Respiratory Diseases

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
2. 4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
3. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
4. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
5. 14. Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation, Research, and New Product Development
6. 16. Tuberculosis
   1. Alternative and Complementary Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Active Disease
7. 20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
   1. Causes and Epidemiology of Diseases Prevented by Vaccines Used in National Immunization Programs
8. 25. Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
   1. Causes of ARIs and the Burden of Disease
   2. Interventions
   3. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
9. 29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries
   1. Burden of Cancer in Developing Countries
10. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
    1. Acute Diseases: Pneumonia and Influenza
    2. Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Nature, Causes, and Burden
    3. Occupational Lung Disease and Other Respiratory Diseases
    4. General Approach to Lowering Risk of Adult Respiratory Disease
    5. Future Research Needs
11. 42. Indoor Air Pollution
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Condition
12. 43. Air and Water Pollution: Burden and Strategies for Control
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Air and Water Pollution
13. 46. Tobacco Addiction
    1. Health Consequences of Smoking
14. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
15. 60. Occupational Health
    1. Nature and Causes of Occupational Health Conditions in the Developing World
    2. Global Burden of Disease from Occupational Health Risks
16. 62. Control and Eradication
17. 72. Ensuring Supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
2. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
   1. Global and Regional Mortality in 2001
   2. Global Burden of Disease in 2001
3. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
   1. Joint Effects of Multiple Risk Factors
   2. Burden of Disease Attributable to Multiple Risk Factors
4. 6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease
   1. Stillbirths and Neonatal Mortality in the Context of the Global Burden Of Disease