Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (Oxford Medical Publications) [Hardcover]

Dean T. Jamison (Editor), W. Henry Mosley (Editor), Anthony R. Measham (Editor), Josï¿1/2 Luis Bobadilla (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195209907 | ISBN-13: 978-0195209907 | Publication Date: November 25, 1993

These two volumes examine ways in which the health transition in developing countries affects the World Bank's disease control policies. They discuss the public health consequences of individual diseases and disease clusters, measure the cost-effectiveness of disease control methods, and assess what public health problems these conditions pose. Infectious diseases, HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases, malnutrition, and reproductive health in the developing world are analyzed and tables and figures throughout the text quickly summarize the authors' findings.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This second edition of Disease Control Priorities in poor Developing Countries, published in conjuction with al companion book, by Alan Lopez and others, Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors, serves as a roadmap for thishis challenge. It is a landmark reference for physicians,loping researchers, policymakers, and politicians who makeion book, decisions about improving the health of people in thend Risk developing world...The second edition of Disease Controla Priorities in Developing Countries will provide a new menu of activities from which its readers can choose to continue the most sensible path toward investing in health, removing inequities in health care, and promoting economic development and peace."--New England Journal of Medicine

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dean T. Jamison, Professor of Public Health and of Education, University of California at Los Angeles. W. Henry Mosley, Professor, Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Anthony R. Measham, Advisor, New Delhi resident mission, World Bank.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 25, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195209907
• ISBN-13: 978-0195209907
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,692,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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