Policy and Systems

Sub-topics

1. Ethics
2. Health Policy
3. Health Systems
4. Millennium Development Goals
5. Surveillance

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

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

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

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

Priorities in Health

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

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 03. Strengthening Health Systems

1. Constraints on Improving Access to Health Interventions, By Level
2. Health Sector Constraints to Improving Access to Health Interventions
3. Public Policy Constraints to Improving Access to Health Interventions
4. Environmental and Contextual Constraints to Improving Access to Health Interventions
5. Health System Constraints and Possible Disease-Specific and Health System Responses

Chapter 01. Investing in Health

1. Health Expenditures, 2001, By Country Income Level

Chapter 09. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?

1. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Nutrition MDG
2. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Maternal Mortality MDG
3. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Child Mortality MDG
4. Effective Interventions to Achieve the HIV/AIDS MDG
5. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Tuberculosis MDG
6. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Malaria MDG

Chapter 12. Financing Health Systems in the 21st Century

1. Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Middle-Income Countries
2. Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Middle-Income Countries

Chapter 44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes

1. Incremental Cost-effectiveness of Reducing Salt Content by Legislation and Public Education

Chapter 41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion

1. Median Construction Cost of Water Supply Facilities for Select Regions
2. Median Construction Cost of Sanitation Technologies in Select Regions
3. Cost-effectiveness of Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion

Chapter 54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health

1. Health Information Available from Sources Outside the Health Sector
2. Estimated Annual Cost of Essential Health Information Subsystems (millions)