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3153.1: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Panel Discussion | |||
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| In 1993, the World Bank published Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, which informed to a large extent the subsequent World Bank publication of its 1993 World Development Report “Investing in Health” which had a major impact on the approach to public health and public health management. In the past decade there have been significant changes not only in disease patterns, but also in perception of the instrumental value of health and more specifically, the need for critical appraisal of the technologies and interventions developing countries should employ. The World Bank, the Fogarty International Center of the NIH , the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have combined efforts to produce a second volume of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries which will revisit the major disease health problems of the developing countries, the problems of their health systems and propose the most cost-effective solutions for addressing them. This session will give attendees and appreciation of the work being done and its implications. | |||
| Learning Objectives: The session will address the following: 1. The changed pattern of disease in developing countries. 2. The economic returns to investing in health and the fact that even poor countries can improve health status with modest investments and application of appropriate technologies. 3. It is possible to establish priorities by examining the cost-effectiveness of the possible interventions that may be employed. | |||
| Dean T. Jamison, Fellow Philip Musgrove, Chief Economist George A.O. (WDC) Alleyne, Dir of Emeritus Sonbol Shahid-Salles, MPH | |||
Dimensions of Disease Control in Developing Countries ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | APHA-World Federation of Public Health Associations | ||
| CE Credits: | Nursing | ||