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The Health of Adults in the Developing World

Author : Richard G. Feachem

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 376 pages

File Size : 25,27 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780195208795

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Book Description

Sick adults consume often more than half of all resources allocated to the health sector. This volume draws attention to the causes and results of disease and ill health in adults in developing countries and to the burden they impose not only on individuals but on their families and society as well. Researchers and policymakers will find this work essential because of its useful data on adult morbidity and mortality, as well as its call for more information on problems and risk factors.





The Epidemiological Transition

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 285 pages

File Size : 18,23 MB

Release : 1993-02-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0309048397

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This book examines issues concerning how developing countries will have to prepare for demographic and epidemiologic change. Much of the current literature focuses on the prevalence of specific diseases and their economic consequences, but a need exists to consider the consequences of the epidemiological transition: the change in mortality patterns from infectious and parasitic diseases to chronic and degenerative ones. Among the topics covered are the association between the health of children and adults, the strong orientation of many international health organizations toward infant and child health, and how the public and private sectors will need to address and confront the large-scale shifts in disease and demographic characteristics of populations in developing countries.



Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Dean T. Jamison

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 414 pages

File Size : 18,35 MB

Release : 2006-01-01

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0821363980

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Current data and trends in morbidity and mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented in this new edition reflect the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS has had on health indicators, leading to either a stalling or reversal of the gains made, not just for communicable disorders, but for cancers, as well as mental and neurological disorders.



The Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 26,98 MB

Release : 2000-03-21

Category : Medical

ISBN : 030917211X

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In 1997 the committee published Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions, a report that recommended actions to improve reproductive health for women around the world. As a follow- on activity, the committee proposed an investigation into the social and economic consequences of maternal morbidity and mortality. With funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, the committee organized a workshop on this topic in Washington, DC, on October 19-20, 1998. The Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality assesses the scientific knowledge about the consequences of maternal morbidity and mortality and discusses key findings from recent research. Although the existing research on this topic is scarce, the report drew on similar literature on the consequences of adult disease and death, especially the growing literature on the socioeconomic consequences of AIDS, to look at potential consequences from maternal disability and death.





Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Author : Institute of Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 38,20 MB

Release : 2007-01-26

Category : Medical

ISBN : 030913398X

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Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. International health organizations, bilateral aid agencies, and major foundations—which are instrumental in setting health priorities—also have largely ignored cancer in these countries. This book identifies feasible, affordable steps for LMCs and their international partners to begin to reduce the cancer burden for current and future generations. Stemming the growth of cigarette smoking tops the list to prevent cancer and all the other major chronic diseases. Other priorities include infant vaccination against the hepatitis B virus to prevent liver cancers and vaccination to prevent cervical cancer. Developing and increasing capacity for cancer screening and treatment of highly curable cancers (including most childhood malignancies) can be accomplished using "resource-level appropriateness" as a guide. And there are ways to make inexpensive oral morphine available to ease the pain of the many who will still die from cancer.



The Global Burden of Disease

Author : Christopher J. L. Murray

Publisher : Harvard School of Public Health, Frangois-Xavier Bagnoud Cen

Page : 1034 pages

File Size : 39,64 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides systematic epidemiological estimates for an unprecedented 150 major health conditions. The GBD provides indispensable global and regional data for health planning, research, and education.



Demography of Aging

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 424 pages

File Size : 11,59 MB

Release : 1994-02-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0309050855

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As the United States and the rest of the world face the unprecedented challenge of aging populations, this volume draws together for the first time state-of-the-art work from the emerging field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters, written by experts from a variety of disciplines, highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major policy implications for labor forces, economic well-being, health care, and the need for social and family supports.



HIV, Resurgent Infections and Population Change in Africa

Author : Michel Caraël

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 10,36 MB

Release : 2007-10-22

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1402061722

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Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the last 20 years. Among the "new" diseases, and most importantly, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with 40 million persons infected and 25 million deaths since its first description, presents one of the most significant health, societal and security challenges facing the global community. The interaction of HIV/AIDS with tuberculosis, malaria and bacterial infections have increased HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and in turn, the HIV pandemic has brought about devastating increases in tuberculosis. Understanding the population impact and the dynamics of infection diseases in the most affected region is critical to efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality of such infections, and for decisions on where to use limited resources in the fight against infections. This book aims to contribute to these efforts by offering a demographic and epidemiological perspective on emerging and reemerging infections in sub-Saharan Africa.