Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Community health and nutrition programs
- J. B. Mason / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2006
- Rapid improvements in health and nutrition in developing countries may be ascribed to specific, deliberate, health- and nutrition-related i...
- The cost-effectiveness of primary care services in developing countries: a review of the international literature
- J. Doherty;R. Govender / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2004
- Knowledge of the local or regional burden of disease is required for governments to understand what diseases are potential priorities requiring intervention within their own country’s borde...
- Emergency Medical Services
- O.C. Kobusingye;A.A. Hyder;D. Bishai / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2006
- This chapter is part of a book called Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, published by the Disease Control Priorities Project. The chapter examines the emergency medical services (EMS)...
- Interpersonal violence
- M. L. Rosenberg;A. Butchart;J. Mercy / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2006
- This chapter is part of a book called Diseases Control Priorities in Developing Countries, published by the Disease Control Priorities Project. This chapter, chapter 40, focuses on interpersonal viole...
- Unintentional Injuries
- R. Norton;A. A. Hyder;D. Bishai / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2006
- This chapter is part of a book called Diseases Control Priorities in Developing Countries, published by the Disease Control Priorities Project. The chapter examines the issue of unintentional injuries...
- Controlling cancer in developing countries: prevention and treatment strategies merit further study
- Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2007
- This paper, by the Disease Control Priorities Project, discusses the burden of cancer in developing countries. It also examines which types of cancers can be prevented and treated affordably in low-re...
- The economic burden of illness for households: A review of cost of illness and coping strategy studies focusing on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS
- S. Russell / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2003
- This paper from the Project on Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCPP) reviews and summarise studies that have measured the economic costs and consequences of illness for patients an...
- At least one-third of poor countries' disease burden is due to malnutrition
- J.B. Mason; P. Musgrove; J.P. Habicht / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2003
- Recommended reading
- This paper, from the Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP), assesses the impact of improving nutrition in terms of reducing the burden of disease in developing countries. The paper estimates that...
- Undernutrition as an underlying cause of malaria, morbidity and mortality
- Laura E. Caulfield; Stephanie A. Richard; Robert E. Black / Disease Control Priorities Project, Maryland, 2003
- This review examines the global burden of malaria associated with various nutrient deficiencies as well as underweight status and determines that, although the association is complex and requires addi...
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