Adolescent & Childhood Diseases

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
2. 3. Strengthening Health Systems
3. 4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
4. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
5. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
6. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
7. 10. Gender Differentials in Health
8. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
9. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
10. 16. Tuberculosis
11. 17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
12. 18. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
13. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
14. 20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
15. 21. Conquering Malaria
16. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
17. 27. Newborn Survival
18. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
19. 38. Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders
20. 39. Unintentional Injuries
21. 40. Interpersonal Violence
22. 49. Learning and Developmental Disabilities
23. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
24. 54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health
25. 56. Community Health and Nutrition Programs
26. 62. Control and Eradication
27. 63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child
28. 72. Ensuring Supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
2. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
3. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
4. 6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease

Priorities in Health

1. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
2. 3. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
3. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries

Presentations

Chapter 02. Intervention Cost-Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages

1. Cost-effectiveness of Interventions for Childhood Conditions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
2. Neglected Low-Cost Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Childhood Immunization, Malaria, and Childhood Illnesses
3. Neglected Low-Cost Opportunities in South Asia: Childhood Immunization, Lower Acute Respiratory Illness, and Maternal and Neonatal Care

Chapter 01. Investing in Health

1. Reducing Under-five Mortality: How much health will a million dollars buy?

Chapter 20. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

1. Cost per Deaths and Disability Adjusted Life Years Averted by Vaccination, 2001
2. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Hib and Hepatitis B, 2001
3. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Measles and Yellow Fever, 2001
4. Annual Cost per Fully Immunized Child for the Traditional Childhood Vaccines, By Region, 2001
5. Annual Cost per Fully Immunized Child for the Traditional Childhood Vaccines, By Immunization Strategy, 2001
6. Disability Adjusted Life Years Lost from Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 2001
7. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Diphtheria and Whooping Cough, 2001
8. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Tetanus and Polio, 2001

Chapter 09. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?

1. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Child Mortality MDG

Chapter 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders

1. Vitamin A Deficiency Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
2. Zinc Deficiency Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
3. Iron Deficiency Anemia Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
4. Percent of Underweight Children Under Age Five, By Region
5. Childhood Deaths and DALYs Attributable to Being Underweight, By Region
6. Iodine Deficiency Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
7. Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Underweight Children
8. Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Vitamin A Deficiency in Children
9. Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Iron, Iodine, and Zinc Deficiency in Children

Chapter 21. Conquering Malaria

1. Estimated Deaths from Malaria in Children Under Age Five in Africa, 2000

Chapter 59. Adolescent Health Programs

1. Young People Ages 20-24 Who Were Married Before Age 20, By Gender
2. Worldwide Distribution of DALYs Lost Among Young Women, By Age Group, 2002
3. Young Women Ages 20-24 Who Had a Child Before Age 18, By Region
4. Worldwide Distribution of DALYs Lost Among Young Men, By Age Group, 2002

Chapter 65. The District Hospital

1. Effectiveness of a Kenyan District Hospital in Preventing Childhood Deaths