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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 1. Investing in Health
   1. Conclusions
   2. Health System Development and Finance
   3. HIV/AIDS
   4. Research and Development
2. 3. Strengthening Health Systems
   1. Assessment of Approaches to Strengthen Health System Capacity
3. 4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
   1. Needs, Context, Opportunities, and Major Challenges
4. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
   1. Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Future
5. 6. Product Development Priorities
   1. Introduction
6. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
   1. Cases
   2. Intervention Type, Programmatic Characteristics, and Policies
7. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
   1. What Do Countries Need To Do?
8. 10. Gender Differentials in Health
   1. Antecedents
   2. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
9. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
   1. Recent Innovations to Improve the Effectiveness of Development Assistance for Health
10. 15. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis for Priority Setting
    1. Determining Costs for Interventions
11. 18. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
    1. Action under Uncertainty
    2. Care and Treatment
    3. Obstacles to HIV Control
12. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
    1. Case Management
    2. Preventive Strategies
    3. Public Health Significance of Diarrheal Illnesses
13. 20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
14. 22. Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy
    1. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    2. Disease Burden
    3. Interventions and Their Effectiveness
15. 23. Tropical Diseases Lacking Adequate Control Measures: Dengue, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosomiasis
    1. Disease Characteristics and Transmission
    2. Problems and Challenges for Disease Control
16. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
    1. Averted, Avertable, and Nonavertable Burden
    2. Burden of the Disease
17. 25. Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
18. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
    1. Intervention Costs and Cost-Effectiveness
19. 29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries
    1. Cost-Effectiveness of Cancer Control Interventions
20. 30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
    1. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions and Priorities
21. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
    1. Burden of Disease
    2. Conclusions: Pitfalls and Promises
22. 39. Unintentional Injuries
    1. Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits of Intervention
    2. Interventions
23. 40. Interpersonal Violence
    1. Implementation of Prevention Strategies
24. 41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
    1. Excreta Disposal
    2. Water Supply
25. 43. Air and Water Pollution: Burden and Strategies for Control
    1. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
26. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
27. 45. The Growing Burden of Risk from High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight
    1. Burden of the Disease, Condition, or Risk Factor
28. 47. Alcohol
    1. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
29. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
    1. Annex 48.A: Prevalence of Use, Adverse Health Effects of and Interventions for Cannabis, Cocaine, Amphetamines, and MDMA Use and Dependence
30. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
31. 54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health
    1. Systems and Supply of Health Information
32. 57. Contraception
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of the Conditions That Can Be Addressed
33. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
    1. Economic Benefits of Intervention
    2. Implementation of Programs and Lessons from Experience
34. 59. Adolescent Health Programs
    1. Nature and Causes of the Burden of Disease in Young People
35. 60. Occupational Health
    1. Implementation
    2. Interventions
36. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
    1. Disasters as a Public Health Condition
37. 62. Control and Eradication
38. 63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child
    1. Implementation of Programs: Lessons of Experience
    2. Intervention Cost and Cost-Effectiveness
39. 67. Surgery
40. 68. Emergency Medical Services
41. 70. Improving the Quality of Care in Developing Countries
42. 73. Strategic Management of Clinical Services

Priorities in Health

1. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
2. 3. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
   1. How Can Policy Makers Use Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?
3. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
   1. Infectious and Communicable Diseases
4. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
   1. Tobacco Use
   2. Unintentional Injuries
5. 6. Providing Interventions

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 57. Contraception

1. Total Potential Demand for Family Planning in Selected Countries

Chapter 29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries

1. Economic Outcomes of Once-in-a-Lifetime Cervical Cancer Screening Programs in Brazil