Global Health
CDC Emergency
CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: increasing the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.1,346,178 followers | Follow
Gates Foundation
We work to help all people lead healthy, productive lives, focused on health, poverty, and opportunity. Follow our work on @gateshealth, @gatesag, and @gatesed.744,905 followers | Follow
CAREUSA (care.org)
CARE fights global poverty with an emphasis on empowering women and girls with education, and maternal health and microfinance resources!480,009 followers | Follow
womenshealth.gov
The Office on Women's Health is part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. (Note: following/being followed neither implies nor equals endorsement.)426,584 followers | Follow
Save the Children
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world.417,702 followers | Follow
Harvard Health
Authoritative health information, drawing on the expertise of 8,000 faculty physicians at Harvard Medical School and its world-famous affiliated hospitals.344,054 followers | Follow
Discovery Health
Your source for health & wellness info, tips, tools, support & great TV!!330,005 followers | Follow
USDA Food Safety
Food Safety and Inspection Service educates consumers about the importance of safe food handling and reducing the risk of foodborne illness295,343 followers | Follow
girlshealth.gov
U.S. DHHS Office on Women's Health website for girls ages 10 - 16. We have resources for parents and teachers too!281,558 followers | Follow
American Cancer Soc
The official American Cancer Society Twitter stream. Together we're helping you stay well, get well, by finding cures and fighting back. 1-800-227-2345276,609 followers | Follow
OK International
Occupational Knowledge International is a nonprofit organization working to build capacity in developing countries to protect public health and the environment.263,485 followers | Follow
msnbc.com - Health
Health, diet and nutrition news from msnbc.com. Curated by @melissadahl, @jonel_aleccia and others.255,604 followers | Follow
CDC_eHealth
CDC social media, including: videos, eCards, widgets, Twitter chats. Comments received are subject to PRA & may be archived http://go.usa.gov/8Ea.238,781 followers | Follow
NIH for Health
NIH…Turning Discovery into Health. Read our Privacy Policy: http://www.nih.gov/about/privacypolicy_parttwo.htm229,897 followers | Follow
EMERGENCY ONG/Onlus
Independent and neutral Italian NGO delivering high quality, free-of-charge medical and surgical care to victims of war, landmines and poverty.206,303 followers | Follow
Doctors w/o Borders
The U.S. office of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries.203,359 followers | Follow
WSJ Health News
Health, healthcare, biotech, new drugs & medicine coverage from The Wall Street Journal.187,035 followers | Follow
NYTimes Well
Follow Tara Parker-Pope as she sifts through medical research to help readers live well every day. Also find Tara on Twitter @taraparkerpope185,965 followers | Follow
JHU Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Protecting Health, Saving Lives Millions at a Time179,558 followers | Follow
healthfinder.gov
Your Source for Reliable Prevention and Wellness Information. Note: Followers' tweets do not necessarily represent the views of healthfinder.gov.164,478 followers | Follow
greythinking
Commentary on mental health, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, PTSD, psychopharmacology, etc.164,009 followers | Follow
Partners In Health
Providing health care and social justice for the poor in 12 countries around the world.141,240 followers | Follow
World Bank
The official World Bank Twitter feed. The World Bank's mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results.137,431 followers | Follow
USA TODAY Health
Latest news on health, science, fitness, food, parenting, and relationships from USATODAY.com.131,903 followers | Follow
ICRC in English
International Committee of the Red Cross ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and other situations of violence.115,648 followers | Follow
Hans Rosling
Professor Global Health, Karolinska Institutet. Edutainer & co-founder of Gapminder Foundation80,520 followers | Follow
Operation Save Lives
We Are A Non-Profit That May Have Saved Your Life Today....People Say We Have Some Of The Best Tweets On Twitter.....Hmmm.65,555 followers | Follow
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to cancer research. Together we will beat cancer40,098 followers | Follow
healthymagination
A shared commitment to creating better health for more people. Together.32,204 followers | Follow
Global Development
Join the debate about how to solve the world's biggest problems on the Guardian's global development site. Talk to us here or via development@guardian.co.uk31,204 followers | Follow
The Global Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: investing the world's money to save lives. RTs & links we share don't necessarily mean endorsement.30,570 followers | Follow
AIDS Healthcare
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest #nonprofit global #HIV #AIDS treatment & #advocacy organization, provides care to 164,000 patients in 26 countries.28,205 followers | Follow
NHS Choices
Online gateway to the National Health Service in England, providing health & lifestyle advice, find & compare GPs/ hospitals/dentists and leave your feedback23,734 followers | Follow
HarvardPublicHealth
Educating new generations of global health leaders & taking innovative ideas from the lab to people's lives22,844 followers | Follow
Carnegie Foundation
19,159 followers | Follow
Alzheimer's Society
Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading support service and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them.16,333 followers | Follow
Stanford Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine integrates research, education, patient care and community service. Feed maintained by @steakley & @jbstafford.14,877 followers | Follow
GAVI Alliance
GAVI's mission: To save children’s lives and protect people’s health by increasing access to immunisation in developing countries.13,805 followers | Follow
Global Health
The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world.13,675 followers | Follow
Malaria Envoy
Ban Ki-moon appoints Ray Chambers as Special Envoy for Malaria12,428 followers | Follow
AmeriCares
We are a nonprofit international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization.12,056 followers | Follow
American Lung Assoc.
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.11,653 followers | Follow
Health Care Reform
Official House twitter account. Working to reduce health care costs, guarantee your choice of doctors & plans, & ensure affordable, quality care for all.10,643 followers | Follow
HealthTechnica
Blog of Health Care professionals dedicated to improving the health industry via the use of technology. Patients First, Technology First.10,187 followers | Follow
PAHO/WHO Equity
PAHO/WHO Public Health, Equity and Human Development, Social Determinants of Health. Pan American Health Organization Regional WHO for the Americas8,490 followers | Follow
Focused on Health
Daily #gethealth tips & tweets to help you prevent cancer & live a longer, healthier life. Brought to you by MD Anderson Cancer Center.8,463 followers | Follow
Maryn McKenna
Author of SUPERBUG & BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. Blogger @Wired; columnist @SciAm; SELF, Nature, Guardian, etc. Next book: food production. Also @MRSA_blog.7,992 followers | Follow
Petra Boynton
Social Psychologist. Lecturer in International Health Research,UCL. Agony Aunt.Blogger.Studying relationships during pregnancy/parenthood7,791 followers | Follow
Alanna Shaikh
International development optimist & skeptic, global health & int'l dev blogger at Blood & Milk, UN Dispatch. TED fellow. All tweets my opinion not employer's.7,466 followers | Follow
Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium is the world’s leading NGO dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria in the developing world7,343 followers | Follow
HealthMap.org
Public website bringing together disparate data sources to achieve a unified view of the current global state of infectious diseases6,457 followers | Follow
BrandTipsTools
Bringing you today's most important Branding, Marketing, and PR tips, tools, and headlines. Send your tweets to BTT & we’ll RT to our followers.6,340 followers | Follow
Public Health Found.
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is dedicated to achieving healthy communities through research, training, and technical assistance.6,316 followers | Follow
Global Network
We are an advocacy initiative dedicated to raising the awareness, political will, & funding necessary to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)5,564 followers | Follow
Global Health Corps
Global Health Corps (GHC) aims to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity.5,143 followers | Follow
J Nat'l Cancer Inst
JNCI, an Oxford University Press USA journal, publishes peer-reviewed original research & an internationally acclaimed source for cancer news and information.5,105 followers | Follow
Johns Hopkins CGH
Coordinating global health activity across @JohnsHopkins University4,951 followers | Follow
CDC Global Health
CDC works 24/7 to save lives, reduce disease, and improve health around the world.4,766 followers | Follow
MSF Access Campaign
We push for access to & the development of life-saving and life prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests & vaccines for patients in MSF programmes and beyond.4,054 followers | Follow
mhequalities
Continuing to highlight newly published mental health and social care related content. New focus for 2012 - Sporting Reminiscence3,910 followers | Follow
HL7 Standards
Engaging conversations on healthcare and technology. #HITsm | http://ow.ly/3GxJa3,760 followers | Follow
BU Public Health
Not just dreaming. Doing. The official Twitter feed of Boston University School of Public Health. Join the dialogue!3,495 followers | Follow
ResearchAmerica
Research!America works to make research to improve health a national priority.3,383 followers | Follow
Martin McKee
Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/ Director Research Policy European Observatory3,255 followers | Follow
Agnes Binagwaho
Minister of Health of Rwanda http://www.moh.gov.rw/ Senior Lecturer Harvard Medical School / Honorary Doctor of Sciences Dartmouth College3,181 followers | Follow
Peter Singer
CEO of @gchallenges & Director of @srcglobal. Dedicated 2 bringing innovation 2 health challenges of the world’s poor. Co-author of The Grandest Challenge3,118 followers | Follow
Data Resource Center
The Data Resource Center is a free online data resource funded by MCHB/HRSA. (Postings and followings do not imply endorsement)3,001 followers | Follow
HIV Insight
HIV, AIDS, STD, STI, TB, HCV, HBV Information. Also @Hlth_Literacy & G+ http://ht.ly/baITU2,915 followers | Follow
Malaria No More UK
Malaria affects almost half of the world's population and claims the life of a child every minute... but with your help we can make malaria no more.2,890 followers | Follow
IFTF Health Horizons
Health Horizons at Institute for the Future scans for signs of change over the next 3-10 years for a deep understanding of global health. Creators of BodyShock.2,260 followers | Follow
One Society
'One Society' works to promote policy & practice which would reduce excessive income #inequality and have benefits for society, businesses & the economy.2,229 followers | Follow
PRI Global Health
PRI.org coverage on health and well-being of the developing world.2,174 followers | Follow
Fogarty at NIH
Fogarty International Center at NIH supports research & training to improve health in developing countries. Privacy Policy: http://go.usa.gov/RQ82,155 followers | Follow
Erin Hohlfelder
Health Policy Manager for @ONECampaign + Pittsburgh sports fan, global traveler, coffee lover. Tweets are not made on behalf of employer.2,135 followers | Follow
Jane Dreaper
BBC Health Correspondent. Interested in NHS, medical research + global health.2,103 followers | Follow
AllHealthReform
The Alliance for Health Reform provides an unbiased source of information to elected officials and their staffs, journalists, policy analysts and advocates.2,082 followers | Follow
Liam Donaldson
Former Chief Medical Officer England. Thinks, speaks, writes and leads in public health,healthcare quality and safety, global health.1,908 followers | Follow
Mahalo Health
1,852 followers | Follow
HealthCare Intl.
HealthCareInternational.net has live health news, health related blog links and more1,837 followers | Follow
grandchallenges.ca
Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting bold ideas with big impact in global health. Also follow @PeterASinger @AbdallahDaar @TaylorAndrew11,739 followers | Follow
Neglected Diseases
A @McGillU student's effort to connect and mobilize research, global & public health resources for combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).1,675 followers | Follow
MalariaPolicyCenter
The Malaria Policy Center, a project of Malaria No More, works to raise awareness and galvanize support to address the global fight against malaria.1,670 followers | Follow
We've moved to @WHO
We're in the process of retiring this account. For updates from the World Health Organization, please follow @WHO1,668 followers | Follow
STL Health & Fitness
Health and medical news from writers at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.1,555 followers | Follow
IAIA Health Blog
Health impact assessment news and information since 2005. An activity of the International Association for Impact Assessment's Health Section. Tweets by @ben_hr1,550 followers | Follow
Amanda Glassman
Global health policy with a focus on financing and economics. Tweets are personal views, RT not endorsement.1,378 followers | Follow
Vestergaard Frandsen
Vestergaard Frandsen's official Twitter feed of info on malaria, NTDs, waterborne disease, development, the MDGs, and company news1,295 followers | Follow
Healthbuzz
Dr Jim provides prescription strength health information on the Healthbuzz Podcast1,280 followers | Follow
EcoHealth Alliance
EcoHealth Alliance works at the intersection of ecosystem, animals and human health through local conservation programs and global health solutions.1,280 followers | Follow
George Darroch
Working in malaria, Timor-Leste. Indonesia-watcher, public health aficionado, diver, cyclist, NZr.1,231 followers | Follow
Nathan Grey
Public Health Advocate, Social Media Fan, Writer - http://NathanGrey.info Tweets on #globalhealth #cancer #NCDs.1,226 followers | Follow
Hip Replacement Info
Promoting patient awareness of hip replacement surgery options. A public service of the Foundation for the Advancement in Research in Medicine, Inc. (FARM)1,217 followers | Follow
CDC BioSense
BioSense is a disease surveillance program designed to increase emergency preparedness thru development of national network for real-time disease detection.1,209 followers | Follow
IMDFoundation
(Formerly @FIMDM) We have been working for over two decades to advance evidence-based shared decision making.1,129 followers | Follow
MAAllianceonTeenPreg
Advocating to prevent teen pregnancy, increase opportunity for young parents, & empower youth to make healthy decisions on relationships, sex, parenting & life1,127 followers | Follow
Smitha mundasad
At BBC World Service. Global health and science geek and junior doctor. Views my own.1,105 followers | Follow
LSHTM Malaria Centre
LSHTM Malaria Centre houses the largest group of malaria researchers under one roof in Europe. We are the authoritative academic voice on malaria research.1,011 followers | Follow
Catherine Klapperich
It's molecular biology, not rocket science! BME Prof.; Global Health; Diagnostics, DNA/RNA, http://www.facebook.com/klapperichlab976 followers | Follow
LeprosyMissionCanada
TLMC is a faith-based international development organization working towards inclusive development within the context of leprosy, disability and NTDs.947 followers | Follow
GlobalHealth@UNSW
GlobalHealth@UNSW : a network committed to enhancing quality and value of global health & development research and teaching. Tweets by Prof. Anthony Zwi.941 followers | Follow
Matthew Greenall
HIV&AIDS, sexuality, human rights, public health, civil society.904 followers | Follow
Medtronic NCD
Medtronic’s Global NCD Initiative is leveraging people, products and philanthropy to alleviate the burden of chronic, non-communicable diseases.894 followers | Follow
Brenna Young
Working to improve maternal and infant health in remote locations.774 followers | Follow
healthshow
A weekly magazine series on BBC World News covering medical, scientific and technological advances in the field of global health748 followers | Follow
Cameron Taylor Nutt
Research Assistant to Minister of Health of Rwanda @agnesbinagwaho; Fellow at Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science695 followers | Follow
Health Unbound
HealthUnbound.org, or HUB, is powered by the mHealth Alliance. To learn more about our work, please follow @mHealthAlliance. Join the mHealth conversation!693 followers | Follow
GNS Healthcare
Big Data analytics company dedicated to discovering what works in healthcare and for whom686 followers | Follow
Anthony Costello
Director, UCL Institute for Global Health. Pisces. Millwall. Nepal. Yoga. Coltrane.677 followers | Follow
History of Vaccines
A website chronicling the compelling history of vaccination642 followers | Follow
Global Health Scient
Former HIV Vaccine researcher and currently an advocate for a number of global health initiatives. I read a lot - I share a little.633 followers | Follow
Gabriel Adams
Official launch The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases at OneHealth NTD conference June London 2012 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Med628 followers | Follow
Arogya World
Arogya World is a U.S. based non-profit organization working to reduce the global impact of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), one community at a time.593 followers | Follow
Medscape Lung
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine provides you with breaking medical news; reference on drugs, diseases, and procedures; and free CME.567 followers | Follow
The Leprosy Mission
We’re an international Christian development organisation. Our vision is a world without leprosy. We’re motivated by God's love for people affected by leprosy484 followers | Follow
Eddie Oldfield
E.Oldfield, BA, M.Phil candidate. Experience in GIS for health, environment, communities, & OGC interoperability standards. Masters research in Mapping/Policy.461 followers | Follow
Alan Fenwick
NGO working to eliminate 7 neglected tropical diseases from sub-Saharran Africa441 followers | Follow
United against NTDs
The UK Coalition against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is made up of organisations tackling these 13 infections that afflict the world’s poorest people.430 followers | Follow
Joshua Havumaki
Combining the best of Systems Biology, Global Health and Math Modeling.427 followers | Follow
Anna Dirksen
Global health and sustainable development communications expert working at the UN Institute for Advanced Studies in Tokyo... views expressed are my own.406 followers | Follow
Deworm The World
Improving the health and education of school-age children worldwide by supporting, coordinating, and advocating for school-based deworming programs.380 followers | Follow
GasteinForum
European Health Forum Gastein, Europe’s leading high-level health policy platform!307 followers | Follow
mothersofafrica
A Medical Educational Charity that trains medical staff in Sub-Sahara Africa to care for mothers during pregnancy and childbirth.297 followers | Follow
MNT Vaccines
The latest immune system and vaccines news published daily. Articles from research centers, universities and prestigious journals.265 followers | Follow
Moms Who Vax
We believe in social responsibility, ensuring public health, living by the social contract, and protecting our kids--and yours.263 followers | Follow
Human Microbiome
226 followers | Follow
Joshua Rhein
Infectious disease fellow with interest in global health and tropical medicine. Soccer fan. Critic.205 followers | Follow
Malaria Nexus
Malaria Nexus is Elsevier’s Global Malaria Resource: A major hub for scientists working in all aspects of malaria research.192 followers | Follow
Jocalyn Clark
Medical journal editor, global health connoisseur, open access & PLoS advocate. Views are my own.184 followers | Follow
One in Seven
A blog which aims to raise the profile of the Neglected Tropical Diseases @harrietebailey @alicelighton @jinanharb @piphobbs171 followers | Follow
Julien Potet
#NTDs Neglected Tropical Diseases policy advisor for Médecins Sans Frontières' Access Campaign. Personal views expressed here.135 followers | Follow
Lyn Whitham
VP Communications @gchallenges Telling the world about bold ideas with big impact in global health.130 followers | Follow
Modi Mwatsama
Public Health Nutritionist & Policy Adviser at the National Heart Forum. Doctor of Public Health candidate, Global Health, LSHTM. Views are personal.120 followers | Follow
M tuberculosis
Infectious agent responsible for tuberculosis, an infection primarily of the lungs that can spread to other parts of the body.105 followers | Follow
David Legge
95 followers | Follow
Tracey Koehlmoos
Generating, synthesizing and translating health systems knowledge to action in developing countries.91 followers | Follow
Develop World Health
DWH focuses on the development of treatments for the most devastating tropical diseases on Earth, affecting millions of people in the developing world.87 followers | Follow
SE Harman, DrPH(abd)
Epidemiologist DrPH(abd) Working dissertation on the Prevention of Obesity in Native American children.53 followers | Follow










































































































































































