Welch Medical Library Guides: Global Health Resources: Open Access Images & Videos

Global Health Image & Video Databases

Centers for Disease Control: Public Health Image Library
Collection of over 17,000 images provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Use Advanced Search to search by keyword, image licenses, and even Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
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Type: Photographs; Posters

Medical Imaging Type: Ultrasonic imaging; Radiography; Tomography; Microscopy

Subjects: Communicable diseases; Sexually transmitted diseases; Health education; Medical illustrations; Vaccination; AIDS (Disease); Poliomyelitis; Blood transfusions; Smallpox; Influenza; Nutrition; Physical fitness

Rights: Educational Use Only; some items may be No Restrictions on Use
JHSPH Open Public Health (Open Access Images)
Hundreds of open public health images provided by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Use this site to find open access and Creative Commons public health materials.
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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Maps
Medical Imaging Type: n/a
Subjects: Teenagers--Medical care; Health behavior in adolescence; Aging; Health behavior--Age factors; Biometry; Cancer; Oncology; Chronic diseases; Environmental health; Public health; Emergency management; Population; Population research; Occupational health services; Industrial safety; Employee health promotion; Nutrition; Mental health; Child health services; Maternal health services; Malaria; Wounds and injuries; Infection; AIDS (Disease); AIDS (Disease)—Patients; HIV-positive persons; Medical policy; World health; Genetics; Refugees
Rights: Creative Commons
U.S. Census Bureau: Library - Infographics and Visualizations
Roughly 200 infographics & visualizations from the U.S. Bureau on a variety of topics, including healthcare. Visuals mostly date from 2000 to the present. See Infographics and Visualizations for visualizations about historical population data, Census Bureau data sets and subject areas. See Photos to access a library of stock photos from the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau serves "as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy."
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Type: Illustrations; Posters

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical statistics; Health insurance; Public health; Information visualization; Population; Economic indicators; Statistical maps; North America

Rights: No Restrictions on Use
Kanopy (Health videos)
Over 550 popular documentaries and feature films related to Health & Wellness. Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for public libraries and educational institutions that provides library patrons, students and faculty access to a large collection of films
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Type: Videos

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Subjects: Documentary films; Public health; Epidemics; Epidemics--History; Drug addiction; Drug carriers (Pharmacy); Mental health policy; Mental health services; Physical fitness; Nutrition; Feature films

Rights: All Rights Reserved
National Institutes of Health: Flickr Image Gallery
A collection of roughly 1,000 photographs of NIH buildings, staff members, lab researchers, and various historical images. Also included are animations, illustrations, and videos.
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Type: Photographs; Illustrations; Posters; Videos

Medical Imaging Type: Microscopy

Subjects: Hospitals; Medical illustration--History; Portrait photography; Medical statistics; Public health; Information visualization; Statistical maps; Medical laboratory technology; Medical laboratory assistants; Medical laboratories; Cells; Cancer; Oncology; Diseases; Anatomy; Zika virus infection; Brain; Influenza; Ebola virus disease; HeLa cells

Rights: Educational Use Only
National Library of Medicine: Digital Collections
This resource is the NLM's collection of biomedical books, still and moving images, totaling over 90,000 items. Unless otherwise indicated, all images are in the public domain.
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Type: Photographs; Posters; Drawings

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical illustrations; Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Cholera; Public health; Corporation reports; Photograph collections; Homeopathy; Anatomy; Epidemics; Military Medicine; Medical education; Surgery; Materia medica, Vegetable

Rights: No Restrictions on Use; Some items may have restrictions
National Library of Medicine: Digital Projects
This site contains the NLM's digital collections as well as digital exhibitions, films and videos, and more.
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Type: Photographs; Posters; Drawings; Manuscripts

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Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Cholera; Anatomy, Artistic; Anatomy; human dissection; Human anatomy--History; Public health; Homeopathy; Anatomy; Epidemics; Military Medicine; Medical education; Surgery; Materia medica, Vegetable; Corporation reports; Photograph collections

Rights: Rights vary (No Restrictions on Use; Some items may have restrictions)
National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine
Images from the History of Medicine provides online access to images from the NLM's historical collections, containing over 70,000 images from the 15th to 21st Century. This includes, but is not limited to, fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters.
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Type: Photographs; Posters; Drawings; Manuscripts

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: Medical illustration--History; Educational/cultural films & video; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Cholera; Public health; Corporation reports; Photograph collections; Homeopathy

Rights: Some items may have restrictions
OHSU Digital Commons
Roughly 6,000 images in several collections of photographs and examples of medical imaging. Featured description from website: "OHSU Digital Commons is a repository for the scholarly and creative work of Oregon Health & Science University. Developed by the OHSU Library, Digital Commons provides the university community with a platform for publishing and accessing content produced by students, faculty, and staff. OHSU Digital Commons documents the history and growth of the university, as well as current progress in education, research, and health care."
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Type: Photographs

Medical Imaging Type: Endoscopy; Brain—Imaging

Subjects: Oregon; Hospitals; Medical colleges; Health occupations schools; Peptic ulcer; Nurses; Nursing; Physicians; Surgery; Surgical instruments and apparatus; Intestinal polyps; Public health

Rights: Educational Use Only
Wellcome Images
Collection of over 40,000 images. Galleries include AIDS posters, illness and wellness, life, and science. Browse the special collections using the tabs on the bottom.
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Type: Illustrations; Photographs; Advertisements; Posters

Medical Imaging Type: n/a

Subjects: AIDS (Disease) and the arts; AIDS (Disease) and the arts; AIDS (Disease) and mass media; AIDS phobia; AIDS (Disease) in mass media; AIDS (Disease)—Patients; Posters; Public health

Rights: Creative Commons