Helminth Infections

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
2. 6. Product Development Priorities
3. 7. Economic Approaches to Valuing Global Health Research
4. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
5. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
6. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
7. 12. Financing Health Systems in the 21st Century
8. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
9. 14. Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation, Research, and New Product Development
10. 15. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis for Priority Setting
11. 17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
12. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
    1. Laboratory Diagnosis
    2. Transmission
13. 21. Conquering Malaria
14. 22. Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy
15. 23. Tropical Diseases Lacking Adequate Control Measures: Dengue, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosomiasis
16. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
    1. Averted, Avertable, and Nonavertable Burden
    2. Burden of the Disease
    3. Causes and Characteristics of Helminth Infections
    4. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
    5. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Interventions
    6. Economic Benefits of Intervention
    7. Epidemiology of STH Infections and Schistosomiasis
    8. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
    9. Research and Development
17. 38. Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders
18. 41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
    1. Excreta Disposal
19. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
20. 55. Drug Resistance
21. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
    1. Estimating the Burden of Disease
    2. Infectious Disease and School-Age Children
22. 60. Occupational Health
23. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
24. 62. Control and Eradication
    1. Frameworks for Eradication
25. 64. General Primary Care
26. 65. The District Hospital
27. 67. Surgery

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
2. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors

Priorities in Health

1. 1. Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities
2. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
3. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
4. 6. Providing Interventions