Country-Level Decision Making for Control of Chronic Diseases - Workshop Summary (Paperback)

A 2010 IOM report, Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World, found that not only is it possible to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease and related chronic diseases in developing countries, but also that such a reduction will be critical to achieving global health and development goals. As part a series of follow-up activities to the 2010 report, the IOM held a workshop that aimed to identify what is needed to create tools for country-led planning of effective, efficient, and equitable provision of chronic disease control programs. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Progress, Needs, and Lessons Learned: Perspectives from Six Countries 3 Data Availability and Gaps in Four Countries 4 Examples of Tools for Costing, Economic Modeling, and Priority Setting 5 Approaches to Supporting Country-Led Action 6 Summary of Considerations for Developing a Toolkit for Country-Led Decision Making References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Biographies

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Institute of Medicine • Board on Global Health
Editors:	Alexandra Beatty
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	122
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-25272-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	0-309-25272-5
Barcode:	9780309252720

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