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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 1. Investing in Health
   1. The 20th Century Takeoff in Human Health
   2. Child Health
   3. Health System Development and Finance
2. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
   1. Assessing the Evidence on the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
3. 3. Strengthening Health Systems
   1. History and Current Themes
   2. Assessment of Approaches to Strengthen Health System Capacity
   3. Solutions in Low-Capacity Environments
4. 4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
   1. Needs, Context, Opportunities, and Major Challenges
   2. Key Recommendations
5. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
   1. Medicine before the 20th Century
   2. Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Future
6. 7. Economic Approaches to Valuing Global Health Research
   1. The Value of Health Research
7. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
   1. Cases
   2. General Findings
   3. Intervention Type, Programmatic Characteristics, and Policies
8. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
   1. Taxes and Tax Expenditures: Design and Outcomes
9. 16. Tuberculosis
   1. Epidemiological Burden and Trends
   2. Interventions against Tuberculosis
   3. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions against Tuberculosis
   4. Summary of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
10. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
    1. Public Health Significance of Diarrheal Illnesses
    2. Preventive Strategies
11. 20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
12. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
    1. Causes and Characteristics of Helminth Infections
    2. Averted, Avertable, and Nonavertable Burden
    3. Research and Development
13. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
    1. Epidemiology of Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
14. 27. Newborn Survival
    1. Neonatal Deaths
15. 30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
    1. Interventions and Delivery Modes
    2. Lessons and Experience
16. 32. Neurological Disorders
    1. AD and Other Dementias
    2. Stroke
17. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
    1. Epidemiology of CVD
    2. Burden of Disease
    3. Research and Development
    4. Conclusions: Pitfalls and Promises
18. 34. Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin
    1. Introduction
    2. Burden of Disease
    3. Control and Treatment
19. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
    1. Acute Diseases: Pneumonia and Influenza
20. 36. Diseases of the Kidney and the Urinary System
    1. Economic Benefits of Intervention
    2. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
    3. Research and Development Agenda
21. 38. Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders
    1. Dental Caries
22. 39. Unintentional Injuries
    1. Burden and Causes of Unintentional Injuries
    2. Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits of Intervention
    3. Implementation of Prevention and Control Strategies
23. 42. Indoor Air Pollution
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Condition
    2. Intervention Costs and Effectiveness
    3. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons from Experience
24. 43. Air and Water Pollution: Burden and Strategies for Control
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Air and Water Pollution
    2. Intervention Costs and Cost-Effectiveness
    3. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
25. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
    1. Chronic Disease Prevention
    2. Interventions
    3. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
26. 45. The Growing Burden of Risk from High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight
    1. Burden of the Disease, Condition, or Risk Factor
    2. Interventions
27. 46. Tobacco Addiction
    1. Smoking Trends
    2. Health Consequences of Smoking
    3. Interventions to Reduce Demand for Tobacco
    4. Constraints to Effective Tobacco-Control Policies
28. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
    1. Nature, Causes, and Health Consequences of Illicit Opioid Use
    2. Relevance to Developing Countries
29. 51. Cost–Effectiveness of Interventions for Musculoskeletal Conditions
    1. Nature, Causes, and Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Conditions
30. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
    1. The Role of Surveillance in Major Outbreaks
    2. Surveillance for Specific Conditions
31. 55. Drug Resistance
    1. Risk Factors
32. 60. Occupational Health
    1. Nature and Causes of Occupational Health Conditions in the Developing World
    2. Interventions
    3. Economic Aspects of Intervention
33. 69. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    1. Demography, Use, Toxicity, and Efficacy
    2. Lessons Learned and Implementation
34. 72. Ensuring Supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines
    1. Issues for the Future
35. 73. Strategic Management of Clinical Services
    1. The Specifics: What Works?

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
   1. Changes in Mortality, 1990–2001
   2. Discussion
2. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
   1. Estimating Deaths by Cause: Methods and Data
   2. Global and Regional Mortality in 2001
   3. Global Burden of Disease in 2001
   4. Discussion and Conclusions
   5. Acknowledgments
3. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
   1. Joint Effects of Multiple Risk Factors
   2. Discussion

Priorities in Health

1. 1. Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities
   1. Historical Achievements in World Health
   2. Equity
2. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
3. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
   1. Maternal and Neonatal Health
4. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
   1. Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight
   2. Unintentional Injuries
   3. Tobacco Use
5. 6. Providing Interventions
   1. Levels of Care
6. 7. Pillars of the Health System
   1. Information, Surveillance, and Research
   2. Human Resources

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 01. Investing in Health

1. Rate of Change in Life Expectancy, 1960-2002, By World Bank Region