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| Drugs/Vaccines, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Surveillance |
Controlling onchocerciasis in sub-Saharan Africa
A multipartner international effort begun in 1974 dramatically reduced the incidence and impact of the blinding parasitic disease and increased the potential for economic development in large areas of rural west Africa. Transmission has been virtually halted in west Africa today, and 18 million children born in the 20-country area are now free of the threat of river blindness. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Diarrheal Diseases, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Health Systems, Malnutrition, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Surveillance, Women's Health |
Preventing diarrheal deaths in Egypt
Using modern communication methods, a national diarrheal control program in Egypt increased the awareness and use of life-saving oral rehydration therapy, helping reduce infant diarrheal deaths by 82 percent between 1982 and 1987. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Malnutrition, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Nutrition, School-Based Health, Surveillance, Women's Health |
Improving the health of the poor in Mexico
Since 1997, Mexico's Progresa (now known as ""Oportunidades"") has provided a comprehensive package of education, health, and nutrition interventions to rural families through a conditional cash grants program, resulting in lowered rates of illness and malnutrition and increased school enrollment. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Drugs/Vaccines, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Surveillance, Women's Health |
Controlling trachoma in Morocco
Since 1997, the incidence in Morocco of trachoma, the leading preventable cause of blindness, has been cut by more than 90 percent among children under 10 through a combined strategy of surgery, antibiotics, face washing, and environmental changes. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Surveillance |
Reducing guinea worm in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
A multipartner eradication effort focused on behavior change reduced prevalence of guinea worm by 99 percent in 20 endemic African and Asian countries. Since the start of the campaign in 1986, the number of cases has fallen from 3.5 million to less than 35,000 in 2003. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Infectious Diseases, Surveillance |
Controlling Chagas disease in the southern cone of South America
Through surveillance, environmental vector control, and house spraying, a regional initiative launched in 1991 has decreased the incidence of Chagas disease by 94 percent in seven countries in the southern cone of Latin America. Disease transmission has now been halted in Uruguay, Chile, and large parts of Brazil and Paraguay. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Family Planning, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Women's Health |
Reducing fertility in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, strong leadership of the family planning program, a sustained outreach strategy, and a focus on access to services increased contraceptive prevalence from 3 to 54 percent (and correspondingly decreased fertility from 7 to 3.4 children per woman) over two decades, far in excess of what would have been predicted based on changes in economic and social conditions alone. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Health Systems, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Surveillance, Women's Health |
Curbing tobacco use in Poland
Starting in the early 1990s, the transition to a market economy and a more open society paved the way for health advocates to implement strong tobacco controls in Poland, a country that had the highest rate of tobacco consumption in the world. A combination of health education and stringent tobacco control legislation has averted 10,000 deaths a year, has led to a 30 percent reduction in the incidence of lung cancer among men aged 20 to 44, and has helped boost the life expectancy of men by four years. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Nutrition, Surveillance |
Preventing iodine deficiency disease in China
China's introduction of iodized salt in 1995 reduced the incidence of goiter among children, from 20 to 9 percent, and created a sustainable system of private provision of fortified salt. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Surveillance, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Women's Health |
Eliminating measles in southern Africa
Measles vaccination campaigns in seven African countries nearly eliminated measles as a cause of childhood death in southern Africa and helped reduce the number of measles cases from 60,000 in 1996 to just 117 cases four years later. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Surveillance |
Preventing dental caries in Jamaica.
Between 1987 and 1995 Jamaica's National Salt Fluoridation Program demonstrated up to an 87 percent decrease in dental caries in schoolchildren and has been regarded as a model for micronutrient interventions. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Infectious Diseases, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Surveillance, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
Preventing Hib disease in Chile and The Gambia.
A national Hib vaccination program in Chile reduced prevalence of Hib disease by 90 percent in the early 1990s. In 1997, The Gambia introduced Hib vaccines into its national immunization program and has virtually eliminated the disease from the country. |
Millions Saved/Center for Global Development | External Link | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Child and Adolescent Health, Drugs/Vaccines, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Hospitals, Noncommunicable Diseases, Research and Development, Surveillance, Women's Health | An International Review of Cost-Effectiveness Studies for Mental Disorders (PDF | 810.2k) | Martin Knapp, Barbara Barrett, Renee Romeo, Paul McCrone, Sarah Byford, Jennifer Beecham, Anita Patel, Judit Simon | Working Paper | Nov 2004 | ||||
| Comparative Risk Assessment, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Hospitals, Neurological Disorders, Noncommunicable Diseases, Research and Development, Surveillance | An International Review of the Economic Costs of Mental Illness (PDF | 136.3k) | Teh-Wei Hu | Working Paper | Oct 2004 | ||||
| Comparative Risk Assessment, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Legislation, Millennium Development Goals, Noncommunicable Diseases, Prevention, Research and Development, Surveillance | Modeling the Cost Effectiveness of Injury Interventions in Lower and Middle Income Countries: Opportunities and Challenges (PDF | 501.7k) | David Bishai, Adnan A. Hyder | Working Paper | Sep 2004 | ||||
| Health Systems, Malaria, Tropical Diseases |
The Intolerable Burden Of Malaria: What's New, What's Needed
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Joel G. Breman, Martin S. Alilio, and Anne Mills | Journal | Aug 2004 | ||||
| Comparative Risk Assessment, Diarrheal Diseases, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Environment, Finance, Health Systems, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Sanitation, Surveillance, Women's Health | Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion (PDF | 506.3k) | Sandy Cairncross, Vivian Valdmanis | Working Paper | Jul 2004 | ||||
| Child and Adolescent Health, Comparative Risk Assessment, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Injuries and Violence, Millennium Development Goals, Prevention, Surveillance | Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Developing Countries (PDF | 241.6k) | Lakshmi Vijayakumar, K. Nagaraj, Sujit John | Working Paper | Jun 2004 | ||||
| Comparative Risk Assessment, Disaster Relief, Disasters and Wars, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Health Systems, Malnutrition, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Nutrition, Surveillance, Women's Health | Deaths and Disease Burden by Cause: Global Burden of Disease Estimates for 2001 by World Bank Country Groups (PDF | 1.7MB) | Colin D. Mathers, Alan Lopez, Claudia Stein, Doris Ma Fat, Chalapati Rao, Mie Inoue, Kenji Shibuya, Niels Tomijima, Christina Bernard, Hongyi Xu | Working Paper | Apr 2004 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Health Systems, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Millennium Development Goals, Research and Development, Sanitation, Surveillance, Technology, Women's Health | Why Has Infant Mortality Decreased at Such Different Rates in Different Countries? (PDF | 413.5k) | Dean T. Jamison, Martin E. Sandbu, Jia Wang | Working Paper | Feb 2004 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Environment, Finance, Health Systems, Malnutrition, Prevention, Research and Development, School-Based Health, Surveillance, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases | Public Management and the Essential Public Health Functions (PDF | 312.3k) | Palitha Abeykoon, Monica Das Gupta | Working Paper | Feb 2004 | ||||
| Comparative Risk Assessment, Drugs/Vaccines, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Finance, Health Systems, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Research and Development, Surveillance, Technology, Women's Health | Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future (PDF | 280.5k) | David Weatherall, Brian Greenwood, Heng Leng Chee, Prawase Wasi | Working Paper | Jan 2004 | ||||
| Blood-Related Diseases, Cancer, Comparative Risk Assessment, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Health Systems, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition, Research and Development | The Global Burden of Disease Due to Schistosomiasis (PDF | 346.6k) | Catherine M. Michaud, W. Scott Gordon, Michael R. Reich | Working Paper | Nov 2003 | ||||
| Comparative Risk Assessment, Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Health Systems, Infectious Diseases, Millennium Development Goals, Sanitation, Surveillance | Optimal Disease Eradication (PDF | 598.7k) | Scott Barrett, Michael Hoel | Working Paper | Nov 2003 | ||||
| Economics and Cost-Effectiveness, Environment | Organisational Relationships and the "Software" of Health Sector Reform (PDF | 394.4k) | Duane Blaauw, Lucy Gilson, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Helen Schneider | Working Paper | Oct 2003 |
