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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. 8. Improving the Health of Populations: Lessons of Experience
7. 9. Millennium Development Goals for Health: What Will It Take to Accelerate Progress?
8. 10. Gender Differentials in Health
9. 11. Fiscal Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
10. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
11. 16. Tuberculosis
12. 17. Sexually Transmitted Infections
13. 18. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
14. 19. Diarrheal Diseases
15. 20. Vaccine–Preventable Diseases
16. 21. Conquering Malaria
17. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
18. 25. Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
19. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
20. 38. Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders
21. 39. Unintentional Injuries
22. 40. Interpersonal Violence
23. 42. Indoor Air Pollution
24. 46. Tobacco Addiction
25. 48. Illicit Opiate Abuse
    1. Annex 48.A: Prevalence of Use, Adverse Health Effects of and Interventions for Cannabis, Cocaine, Amphetamines, and MDMA Use and Dependence
26. 49. Learning and Developmental Disabilities
27. 50. Loss of Vision and Hearing
28. 55. Drug Resistance
29. 57. Contraception
30. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
31. 59. Adolescent Health Programs
    1. Nature and Causes of the Burden of Disease in Young People
    2. Interventions
    3. Economic Analysis
    4. Program Implementation and Lessons of Experience
    5. Research and Development Agenda
32. 63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 2. Demographic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Major Regions, 1990—2001
2. 4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors

Priorities in Health

1. 1. Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities
2. 2. Success in Addressing Priorities
3. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
4. 6. Providing Interventions
   1. Integration of Services Across the Life Cycle

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 02. Intervention Cost-Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages

1. Cost-effectiveness of Interventions for Childhood Conditions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
2. Neglected Low-Cost Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Childhood Immunization, Malaria, and Childhood Illnesses
3. Neglected Low-Cost Opportunities in South Asia: Childhood Immunization, Lower Acute Respiratory Illness, and Maternal and Neonatal Care

Chapter 01. Investing in Health

1. Reducing Under-five Mortality: How much health will a million dollars buy?

Chapter 20. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

1. Cost per Deaths and Disability Adjusted Life Years Averted by Vaccination, 2001
2. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Hib and Hepatitis B, 2001
3. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Measles and Yellow Fever, 2001
4. Annual Cost per Fully Immunized Child for the Traditional Childhood Vaccines, By Region, 2001
5. Annual Cost per Fully Immunized Child for the Traditional Childhood Vaccines, By Immunization Strategy, 2001
6. Disability Adjusted Life Years Lost from Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 2001
7. Deaths Averted by Vaccination for Tetanus and Polio, 2001

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

1. Effective Interventions to Achieve the Child Mortality MDG

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 21. Conquering Malaria

1. Estimated Deaths from Malaria in Children Under Age Five in Africa, 2000

Chapter 59. Adolescent Health Programs

1. Young People Ages 20-24 Who Were Married Before Age 20, By Gender
2. Young Sexually Active Women Using Contraception, By Age Group
3. Estimated Cost and Cost-effectiveness of Selected Adolescent Health Programs
4. Worldwide Distribution of DALYs Lost Among Young Women, By Age Group, 2002
5. Young Women Ages 20-24 Who Had a Child Before Age 18, By Region
6. Worldwide Distribution of DALYs Lost Among Young Men, By Age Group, 2002
7. Young Sexually Active Women Using Contraception, By Age Group

Chapter 65. The District Hospital

1. Effectiveness of a Kenyan District Hospital in Preventing Childhood Deaths