Policy and Systems

Sub-topics

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

Publications

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

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