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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455042303321

Titolo

Disease control priorities in developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Dean T. Jamison ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press

Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2006

ISBN

0-8213-6180-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1448 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JamisonDean T

Disciplina

362.109172/4

Soggetti

Public health - Developing countries

Medicine, Preventive - Developing countries

Health planning - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Col. maps on lining papers.

"Disease Control Priorities Project"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editors; Advisory Committee to the Editors; Contributors; Disease Control Priorities Project Partners; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part One Summary and Cross-Cutting Themes; Summary; Cross-Cutting Themes; Part Two Selecting Interventions; Infectious Disease, Reproductive Health, and Undernutrition; Noncommunicable Disease and Injury; Risk Factors; Consequences of Disease and Injury; Part Three Strengthening Health Systems; Strengthening Public Health Services; Strengthening Personal Health Services; Capacity Strengthening and Management Reform

GlossaryIndex; Credits

Sommario/riassunto

Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs of interventions, this second edition of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition highlights achievable priorities; measures progress toward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effective interventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated efforts to optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists, academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the world contributed to the data sources



and methodologies, and identified challenges and p