Priorities in Health

This companion guide to Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (ISBN 0821361791) speeds the diffusion of life-saving knowledge by distilling the contents of the larger volume into an easily read format. Policy makers, practitioners, academics, and other interested readers will get an overview of its companion guide's (Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries) message and analysis; be alerted to the scope of major diseases; learn strategies to improve policies and choices to implement costeffective interventions; and locate chapters of immediate interest

Foreword

vii

Rajiv Misra

Acknowledgments

xiii

Abbreviations and Acronyms

xvii

Accomplishments, Challenges, and Priorities

1

(22)

Historical Achievements in World Health

2

(3)

Accounting for Health Gains

5

(2)

Health and Economic Growth

7

(1)

Equity

8

(5)

An Agenda for Action

13

(3)

Putting DCP2 to Use

16

(4)

This Volume

20

(3)

Success in Addressing Priorities

23

(16)

Successes despite Weak Health Systems

27

(1)

Successes That Strengthened Weak Health Systems

28

(3)

Cost-Effective Interventions Aimed at Building Health Systems

31

(2)

Cost-Effective Interventions That Furthered Existing Health Systems

33

(1)

Cost-Effective Interventions beyond Health Systems

34

(2)

Conclusion

36

(3)

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

39

(20)

Why Use Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?

39

(3)

What Is Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?

42

(6)

How Reliable Is Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?

48

(2)

What Are Appropriate Tasks for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?

50

(2)

How Can Policy Makers Use Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?

52

(4)

Summary for Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Properly

56

(3)

Cost-Effective Strategies for the Excess Burden of Disease in Developing Countries

59

(38)

Infectious and Communicable Diseases

60

(22)

Maternal and Neonatal Health

82

(15)

Cost-Effective Strategies for Noncommunicable Diseases, Risk Factors, and Behaviors

97

(32)

Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Bodyweight

98

(6)

Cancer

104

(2)

Congenital and Developmental Disorders

106

(4)

Unintentional Injuries

110

(2)

Tobacco Use

112

(8)

Alcohol Abuse

120

(4)

Mental Health

124

(2)

Conclusion

126

(3)

Providing Interventions

129

(26)

Levels of Care

130

(9)

Cross-Level Services and Inputs

139

(10)

Integration of Services across the Life Cycle

149

(6)

Pillars of the Health System

155

(24)

Information, Surveillance, and Research

155

(9)

Management of Health Services

164

(4)

Human Resources

168

(5)

Financing

173

(6)

The Way Forward: A Blueprint for Action

179

(4)

References

183

(4)

About the Editors

187

(8)

Advisory Committee to the Editors

195

(1)

Contributing Writers

196

(1)

Table of Contents, Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd Edition

197

(8)

Table of Contents, Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

205

(2)

Index

207

(10)

Photo Credits

217

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