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1 online resource (208 pages) |
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""Effects Of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""DISEASE- AND INTERVENTION-SPECIFIC FINDINGS""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Trends in Mortality and Causes of Death in Africa""; ""TRENDS IN CHILD MORTALTY""; ""Data Collection and Estimation Techniques""; ""Current Levels of Mortality and Trends Since 1960""; ""CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG AFRICAN CHILDREN""; ""Verbal Autopsies""; ""Studies of Causes of Death Among Infants and Children""; ""Effects of AIDS on Child Mortality""; ""SUMMARY"" |
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""3 Immunization Programs""""MEASLES""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""VACCINE EFFICACY""; ""WHY AFRICA MIGHT BE DIFFERENT""; ""EVIDENCE OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY EFFECTS FROM AFRICA""; ""Effects of General Measles Immunization Programs""; ""Effects of Measles Vaccinationin Field Trials and Model Programs""; ""Vaccine Field Trial in Khombole, Senegal""; ""Kasongo Project in Zaire""; ""Pahou Primary Health Care Project, Benin""; ""Estimates of Effect from Cases of Vaccine Failure""; ""Effect of Programs on Incidence in Africa""; ""NONLINEARITIES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COVERAGE AND EFFECT"" |
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""Vaccination and Frequency of Epidemics""""Effect of Vaccination on Age Distribution of Cases""; ""Changes in the Proportion of Secondary Cases""; ""Other Factors""; ""PROGRAM HISTORY, COVERAGE, AND QUALITY""; ""TREATMENT OF MEASLES (INCLUDING VITAMIN A)""; ""SUMMARY""; ""PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH)""; ""PERTUSSIS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Vaccine Efficacy""; ""PERTUSSIS IN AFRICA""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Vaccine Efficacy""; ""PROGRAM EFFORT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""TUBERCULOSIS AND LEPROSY""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS""; ""PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS"" |
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""EFFICACY OF BACILLE CALMETTE-GUÃ?RIN (BCG) VACCINATION""""BCG Efficacy Against Tuberculosis in Africa""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEPROSY""; ""PROGRAM COVERAGE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""TETANUS""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF NEONATAL TETANUS""; ""Incidence of Neonatal Tetanus Among Hospital Deliveries""; ""Evidence of the Effect of Training of Traditional Birth Attendants""; ""Evidence of the Effect of Programs that Provide Tetanus Toxoid Immunization to Women""; ""PROGRAM COVERAGE""; ""PROGRAMS TO REDUCE NONNEONATAL TETANUS MORTALITY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""CONCLUSION"" |
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""4 Other Interventions Targeted at Single Diseases""""DIARRHEAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMS""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""TREATMENT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""MALARIA MORTALITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA""; ""PROGRAM OPTIONS""; ""STUDIES OF THE EFFECT OF MALARIA ERADICATION ON MORTALITY""; ""Pare-Taveta Malaria Scheme (1954-1959)""; ""Kisumu Project""; ""Garki Project""; ""PRESUMPTIVE TREATMENT OF FEVERS WITH ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS""; ""Studies of the Effect of Programs Designed to Increase PresumptiveTreatment of Fevers with Chloroquine"" |
| Notes |
""Saradidi Health Development Project"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Children -- Mortality -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Children -- Diseases -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Prevention
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Children -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Child health services -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Child health services
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Children -- Diseases -- Prevention
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Children -- Diseases -- Treatment
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Children -- Mortality
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ewbank, Douglas C
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Gribble, James N
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| ISBN |
9780309585866 |
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0309585864 |
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