Foreword; Preface; Editors; Advisory Committee to the Editors; Contributors; Disease Control Priorities Project Partners; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part One Summary and Cross-Cutting Themes; Summary; Cross-Cutting Themes; Part Two Selecting Interventions; Infectious Disease, Reproductive Health, and Undernutrition; Noncommunicable Disease and Injury; Risk Factors; Consequences of Disease and Injury; Part Three Strengthening Health Systems; Strengthening Public Health Services; Strengthening Personal Health Services; Capacity Strengthening and Management Reform
Summary
Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs of interventions, this second edition of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition highlights achievable priorities; measures progress toward providing efficient, equitable care; promotes cost-effective interventions to targeted populations; and encourages integrated efforts to optimize health. Nearly 500 experts - scientists, epidemiologists, health economists, academicians, and public health practitioners - from around the world contributed to the data sources and methodologies, and identified challenges and p
