Child and Adolescent Health

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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

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

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

Priorities in Health

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

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