Disease eradication in the 21st century : implications for global health / / edited by Stephen L. Cochi and Walter R. Dowdle ; program advisory committee, R. Bruce Alyward [and others]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/9
• Soggetto topico: Communicable diseases - Prevention; World health
• Soggetto non controllato: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
• Persona (resp. second.): CochiStephen L.; DowdleWalter R.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The eradication of infectious diseases : understanding the lessons and advancing experience / Stephen L. Cochi and Walter R. Dowdle -- Lessons from the late stages of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative / R. Bruce Aylward -- Measles and rubella eradication in the Americas : seasoned strategies for sustained success / Jon Kim Andrus ... [et al.] -- Onchocerciasis : from control to possible eradication / Adrian Hopkins -- Political and social determinants of disease eradication / Robert G. Hall -- The role of research / Julie Jacobson -- Group report : assessing the feasibility of an eradication initiative / Peter Strebel ... [et al.] -- The ethical case for eradication / Claudia I. Emerson -- Economic evaluation of the benefits and costs of disease elimination and eradication initiatives / Kimberly M. Thompson and Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens -- Group report : developing an eradication investment case / Kimberly M. Thompson ... [et al.] -- Guidelines for preparing an eradication investment case / Damian G. Walker and Regina Rabinovich -- Governance models for eradication initiatives / Kari Stoever -- Managing neglected tropical disease partnerships / Andy Wright -- Group report: elements of good governance in disease eradication initiatives / Kari Stoever ... [et al.] -- Integration of eradication initiatives and health systems / Alan R. Hinman -- How can elimination and eradication initiatives best contribute to health system strengthening? / Stewart Tyson and Robin Biellik -- The impacts of measles elimination activities on immunization services and health systems in six countries / Piya Hanvoravongchai ... [et al.] -- Disease eradication as a springboard for broader public health communication / Jeffrey Bates ... [et al.] -- Group report : designing elimination or eradication initiatives that interface -- Effectively with health systems / Muhammad Ali Pate ... [et al.].
• Sommario/riassunto: This title takes a fresh look at the evolving concepts of disease eradication, influenced by scientific advances, field experience, societal issues, and economic realities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disease eradication in the 21st century
• ISBN: 1-280-49945-1; 9786613594686; 0-262-30420-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789931203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Strüngmann Forum reports.