Coming to grips with malaria in the new millennium / / Lead authors: Awash Teklehaimanot (Coordinator) ... [et. al.]

• Pubblicazione: London ; Sterling, Va., : Earthscan, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/93620091724; 614.5320091724; 616.9362
• Soggetto topico: Malaria - Developing countries - Prevention; Malaria - Prevention - International cooperation
• Altri autori: Awash Teklehaimanot
• Note generali: Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-129).
• Nota di contenuto: Coming to grips with malaria inthe new millennium; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Working group members; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Millennium Development Goal and target for malaria; Organization of this report; Chapter 2 The resurgence and burden of malaria; Health burden; Economic and social burden; Chapter 3 Review of major initiatives and institutional policies for malaria control; Global Malaria Eradication Program; Global Malaria Control Strategy ; Harare Declaration on Malaria Prevention and ControlMultilateral Initiative on Malaria; Roll Back Malaria Initiative; Abuja Declaration on Roll Back Malaria; Medicines for Malaria Venture; Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Chapter 4 Malaria control strategies; Disease prevention strategies; Disease management strategies; Epidemic prevention and control strategies; Information, education, and communication strategies; Monitoring and evaluation; Chapter 5 Examples of successful scale-up of malaria control programs; Tigray region of Ethiopia; Highlands of Madagascar; Viet Nam ; South AfricaTanzania; Lessons learned; Chapter 6 Priority challenges for scaling up malaria control programs; Strengthening health systems; Human resources capacity; Social mobilization of communities; Partnerships; Programmatic challenges; Chapter 7 Developing a global plan to achieve the Millennium Development Goal target for malaria; Conditions for achieving a sustained impact; Developing a global plan for reducing the burden of malaria; Components of a global plan; Needs assessment: costing and financing; Resource mobilization: needs assessment at the global level ; Resource mobilization: needs assessment at the country level - EthiopiaChapter 8 Monitoring and evaluation; Monitoring and evaluation of health programs; Malaria-related Millennium Development Goal, targets, and indicators; Coverage measures; Main approaches to data collection for monitoring malaria control; Monitoring the effectiveness of antimalarials and insecticides; Developing geographic information systems and remote sensing; Cost-effectiveness of service provision; Linkage of malaria monitoring with poverty alleviation ; Chapter 9 Research and development to meet current and future needsAntimalarial medicine development; Malaria diagnostics; Malaria management in young children; Malaria vector; Malaria vaccines; Chapter 10 Recommendations; 1. Establish a realistic and measurable target on malaria; 2. Enhance political commitment at country and global levels; 3. Strengthen health systems at national and district levels; 4. Develop human resources for program implementation; 5. Promote social mobilization and community participation; 6. Provide effective antimalarial supplies and commodities ; 7. Apply an integrated package of interventions
• Sommario/riassunto: The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015?income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter?while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold goals can be met in all parts of the world if nations follow through on their commitments to work together to meet them. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals offers the prospect of a more secure, just, and prosperous world for all. The UN Mi
• Altri titoli varianti: On title page: UN Millennium Project 2005, Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, and Access to Essential Medicines, Working Group on Malaria; UN Millennium Project 2005; Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, and Access to Essential Medicines; Working Group on Malaria
• Titolo autorizzato: Coming to grips with malaria in the new millennium
• ISBN: 1-136-55063-1; 1-280-47541-2; 9786610475414; 1-4619-0573-7; 600-00-0100-2; 1-84977-349-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806272303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II