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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 1. Investing in Health
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. 6. Product Development Priorities
6. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
7. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
8. 10. Gender Differentials in Health
9. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
10. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
11. 16. Tuberculosis
12. 17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
13. 18. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
14. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
15. 20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
16. 21. Conquering Malaria
17. 22. Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy
18. 23. Tropical Diseases Lacking Adequate Control Measures: Dengue, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosomiasis
19. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
20. 25. Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
21. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
22. 27. Newborn Survival
23. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
24. 30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
25. 32. Neurological Disorders
26. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
27. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
28. 37. Skin Diseases
29. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
30. 54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health
31. 55. Drug Resistance
32. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
33. 62. Control and Eradication
34. 63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child

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
3. 5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates
4. 6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease

Priorities in Health

1. 1. Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities
2. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
3. 3. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
4. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
5. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
6. 7. Pillars of the Health System

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 01. Investing in Health

1. The Burden of Disease, 2001
2. Causes of Death, 2001

Chapter 04. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions

1. Disease Burden Distribution, by Select World Bank Region, 2001
2. Disease Burden Distribution, by Select World Bank Region, 2001

Chapter 65. The District Hospital

1. Cost-effectiveness of a Nongovernmental District Hospital in Rural Bangladesh