates By E-mail
The following organizations provide the opportunity to receive e-mail updates regarding various aspects of global health. If you are aware of other services that should be included on this list, please send details to GMNinfo@mms.org
Customised @lerts is a service of the British Medical Journal. It allows you to receive alerts of publications in categories that you request such as Medicine in Developing Countries or Travel Medicine.
Humanitarian Times provides regular updates about humanitarian crises and aid agencies. To subscribe or unsubscribe to HT, e-mail your request to: HTimes@MSN.com
The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) is distributed by the World Health Organization every Friday in English and French. It serves as “an essential instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations, other communicable diseases of public health importance, including the newly emerging or re-emerging infections, non-communicable diseases and other health problems.” To subscribe, send a message to majordomo@who.ch. The subject field should be left blank and the body of the message should contain only the line subscribe wer-reh .
Interested persons can also subscribe to a variety of other e-mail groups through the World Health Organization (WHO). To view a list of available lists send a message to majordomo@who.ch. The subject field should be left blank and the body of the message should contain only the word lists.
Relief Web, a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides several options for receiving e-mail updates on humanitarian issues.
The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) provides e-mail updates on various humanitarian / disaster situations including helpful background information. To sign up or learn about other USAID email information you can receive, visit the USAID Mailserv page .