[EQ] Economic Benefit of Tuberculosis Control

Economic Benefit of Tuberculosis Control

 

Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future

Eili Klein, Resources for the Future

Christopher Dye, World Health Organization

Katherine Floyd, World Health Organization

Sarah Darley, Resources for the Future

Olusoji Adeyi, The World Bank
Policy Research Working Paper 4295 - This study was commissioned by the World Bank on behalf of the Stop TB Partnership

and financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2007

 

Available online PDF [59p.] at:
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“…….Tuberculosis is the most important infectious cause of adult deaths after HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries. This paper evaluates the economic benefits of extending the World Health Organization’s DOTS Strategy (a multi-component approach that includes directly observed treatment, short course chemotherapy and several other components) as proposed in the Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006-2015.

The authors use a model-based approach that combines epidemiological projections of averted mortality and economic benefits measured using value of statistical life for the Sub-Saharan Africa region and the 22 high-burden, tuberculosis-endemic countries in the world….”

 

 

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[EQ] Road traffic injury prevention

Road traffic injury prevention - training manual

Dinesh Mohan, Geetam Tiwari, Meleckidzedeck Khayesi and Fredrick Muyia Nafukho, INDIAN INSTITUTE
World Health Organization

 

Available online PDF [126p.] at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241546751_eng.pdf

 

“……This manual equips the user with necessary information on: the magnitude and impact of the problem of road traffic injuries; key risk factors; the need for a  scientific approach to preventing road traffic injuries and how to strengthen the evidence base for prevention; how to implement promising interventions; how to deliver post-crash care; the need for multisectoral collaboration; and how to formulate and implement road safety policies….”

 

“….This manual is designed for a broad inter-disciplinary audience consisting of people involved in preventing road traffic injuries. This group includes medical doctors, nurses, transport and road engineers, vehicle safety professionals, law enforcers, policy-makers, urban and regional planners, administrators, private sector representatives, campaigners for road safety and researchers. Since effective implementation of road safety policies requires an interdisciplinary approach, this manual provides guidance to workers in a wide range of disciplines, who are involved in different aspects of road traffic injury prevention in different settings. Thus, this manual is aimed not only at medical professionals, but also at professionals from the public health and other sectors, who are involved in preventing road traffic injuries…..”

 

Content:
Guidance to users
Unit 1. Magnitude and impact of road traffic injuries

Unit 2. Risk factors for road traffic injuries

Unit 3. Importance of evidence as a foundation for prevention

Unit 4. Implementing specific interventions to prevent road traffic injuries

Unit 5. Delivering post-crash care

Unit 6. Multisectoral collaboration

Unit 7. Formulating and implementing road safety policy

 

 

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[EQ] World Disasters Report 2007 - Focus on Discrimination

World Disasters Report 2007 - - Focus on Discrimination

 

            International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2007

 

Available online as PDF file [244p.] at: http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/disasters/wdr2007/WDR2007-English.pdf

 

Summaries by chapter: http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2007/summaries.asp

“…..Disasters do not cause discrimination: they exacerbate it – and discrimination in an emergency setting can be life-threatening. The most marginalized and vulnerable risk not surviving the crisis or, if they do, they are then overlooked in plans to recover and regain their livelihoods.

Discrimination is best addressed in times of stability, but aid agencies and government agencies must also be made aware of the consequences and manifestations of discrimination during the heightened tensions brought about by emergency. Only then will minority groups, older people, persons with disabilities, and women and girls become a key factor in emergency planning, relief programmes and reconstruction efforts. ….”

Content:

Introduction

Focus on discrimination

Chapter 1 Disasters do not discriminate: people do

Chapter 2 Overcoming multiple disasters: discriminating against minorities
Chapter 3 Older people and discrimination in crises

Chapter 4 Disability and disasters: towards an inclusive approach

Chapter 5 The urgency of equality: ending discrimination against women and its consequences in emergency situations
Chapter 6 Dealing with discrimination in disaster recovery

 

 

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