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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 25. Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
   1. Interventions
2. 59. Adolescent Health Programs
   1. Program Implementation and Lessons of Experience
3. 47. Alcohol
4. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
   1. Research and Development
5. 56. Community Health and Nutrition Programs
6. 69. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
7. 21. Conquering Malaria
   1. Research Priorities
8. 15. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis for Priority Setting
   1. Definition and Characteristics of Interventions
9. 51. Cost–Effectiveness of Interventions for Musculoskeletal Conditions
   1. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
10. 30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
    1. Research and Development Agenda
11. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
12. 36. Diseases of the Kidney and the Urinary System
    1. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
    2. Implementation of Control Strategies: Lessons of Experience
    3. Research and Development Agenda
13. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
14. 10. Gender Differentials in Health
    1. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    2. Priority Disease Groups for Women
    3. Research Agenda
15. 64. General Primary Care
16. 29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries
    1. Applicability of Cost-Effectiveness Studies from Developed to Developing Countries
    2. Conclusions
    3. Cost-Effectiveness of Cancer Control Interventions
    4. Types of Interventions for Cancer Control
17. 18. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
    1. Acknowledgments
    2. Action under Uncertainty
    3. Care and Treatment
    4. Conclusion
    5. Obstacles to HIV Control
    6. Prevention in Theory and Practice: Using Epidemic Profiles and Contextual Factors to Inform Prevention Guidelines
    7. Prevention-Care Synergy
    8. Research Agenda
18. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
19. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
    1. Cases
    2. Intervention Type, Programmatic Characteristics, and Policies
20. 34. Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin
    1. Costs and Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Management
21. 40. Interpersonal Violence
    1. Conclusions: Promises and Pitfalls
    2. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    3. Implementation of Prevention Strategies
    4. Interventions
22. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
    1. Assessing the Evidence on the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
23. 1. Investing in Health
    1. Conclusions
    2. HIV/AIDS
    3. Noncommunicable Disease and Injury
24. 49. Learning and Developmental Disabilities
    1. Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    2. Other Factors Leading to Increases in Measured Prevalence
    3. Research Agenda for Prevention of Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    4. Summary
    5. Three Levels of Prevention
25. 50. Loss of Vision and Hearing
    1. Nature, Causes, and Epidemiology of Hearing Loss
    2. Nature, Causes, and Epidemiology of Vision Loss
26. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
    1. Interventions
27. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
    1. Scaling Up: Defining Interventions and Removing Constraints
28. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
    1. Intervention Cost, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits
    2. Interventions: From Response to Prevention
29. 32. Neurological Disorders
    1. Stroke
30. 27. Newborn Survival
    1. Implementation
31. 60. Occupational Health
    1. Economic Aspects of Intervention
32. 38. Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders
    1. Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Health Care
    2. Dental Caries
33. 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
    1. Chronic Disease Prevention
34. 6. Product Development Priorities
35. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
36. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
37. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
38. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
39. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
40. 17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
    1. Effectiveness of the Principal Interventions
    2. Research and Development Agenda
    3. Scaling Up Control Strategies
41. 37. Skin Diseases
42. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
    1. Interventions
43. 45. The Growing Burden of Risk from High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight
    1. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    2. Interventions
44. 46. Tobacco Addiction
45. 22. Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy
    1. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    2. Interventions and Their Effectiveness
46. 16. Tuberculosis
47. 39. Unintentional Injuries
    1. Implementation of Prevention and Control Strategies

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 1. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 1990—2001

Priorities in Health

1. 5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
   1. Cancer
2. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
3. 3. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
4. 7. Pillars of the Health System
5. 6. Providing Interventions
   1. Integration of Services Across the Life Cycle
6. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities