Contributing and Risk Factors

Sub-topics

1. Comparative Risk Assessment
2. Disasters and Wars
3. Drug Resistance
4. Environment
5. Lifestyle
6. Malnutrition
7. Occupational Health
8. Sanitation

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 59. Adolescent Health Programs
2. 43. Air and Water Pollution: Burden and Strategies for Control
3. 47. Alcohol
4. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
5. 56. Community Health and Nutrition Programs
6. 21. Conquering Malaria
7. 57. Contraception
8. 62. Control and Eradication
9. 15. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis for Priority Setting
10. 51. Cost–Effectiveness of Interventions for Musculoskeletal Conditions
11. 30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
12. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
13. 55. Drug Resistance
14. 7. Economic Approaches to Valuing Global Health Research
15. 72. Ensuring Supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines
16. 12. Financing Health Systems in the 21st Century
17. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
18. 10. Gender Differentials in Health
19. 64. General Primary Care
20. 29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries
21. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
22. 18. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
23. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
24. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
25. 42. Indoor Air Pollution
26. 63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child
27. 40. Interpersonal Violence
28. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
29. 1. Investing in Health
30. 49. Learning and Developmental Disabilities
31. 50. Loss of Vision and Hearing
32. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
33. 31. Mental Disorders
34. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
35. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
36. 32. Neurological Disorders
37. 27. Newborn Survival
38. 60. Occupational Health
39. 38. Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders
40. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
41. 4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
42. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
43. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
44. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
45. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
46. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
47. 17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
48. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
49. 67. Surgery
50. 65. The District Hospital
51. 45. The Growing Burden of Risk from High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight
52. 46. Tobacco Addiction
53. 23. Tropical Diseases Lacking Adequate Control Measures: Dengue, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosomiasis
54. 22. Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy
55. 16. Tuberculosis
56. 39. Unintentional Injuries
57. 41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
2. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
3. 6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease
4. 1. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 1990—2001
5. 5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates
6. 3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001

Priorities in Health

1. 1. Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities
2. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
3. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
4. 3. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
5. 7. Pillars of the Health System
6. 6. Providing Interventions
7. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
8. 8. The Way Forward: A Blueprint for Action

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 45. The Growing Burden of Risk from High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight

1. Deaths Attributable to High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Overweight, 2000
2. DALYs Attributable to High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Overweight, 2000
3. Global Cardiovascular Disease Burden Due to High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Overweight

Chapter 56. Community Health and Nutrition Programs

1. Estimated Contributions of Malnutrition to the Disease Burden in Developing Countries
2. Conceptual Framework for Causes of Malnutrition

Chapter 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders

1. Vitamin A Deficiency Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
2. Zinc Deficiency Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
3. Iron Deficiency Anemia Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
4. Percent of Underweight Children Under Age Five, By Region
5. Childhood Deaths and DALYs Attributable to Being Underweight, By Region
6. Iodine Deficiency Among Children Under Age Five, By Region
7. Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Underweight Children
8. Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Vitamin A Deficiency in Children
9. Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions for Iron, Iodine, and Zinc Deficiency in Children

Chapter 60. Occupational Health

1. Estimated Average Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Reducing Risk of Silicosis
2. Estimated Contribution of Occupational Exposures to Selected Diseases and Conditions
3. Impact of an Immunization Safety Program at Health Centers in Burkina Faso, 2000 and 2003
4. Impact of an Occupational Safety and Health Toolkit Used in Central America, 2002 and 2003

Chapter 41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion

1. Median Construction Cost of Sanitation Technologies in Select Regions
2. Reductions in Diarrhea Attributable to Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
3. Cost-effectiveness of Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion