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November 23, 2025

# How does GIDEON get disease statistics from small countries, like in Africa?

## The GIDEON platform offers comprehensive worldwide disease statistics. Learn how even data from small countries are included.

The sources of data included in GIDEON currently include all relevant health ministry publications (electronic and print), peer-reviewed journal publications, and standard texts.

Access a [partial listing of our sources](https://www.gideononline.com/features/resources/). While GIDEON is updated every day, the quality and frequency of data input vary widely from source to source. 

Get a [summary of newly added data.](http://What%20is%20new)

Whenever possible, data points are assigned an electronically-linked reference number. If you require further details regarding sources, please get in touch!

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