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Adherence to Long-term Therapies
World Health Organization 2003; US$ 27.00Adherence to therapies is a primary determinant of treatment success. Poor adherence attenuates optimum clinical benefits and therefore reduces the overall effectiveness of health systems. ''Medicines will not work if you do not take them''. Medicines will not be effective if patients do not follow prescribed treatment, yet in developed countries only... more...
Controlling Disease due to Helminth Infections
World Health Organization 2003; US$ 31.50During the past decade there have been major efforts to plan, implement, and sustain measures for reducing the burden of human disease that accompanies helminth infections. Further impetus was provided at the Fifty-fourth World Health Assembly, when WHO Member States were urged to ensure access to essential anthelminthic drugs in health services located... more...
WHO-CVD Risk Management Package for Low- and Medium-Resource Settings
World Health Organization 2003; US$ 9.00The WHO CVD-Risk Management package contains a variety of components to guide healthcare providers and health systems, even those with very minimal resources, to more effective CVD risk management through easy-to-follow risk-assessment and risk-management algorithms; lifestyle counselling protocols; drug treatment protocols; referral pathways, and... more...
Atlas - country resources for neurological disorders 2004
World Health Organization 2004; US$ 45.00The WHO's Atlas on Country Resources for Neurological Disorders (Neurology Atlas) presents for the first time, the most comprehensive collection and compilation of information on neurological resources across 109 countries covering over 90% of the world population. The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) collaborated closely in the collection and analysis... more...
Making Preparation Count
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 16.20This booklet describes the outbreak of human cases of avian influenza in Turkey and the national and international response. Drawing on interviews with some of the key health workers and major agencies involved - the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization... more...
Malaria Control in Complex Emergencies
World Health Organization 2005; US$ 22.50This inter-agency handbook focuses on effective malaria control responses to complex emergencies, particularly during the acute phase when reliance on international humanitarian assistance is greatest. It provides policy-makers, planners, field programme managers and medical coordinators with practical guidance on designing and implementing measures... more...
Global Tuberculosis Control - Surveillance, Planning, Financing, 2004
World Health Organization 2004; US$ 36.00This is the 8th WHO annual report on global tuberculosis control. It includes data on case notifications and treatment outcomes from the 201 national TB control programmes (NTPs) that reported to WHO for 2002, together with an analysis of plans, budgets, expenditures, and constraints on DOTS expansion for 22 high-burden countries (HBCs). Nine consecutive... more...
Global Tuberculosis Control - Surveillance, Planning, Financing, 2006
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 36.00This series of annual reports from WHO monitors the state of the global tuberculosis epidemic, and charts progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The 2006 report, the tenth in the series, presents data on case notifications and treatment outcomes for 200 countries. It outlines activities that are essential for the successful implementation... more...
HIV/AIDS in Europe
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 45.00In Europe today, HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care are needed more than ever. HIV incidence steady in western and central Europe, and dramatically increasing in eastern Europe remains a major challenge to public health in the 21st century. With more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS in the WHO European Region, no country has been spared.... more...
Access to Treatment in the Private-Sector Workplace
World Health Organization 2005; US$ 15.00Companies cannot ignore HIV; it is a business issue demanding a response now and influencing longer term strategic planning. HIV infection among employees poses a significant threat to operational stability and future profitability. This study outlines how three major companies operating in South Africa have recognized both the challenges HIV poses... more...









