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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)
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1. Investing in Health
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2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
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3. Strengthening Health Systems
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4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
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5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
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6. Product Development Priorities
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8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
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9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
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10. Gender Differentials in Health
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11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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12. Financing Health Systems in the 21st Century
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13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
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14. Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation, Research, and New Product Development
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15. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis for Priority Setting
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16. Tuberculosis
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17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
- 19. Diarrheal Diseases
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20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
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26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
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27. Newborn Survival
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29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries
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30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
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31. Mental Disorders
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33. Cardiovascular Disease
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36. Diseases of the Kidney and the Urinary System
- 39. Unintentional Injuries
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40. Interpersonal Violence
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41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
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42. Indoor Air Pollution
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43. Air and Water Pollution: Burden and Strategies for Control
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44. Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
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45. The Growing Burden of Risk from High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight
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46. Tobacco Addiction
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47. Alcohol
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48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
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49. Learning and Developmental Disabilities
- 50. Loss of Vision and Hearing
- 51. Cost–Effectiveness of Interventions for Musculoskeletal Conditions
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52. Pain Control for People with Cancer and AIDS
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53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
- Definitions and Basic Concepts
- Objectives of Surveillance Systems
- Principles and Uses of Surveillance
- Establishing and Maintaining a Surveillance System
- Analysis and Dissemination of Surveillance Data
- Surveillance as a Component of National Public Health Systems
- Surveillance as a Tool to Improve Public Health
- Selected Surveillance Strategies
- The Role of Surveillance in Major Outbreaks
- Surveillance for Specific Conditions
- Economics of Public Health Surveillance Systems
- Future of Surveillance
- Global Surveillance Networks
- Research Agenda in Public Health Surveillance
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
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54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health
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55. Drug Resistance
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56. Community Health and Nutrition Programs
- 57. Contraception
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58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
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59. Adolescent Health Programs
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60. Occupational Health
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61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
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62. Control and Eradication
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63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child
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64. General Primary Care
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65. The District Hospital
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66. Referral Hospitals
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67. Surgery
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68. Emergency Medical Services
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69. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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70. Improving the Quality of Care in Developing Countries
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71. Health Workers: Building and Motivating the Workforce
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72. Ensuring Supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines
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73. Strategic Management of Clinical Services
Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
- 1. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 1990—2001
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3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001
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4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors
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5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates
- Uncertainty Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Estimates
- Uncertainty Estimates for All-Cause Mortality and Life Expectancies
- Uncertainty Estimates for Regional Mortality by Cause
- Uncertainty Arising from Epidemiological Estimates
- Uncertainty in the Disease Burden Attributable to Risk Factors
- Conclusions
- 6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease
Priorities in Health
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1. Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities
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2. Success in Addressing Priorities
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3. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
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4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
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5. Cost–Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors
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6. Providing Interventions
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7. Pillars of the Health System
Chapter Presentations
Chapter 03. Strengthening Health Systems
- Constraints on Improving Access to Health Interventions, By Level
- Health Sector Constraints to Improving Access to Health Interventions
- Public Policy Constraints to Improving Access to Health Interventions
- Environmental and Contextual Constraints to Improving Access to Health Interventions
- Health System Constraints and Possible Disease-Specific and Health System Responses
Chapter 41. Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
- Median Construction Cost of Water Supply Facilities for Select Regions
- Median Construction Cost of Sanitation Technologies in Select Regions
- Cost-effectiveness of Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion
Chapter 54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health
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