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Titolo: | Saving lives, buying time : economics of malaria drugs in an age of resistance / / Committee on the Economics of Antimalarial Drugs, Board on Global Health ; Kenneth J. Arrow, Claire Panosian, and Hellen Gelband, editors |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.9/362061 |
Soggetto topico: | Antimalarials - Economic aspects |
Pharmaceutical policy | |
Drug resistance in microorganisms | |
Altri autori: | ArrowKenneth Joseph <1921-> PanosianClaire GelbandHellen |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- PART 1 A Response to the Current Crisis -- 1 Malaria Today -- 2 The Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Antimalarial Drugs -- 3 The Case for a Global Subsidy of Antimalarial Drugs -- 4 An International System for Procuring Antimalarial Drugs -- PART 2 Malaria Basics -- 5 A Brief History of Malaria -- 6 The Parasite, the Mosquito, and the Disease -- 7 The Human and Economic Burden of Malaria -- 8 Malaria Control -- 9 Antimalarial Drugs and Drug Resistance -- PART 3 Advancing Toward Better Malaria Control -- 10 Research and Development for New Antimalarial Drugs -- 11 Maximizing the Effective Use of Antimalarial Drugs -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Index. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Saving lives, buying time |
ISBN: | 0-309-16593-8 |
1-280-17612-1 | |
9786610176120 | |
0-309-53233-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910825618803321 |
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