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Millions Still Suffer From Leishmaniasis
Spread via the bite of a sandfly, infections by leishmania parasites bring disfigurement, debility, disability, and death.
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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
The second edition of this seminal work (DCP2), written by more than 350 specialists in diverse fields from around the world, provides the results of indepth research, offers insightful analyses, and proposes context-sensitive policy recommendations to significantly reduce the burden of disease in developing countries and to improve the quality of life for all people.
Priorities in Health
This companion volume distills the essence of DCP2 into a succinct and readable format, providing information on how to devise better strategies, policies, and choices among health interventions; how to put those decisions into practice; and how to allocate scarce resources to implement them.
Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
This book summarizes the concepts and estimates of the burden of disease and the attribution of this burden to several major risk factors.
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World Health Day is April 7th, 2009
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