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At the turn of the millennium, the world experienced a dramatic
increase in funding for global health programs. Competing demands
for these resources meant that policymakers needed access to valid,
evidence-based information on the costs and consequences of a broad
range of health interventions. By providing systematic and
comparable information about purchasing health in LMICs, Disease
Control Priorities in Developing Countries, Second Edition greatly
informed and enriched these conversations and we hope -- improved
resource allocations. Nearly ten years later, increased attention
to chronic diseases and the importance of health systems in
providing access to quality care is once again reshaping the global
health landscape. Low- and middle-income countries are continuing
to set priorities for funding and deploying specific interventions,
but with a greater appreciation for the contribution of program and
economic evaluation to informed decision-making. The need to make
decisions across an increasingly complex set of policy and
intervention choices, attuned to specific health system
capabilities, makes a third iteration of Disease Control Priorities
all the more critical. Similar to the first and second editions of
Disease Control Priorities (DCP1 and DCP2), the aim of the third
edition (DCP3) is to influence program design and resource
allocation at global and country levels by providing an up-to-date
comprehensive review of the effectiveness of priority health
interventions. It presents systematic and comparable economic
evaluations of selected interventions, delivery platforms, and
policies based on newly developed economic methods. DCP3 further
expands on the scope of intervention assessments found in DCP1 and
DCP2 by presenting findings in nine individual volumes. It is clear
that optimal global health programming requires a comprehensive
evidence-base to help determine what works, what does not, how much
it will cost. DCP3 will allow users to set global and national
priorities for health in an informed manner."
Infectious diseases have been a problem for military personnel
throughout history. The consequences in previous conflicts have
ranged from frequent illnesses disrupting daily activities and
readiness to widespread deaths. Preventive measures, early
diagnosis, and treatment greatly limit the exposures and acute
illnesses of troops today in comparison with those in armies of the
past, but infections and consequent acute illnesses still occur.
Thousands of US veterans of the Persian Gulf War have reported an
array of unexplained illnesses since the war ended in 1991. Many
veterans have believed that the illnesses were associated with
their military service in southwest Asia during the war. This
volume of Gulf War and Health evaluates the scientific literature
on chemical, biologic, and physical agents to which military
personnel in the gulf were potentially exposed and possible
long-term adverse health outcomes. Table of Contents Front Matter
Summary 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Infectious Diseseases
Endemic to Southwest and South-central Asia the have Long-Term
Adverse Health Outcomes 4 Infectious Diseases Diagnosed in U.S.
Troops Who Served in the Persian Gulf War, Operation Enduring
Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom 5 Levels of Association Between
Select Diseases and Long-Term Adverse Health Outcomes 6 Diseases
and Agents of Special Concern to Veterans of the Gulf War,
Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom A
Biographical Sketches for Members of the Committee Index
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