Holdings: Economic Benefit of Tuberculosis Control

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Economic Benefit of Tuberculosis Control

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 ap...

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Main Authors:	Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Klein, Eili, Dye, Christopher, Floyd, Katherine, Darley, Sarah, Adeyi, Olusoji
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADULT MORTALITY AGED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIDS EPIDEMIC BASIC EDUCATION BLUEPRINT BURDEN OF DISEASE CAUSES OF DEATH CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHRONIC DISEASE COMPLICATIONS COUNSELING CULTURAL CHANGE DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIAGNOSTICS DIET DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE OF POVERTY DISEASE TRANSMISSION DRUG RESISTANCE DRUGS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ENDEMIC COUNTRIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGISTS EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUILIBRIUM EXISTING POPULATION EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FERTILITY FORECASTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HIV HIV TESTING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POPULATION ILLNESS IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTION INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY INTERVENTION INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN IRON JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONGER LIFE LONGEVITY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY LUNG DISEASE M. BOVIS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MARKETING MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICINE MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY DECLINES MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY REDUCTIONS MORTALITY RISK NUMBER OF DEATHS NUTRITION PACIFIC REGION PATIENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE REMITTANCES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESPECT RISK FACTORS RISK OF DEATH RISK OF INFECTION RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR RISKY BEHAVIOR SCHOOL CHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYNDROME TB TB CONTROL TOBACCO TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION TRANSMISSION RATES TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNEMPLOYMENT UNPROTECTED SEX VACCINE VACCINES WESTERN EUROPE WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8011024/economic-benefit-tuberculosis-control http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7483

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8011024/economic-benefit-tuberculosis-control
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7483