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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. 4. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions
   1. Priority Setting
4. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
5. 6. Product Development Priorities
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. 13. Recent Trends and Innovations in Development Assistance for Health
10. 15. Cost–Effectiveness Analysis for Priority Setting
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
    1. Causes, Epidemiology, Manifestations, and Diagnosis
    2. Burden of Disease
17. 22. Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy
    1. Disease Characteristics and Transmission
18. 23. Tropical Diseases Lacking Adequate Control Measures: Dengue, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosomiasis
    1. Disease Characteristics and Transmission
19. 24. Helminth Infections: Soil–Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
    1. Epidemiology of STH Infections and Schistosomiasis
20. 25. Acute Respiratory Infections in Children
21. 27. Newborn Survival
22. 28. Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders
    1. Nature, Causes, and Burden of Undernutrition
23. 29. Health Service Interventions for Cancer Control in Developing Countries
24. 30. Diabetes: The Pandemic and Potential Solutions
25. 32. Neurological Disorders
26. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
27. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
28. 36. Diseases of the Kidney and the Urinary System
29. 37. Skin Diseases
30. 53. Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Intervention
31. 55. Drug Resistance
    1. Interventions
32. 58. School–Based Health and Nutrition Programs
33. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
34. 62. Control and Eradication

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

1. 1. Measuring the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, 1990—2001
2. 5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates
3. 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. 4. Cost–Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries
   1. Infectious and Communicable Diseases
4. 7. Pillars of the Health System
   1. Information, Surveillance, and Research

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 01. Investing in Health

1. The Burden of Disease, 2001
2. Causes of Death, 2001

Chapter 04. Priorities for Global Research and Development of Interventions

1. Disease Burden Distribution, by Select World Bank Region, 2001
2. Disease Burden Distribution, by Select World Bank Region, 2001