258 Ebooks by Board on Global Health
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease
In recent public workshops and working group meetings, the Forum on Microbial Threats of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has examined a variety of infectious disease outbreaks with pandemic …
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€62.25
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Vector-Borne Diseases
Vector-borne infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and plague, cause a significant fraction of the global infectious disease burden; indeed, nearly half of the world’s …
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€81.39
Board on Global Health & Committee for the Assessment of DoD-GEIS Influenza Surveillance and Response Programs: Review of the DoD-GEIS Influenza Programs
The influenza pandemics of 1918, 1957, and 1968 offer a warning to the world about the potential dangers of the influenza virus. In 2006, after a series of cases and clusters of the highly pathogenic …
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€59.39
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection
Early detection is essential to the control of emerging, reemerging, and novel infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or intentionally introduced. Containing the spread of such diseases in …
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€63.64
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Violence Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The current state of science in violence prevention reveals progress, promise, and a number of remaining challenges. In order to fully examine the issue of global violence prevention, the Institute …
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€67.82
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention Trials: Methodological Challenges in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials
The number of people infected with HIV or living with AIDS is increasing at unprecedented rates as various scientists, organizations, and institutions search for innovative solutions to combating and …
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€65.57
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Design Considerations for Evaluating the Impact of PEPFAR
Design Considerations for Evaluating the Impact of PEPFAR is the summary of a 2-day workshop on methodological, policy, and practical design considerations for a future evaluation of human …
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€42.97
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
Long before the "germ theory" of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic diseases. …
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€71.86
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great …
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€42.23
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation
Dr. Joshua Lederberg – scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats – died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine’s …
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€78.65
Board on Global Health & Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. …
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€82.93
Board on Global Health & Committee for the Evaluation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Implementation: PEPFAR Implementation
In 2003, Congress passed the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, which established a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to help countries around the world respond to …
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€69.39
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus: Live Variola Virus
Smallpox was a devastating disease that decimated human populations for centuries, and its eradication in 1980 was a monumental achievement for the global health community. Since then the remaining …
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€46.36
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern …
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€54.29
Board on Global Health & Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health: U.S. Commitment to Global Health
Health is a highly valued, visible, and concrete investment that has the power to both save lives and enhance the credibility of the United States in the eyes of the world. While the United States …
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€44.53
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health
As the human population grows–tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water–Earth’s finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also …
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€77.83
Board on Global Health & Food and Nutrition Board: Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis
In 2007 and 2008, the world witnessed a dramatic increase in food prices. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 compounded the burden of high food prices, exacerbating the problems of hunger …
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€52.54
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World
Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plants–and the pathogens they carry–to travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of travel, tourism, and international trade connect …
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€76.15
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health
As the human population grows–tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water–Earth’s finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also …
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€82.65
Board on Global Health & Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health: U.S. Commitment to Global Health
Health is a highly valued, visible, and concrete investment that has the power to both save lives and enhance the credibility of the United States in the eyes of the world. While the United States …
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€58.83
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic
In March and early April 2009, a new, swine-origin 2009-H1N1 influenza A virus emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread by human-to-human …
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€98.90
Board on Global Health & Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries: Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), once thought to be confined primarily to industrialized nations, has emerged as a major health threat in developing countries. Cardiovascular disease now accounts for …
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€108.01
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern …
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€75.45
Board on Global Health & Food and Nutrition Board: Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis
In 2007 and 2008, the world witnessed a dramatic increase in food prices. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 compounded the burden of high food prices, exacerbating the problems of hunger …
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€74.29
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World
Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plants–and the pathogens they carry–to travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of travel, tourism, and international trade connect …
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€82.38
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Strategic Approach to the Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008
At the request of Congress, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will evaluate U.S. global programs to address HIV/AIDS. This book outlines the IOM’s strategic approach for this …
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€51.56
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Antibiotic Resistance
Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant ‘superbugs.’ The IOM’s Forum on Microbial Threats held a public …
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€109.96
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic
In March and early April 2009, a new, swine-origin 2009-H1N1 influenza A virus emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread by human-to-human …
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€105.54
Board on Global Health & Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries: Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), once thought to be confined primarily to industrialized nations, has emerged as a major health threat in developing countries. Cardiovascular disease now accounts for …
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€113.86
Board on Global Health & Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV: Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of …
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€57.25
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control
Globalization is by no means a new phenomenon; transcontinental trade and the movement of people date back at least 2, 000 years, to the era of the ancient Silk Road trade route. The global spread of …
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€60.24
Board on Global Health & Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats: Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences
Biomedical advances have made it possible to identify and manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways–leading to improvements in public health, agriculture, and other areas. The …
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€90.62
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce
The Forum on Microbial Threats (previously named the Forum on Emerging Infections) was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the …
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€75.36
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry
To mitigate the risks posed by microbial threats of public health significance originating abroad, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) places small groups of staff at major U.S. …
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€72.52
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Options for Overseas Placement of U.S. Health Professionals: Healers Abroad
Healers Abroad:Americans Responding to the Human Resource Crisis in HIV/AIDS calls for the federal government to create and fund the United States Global Health Service (GHS) to mobilize the …
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€59.37
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Threat of Pandemic Influenza
Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be …
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€82.38
Board on Global Health & Committee on Examining the Probable Consequences of Alternative Patterns of Widespread Antiretroviral Drug Use in Resource-Constrained Settings: Scaling Up Treatment for the Global AIDS Pandemic
An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually. In recent years, many HIV-infected patients in wealthy nations …
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€83.49
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Infectious Etiology of Chronic Diseases
In recent years, a number of chronic diseases have been linked, in some cases definitively, to an infectious etiology: peptic ulcer disease with Helicobacter pylori, cervical cancer with several …
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€55.60
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Economics of Antimalarial Drugs: Saving Lives, Buying Time
For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the deadliest …
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€83.03
Board on Global Health & Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes: Improving Birth Outcomes
Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps …
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€72.36
Board on Global Health & Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes: Reducing Birth Defects
Each year more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. This book highlights the unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of children and families in developing countries by …
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€65.34
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors
The resistance topic is timely given current events. The emergence of mysterious new diseases, such as SARS, and the looming threat of bioterrorist attacks remind us of how vulnerable we can be to …
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€65.87
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Considerations for Viral Disease Eradication
Since smallpox eradication, the science of eradication has changed and with it, our definitions of what diseases are possible to eradicate. However, eradication must not beget complacency. As has …
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€63.28
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases represent one of the leading causes of illness and death from infectious disease. Defined by the World Health Organization, zoonoses are those diseases and infections that are …
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€49.86
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Biological Threats and Terrorism
In the wake of September 11th and recent anthrax events, our nations bioterrorism response capability has become an imminent priority for policymakers, researchers, public health officials, academia, …
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€51.35
Board on Global Health & Committee on Nervous System Disorders in Developing Countries: Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders
Brain disorders"neurological, psychiatric, and developmental"now affect at least 250 million people in the developing world, and this number is expected to rise as life expectancy …
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€90.46
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective
In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled International Aspects of Emerging Infections. Key representatives from the …
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€45.27
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation
Dr. Joshua Lederberg – scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats – died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the Institute of Medicine’s …
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€112.29
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Vector-Borne Diseases
Vector-borne infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and plague, cause a significant fraction of the global infectious disease burden; indeed, nearly half of the world’s …
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€83.01
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
Long before the "germ theory" of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic diseases. …
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€90.62
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Violence Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The current state of science in violence prevention reveals progress, promise, and a number of remaining challenges. In order to fully examine the issue of global violence prevention, the Institute …
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€83.74
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention Trials: Methodological Challenges in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials
The number of people infected with HIV or living with AIDS is increasing at unprecedented rates as various scientists, organizations, and institutions search for innovative solutions to combating and …
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€82.49
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Design Considerations for Evaluating the Impact of PEPFAR
Design Considerations for Evaluating the Impact of PEPFAR is the summary of a 2-day workshop on methodological, policy, and practical design considerations for a future evaluation of human …
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€60.24
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great …
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€60.34
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection
Early detection is essential to the control of emerging, reemerging, and novel infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or intentionally introduced. Containing the spread of such diseases in …
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€90.43
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease
In recent public workshops and working group meetings, the Forum on Microbial Threats of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has examined a variety of infectious disease outbreaks with pandemic …
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€90.19
Board on Global Health & Committee for the Assessment of DoD-GEIS Influenza Surveillance and Response Programs: Review of the DoD-GEIS Influenza Programs
The influenza pandemics of 1918, 1957, and 1968 offer a warning to the world about the potential dangers of the influenza virus. In 2006, after a series of cases and clusters of the highly pathogenic …
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€83.40
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ending the War Metaphor
Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us. It may be the case that a disease has existed for many, many years but has only recently begun …
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€91.20
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health
In December 2004, at a press conference called to announce his departure as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tommy Thompson raised both concern and controversy when he …
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€106.14
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Prevention of HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries: Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries
Drug dependence is a complex, chronic, relapsing condition that is often accompanied by severe health, psychological, economic, legal, and social consequences. Injecting drug users are particularly …
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€97.70
Board on Global Health & Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats: International Perspective on Advancing Technologies and Strategies for Managing Dual-Use Risks
As part of a study of current and future research in the life sciences that contains applications relevant to development of agents of biological origin 5 to 10 years into the future, an NRC/IOM …
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€62.42
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Learning from SARS
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in …
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€69.14
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Antibiotic Resistance
Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant ‘superbugs.’ The IOM’s Forum on Microbial Threats held a public …
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€121.45
Board on Global Health & Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century: Microbial Threats to Health
Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving …
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€66.34
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways to manage NTDs, policy-makers and funders have only …
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€132.77
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Preventing Violence Against Women and Children
Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are particularly …
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€62.72
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Preventing Violence Against Women and Children
Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are particularly …
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€66.34
Board on Global Health & Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV: Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of …
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€59.89
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Fungal Diseases
Fungal diseases have contributed to death and disability in humans, triggered global wildlife extinctions and population declines, devastated agricultural crops, and altered forest ecosystem …
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€108.24
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Fungal Diseases
Fungal diseases have contributed to death and disability in humans, triggered global wildlife extinctions and population declines, devastated agricultural crops, and altered forest ecosystem …
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€113.28
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways to manage NTDs, policy-makers and funders have only …
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€134.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Science and Applications of Synthetic and Systems Biology
Many potential applications of synthetic and systems biology are relevant to the challenges associated with the detection, surveillance, and responses to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. …
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€3.80
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Science and Applications of Synthetic and Systems Biology
Many potential applications of synthetic and systems biology are relevant to the challenges associated with the detection, surveillance, and responses to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. …
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€98.23
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Social and Economic Costs of Violence
Measuring the social and economic costs of violence can be difficult, and most estimates only consider direct economic effects, such as productivity loss or the use of health care services. …
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€3.79
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Social and Economic Costs of Violence
Measuring the social and economic costs of violence can be difficult, and most estimates only consider direct economic effects, such as productivity loss or the use of health care services. …
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€55.78
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad
A very high portion of the seafood we eat comes from abroad, mainly from China and Southeast Asia, and most of the active ingredients in medicines we take originate in other countries. Many low- and …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Country-Level Decision Making for Control of Chronic Diseases
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 …
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€3.80
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Country-Level Decision Making for Control of Chronic Diseases
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 …
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€46.75
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Communications and Technology for Violence Prevention
In the last 25 years, a major shift has occurred in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the realization that violence is preventable. As we learn more …
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€3.78
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Communications and Technology for Violence Prevention
In the last 25 years, a major shift has occurred in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the realization that violence is preventable. As we learn more …
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€54.27
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Ranking Vaccines
As a number of diseases emerge or reemerge thus stimulating new vaccine development opportunities to help prevent those diseases, it can be especially difficult for decision makers to know where to …
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€3.79
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Ranking Vaccines
As a number of diseases emerge or reemerge thus stimulating new vaccine development opportunities to help prevent those diseases, it can be especially difficult for decision makers to know where to …
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€73.90
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach
Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach
Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and …
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€91.36
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Interprofessional Education for Collaboration
Every year, the Global Forum undertakes two workshops whose topics are selected by the more than 55 members of the Forum. It was decided in this first year of the Forum’s existence that the workshops …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Interprofessional Education for Collaboration
Every year, the Global Forum undertakes two workshops whose topics are selected by the more than 55 members of the Forum. It was decided in this first year of the Forum’s existence that the workshops …
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€54.35
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Contagion of Violence
The past 25 years have seen a major paradigm shift in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the recognition that violence is preventable. Part of this …
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€3.79
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Contagion of Violence
The past 25 years have seen a major paradigm shift in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the recognition that violence is preventable. Part of this …
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€55.91
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Social Biology of Microbial Communities
Beginning with the germ theory of disease in the 19th century and extending through most of the 20th century, microbes were believed to live their lives as solitary, unicellular, disease-causing …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Social Biology of Microbial Communities
Beginning with the germ theory of disease in the 19th century and extending through most of the 20th century, microbes were believed to live their lives as solitary, unicellular, disease-causing …
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€89.87
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Ranking Vaccines
SMART Vaccines–Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines–is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Ranking Vaccines
SMART Vaccines–Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines–is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help …
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€59.91
Board on Global Health & Board on Life Sciences: Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza
When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian …
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€3.77
Board on Global Health & Board on Life Sciences: Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza
When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian …
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€48.24
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Outcome and Impact Evaluation of Global HIV: Evaluation of PEPFAR
The U.S. government supports programs to combat global HIV/AIDS through an initiative that is known as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This initiative was originally …
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€3.80
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Outcome and Impact Evaluation of Global HIV: Evaluation of PEPFAR
The U.S. government supports programs to combat global HIV/AIDS through an initiative that is known as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This initiative was originally …
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€121.45
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Science and Applications of Microbial Genomics
Over the past several decades, new scientific tools and approaches for detecting microbial species have dramatically enhanced our appreciation of the diversity and abundance of the microbiota and its …
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€3.75
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs
The adulteration and fraudulent manufacture of medicines is an old problem, vastly aggravated by modern manufacturing and trade. In the last decade, impotent antimicrobial drugs have compromised the …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Improving Access to Essential Medicines for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2011 the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health initiative identified priorities that have the potential to make a significant impact on the lives of people with mental, neurological, and …
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€3.75
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Improving Access to Essential Medicines for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2011 the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health initiative identified priorities that have the potential to make a significant impact on the lives of people with mental, neurological, and …
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€54.35
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Establishing Transdisciplinary Professionalism for Improving Health Outcomes
Establishing Transdisciplinary Professionalism for Improving Health Outcomes is a summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Establishing Transdisciplinary Professionalism for Improving Health Outcomes
Establishing Transdisciplinary Professionalism for Improving Health Outcomes is a summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional …
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€53.92
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World
The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World is the summary of a workshop convened in January 2013 by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World
The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World is the summary of a workshop convened in January 2013 by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention …
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€54.40
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Microbial Ecology in States of Health and Disease
Individually and collectively, resident microbes play important roles in host health and survival. Shaping and shaped by their host environments, these microorganisms form intricate communities that …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Microbial Ecology in States of Health and Disease
Individually and collectively, resident microbes play important roles in host health and survival. Shaping and shaped by their host environments, these microorganisms form intricate communities that …
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€105.78
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Elder Abuse and Its Prevention
Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention. Using an ecological framework, this workshop …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Elder Abuse and Its Prevention
Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention. Using an ecological framework, this workshop …
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€54.25
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Assessing Health Professional Education
Assessing Health Professional Education is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education to explore assessment of health …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Assessing Health Professional Education
Assessing Health Professional Education is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education to explore assessment of health …
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€53.99
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives
Every year, public and private funders spend many billions of dollars on large-scale, complex, multi-national health initiatives. The only way to know whether these initiatives are achieving their …
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€3.75
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives
Every year, public and private funders spend many billions of dollars on large-scale, complex, multi-national health initiatives. The only way to know whether these initiatives are achieving their …
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€60.36
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Ranking Vaccines
SMART Vaccines – Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines – is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Ranking Vaccines
SMART Vaccines – Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines – is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help …
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€90.43
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Influence of Global Environmental Change on Infectious Disease Dynamics
The twentieth century witnessed an era of unprecedented, large-scale, anthropogenic changes to the natural environment. Understanding how environmental factors directly and indirectly affect the …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Influence of Global Environmental Change on Infectious Disease Dynamics
The twentieth century witnessed an era of unprecedented, large-scale, anthropogenic changes to the natural environment. Understanding how environmental factors directly and indirectly affect the …
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€104.99
Board on Global Health & Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally: Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally
The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally in April 2014 to focus on investments …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally: Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally
The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally in April 2014 to focus on investments …
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€60.31
Board on Global Health & Committee on Investing in Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Investing in Global Health Systems
The United States has been a generous sponsor of global health programs for the past 25 years or more. This investment has contributed to meaningful changes, especially for women and children, who …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Committee on Investing in Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Investing in Global Health Systems
The United States has been a generous sponsor of global health programs for the past 25 years or more. This investment has contributed to meaningful changes, especially for women and children, who …
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€55.38
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Building Health Workforce Capacity Through Community-Based Health Professional Education
There is growing evidence from developed and developing countries that community-based approaches are effective in improving the health of individuals and populations. This is especially true when …
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€3.79
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Building Health Workforce Capacity Through Community-Based Health Professional Education
There is growing evidence from developed and developing countries that community-based approaches are effective in improving the health of individuals and populations. This is especially true when …
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€57.27
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Emerging Viral Diseases
In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin – Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola virus in …
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€3.72
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Emerging Viral Diseases
In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin – Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola virus in …
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€90.58
Board on Global Health & Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally: Financing Investments in Young Children Globally
In January 2014, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, in collaboration with the IOM Board on Global Health, launched the Forum on …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally: Financing Investments in Young Children Globally
In January 2014, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, in collaboration with the IOM Board on Global Health, launched the Forum on …
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€54.27
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Empowering Women and Strengthening Health Systems and Services Through Investing in Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise
In September 2014, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education and the Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety of the Institute of Medicine convened a …
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€3.72
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Empowering Women and Strengthening Health Systems and Services Through Investing in Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise
In September 2014, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education and the Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety of the Institute of Medicine convened a …
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€59.27
Board on Global Health & Committee on Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes
Interprofessional teamwork and collaborative practice are emerging as key elements of efficient and productive work in promoting health and treating patients. The vision for these collaborations is …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Committee on Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes: Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes
Interprofessional teamwork and collaborative practice are emerging as key elements of efficient and productive work in promoting health and treating patients. The vision for these collaborations is …
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€56.71
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Improving Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Quality of care is a priority for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The agency’s missions abroad and their host country partners work in quality improvement, but a lack of evidence …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Improving Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Quality of care is a priority for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The agency’s missions abroad and their host country partners work in quality improvement, but a lack of evidence …
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€66.40
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Approaches to Universal Health Coverage and Occupational Health and Safety for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries
Universal health coverage (UHC) has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a key element in reducing social inequality and a critical component of sustainable development and poverty …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Approaches to Universal Health Coverage and Occupational Health and Safety for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries
Universal health coverage (UHC) has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a key element in reducing social inequality and a critical component of sustainable development and poverty …
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€54.25
Board on Global Health & Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally: Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally
This report summarizes a joint workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council with Fundacao Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal in November 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally: Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally
This report summarizes a joint workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council with Fundacao Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal in November 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The …
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€51.61
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania
Globally, between 15-71 percent of women will experience physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. Too often this preventable form of violence is …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania
Globally, between 15-71 percent of women will experience physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. Too often this preventable form of violence is …
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€48.24
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases
Pathogens transmitted among humans, animals, or plants by insects and arthropod vectors have been responsible for significant morbidity and mortality throughout recorded history. Such vector-borne …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases
Pathogens transmitted among humans, animals, or plants by insects and arthropod vectors have been responsible for significant morbidity and mortality throughout recorded history. Such vector-borne …
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€98.68
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Providing Sustainable Mental and Neurological Health Care in Ghana and Kenya
Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders have a substantial impact on global health and well-being. Disorders such as depression, alcohol abuse, and schizophrenia constitute about 13 …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Providing Sustainable Mental and Neurological Health Care in Ghana and Kenya
Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders have a substantial impact on global health and well-being. Disorders such as depression, alcohol abuse, and schizophrenia constitute about 13 …
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€82.91
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Envisioning the Future of Health Professional Education
In April 2015, the Institute of Medicine convened a public workshop to explore recent shifts in the health and health care industry and their implications for health professional education (HPE) and …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Envisioning the Future of Health Professional Education
In April 2015, the Institute of Medicine convened a public workshop to explore recent shifts in the health and health care industry and their implications for health professional education (HPE) and …
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€49.74
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Using Existing Platforms to Integrate and Coordinate Investments for Children
The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of children and their caregivers around the world. …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Using Existing Platforms to Integrate and Coordinate Investments for Children
The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of children and their caregivers around the world. …
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€58.20
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Rapid Medical Countermeasure Response to Infectious Diseases
Emerging infectious disease threats that may not have available treatments or vaccines can directly affect the security of the world’s health since these diseases also know no boundaries and will …
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€3.80
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Rapid Medical Countermeasure Response to Infectious Diseases
Emerging infectious disease threats that may not have available treatments or vaccines can directly affect the security of the world’s health since these diseases also know no boundaries and will …
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€60.27
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Health Risk Framework
Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well beyond …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Global Health Risk Framework
Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well beyond …
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€54.11
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Global Health Risk Framework
Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well beyond …
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€3.77
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Global Health Risk Framework
Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well beyond …
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€54.27
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Health Systems Strengthening
Over the past several decades, the public and private sectors made significant investments in global health, leading to meaningful changes for many of the world’s poor. These investments and the …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Health Systems Strengthening
Over the past several decades, the public and private sectors made significant investments in global health, leading to meaningful changes for many of the world’s poor. These investments and the …
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€54.92
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Supporting Family and Community Investments in Young Children Globally
To examine the science, policy, and practice surrounding supporting family and community investments in young children globally and children in acute disruptions, the National Academies of Sciences, …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Supporting Family and Community Investments in Young Children Globally
To examine the science, policy, and practice surrounding supporting family and community investments in young children globally and children in acute disruptions, the National Academies of Sciences, …
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€59.91
Board on Global Health & Committee on Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health: Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Committee on Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health: Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the …
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€60.27
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030 strive for a world that is "just, equitable, and inclusive, " in which everyone receives care, education, and opportunities to …
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€3.75
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030 strive for a world that is "just, equitable, and inclusive, " in which everyone receives care, education, and opportunities to …
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€72.34
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Exploring Shared Value in Global Health and Safety
Companies today are operating in a more complex and competitive environment where traditional models for doing business are no longer sufficient and expectations of business are growing both …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Exploring Shared Value in Global Health and Safety
Companies today are operating in a more complex and competitive environment where traditional models for doing business are no longer sufficient and expectations of business are growing both …
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€53.85
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Exploring the Role of Accreditation in Enhancing Quality and Innovation in Health Professions Education
The purpose of accreditation is to build a competent health workforce by ensuring the quality of training taking place within those institutions that have met certain criteria. It is the combination …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Exploring the Role of Accreditation in Enhancing Quality and Innovation in Health Professions Education
The purpose of accreditation is to build a competent health workforce by ensuring the quality of training taking place within those institutions that have met certain criteria. It is the combination …
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€72.85
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Investing in Young Children for Peaceful Societies
With the worst human refugee crisis since World War II as the backdrop, from March 16 through March 18, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in partnership with UNICEF …
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€3.72
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Investing in Young Children for Peaceful Societies
With the worst human refugee crisis since World War II as the backdrop, from March 16 through March 18, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in partnership with UNICEF …
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€59.37
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
The most recent Ebola epidemic that began in late 2013 alerted the entire world to the gaps in infectious disease emergency preparedness and response. The regional outbreak that progressed to a …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
The most recent Ebola epidemic that began in late 2013 alerted the entire world to the gaps in infectious disease emergency preparedness and response. The regional outbreak that progressed to a …
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€60.79
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy
With the amount of data in the world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of social media provides an opportunity to improve …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy
With the amount of data in the world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of social media provides an opportunity to improve …
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€71.99
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Future Financial Economics of Health Professional Education
An adequate, well-trained, and diverse health care workforce is essential for providing access to quality health care services. However, despite more than a decade of concerted global action to …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Future Financial Economics of Health Professional Education
An adequate, well-trained, and diverse health care workforce is essential for providing access to quality health care services. However, despite more than a decade of concerted global action to …
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€73.30
Board on Global Health & Committee on Global Health and the Future of the United States: Global Health and the Future Role of the United States
While much progress has been made on achieving the Millenium Development Goals over the last decade, the number and complexity of global health challenges has persisted. Growing forces for …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Committee on Global Health and the Future of the United States: Global Health and the Future Role of the United States
While much progress has been made on achieving the Millenium Development Goals over the last decade, the number and complexity of global health challenges has persisted. Growing forces for …
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€98.00
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Building Communication Capacity to Counter Infectious Disease Threats
Building communication capacity is a critical piece of preparing for, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats. The International Health Regulations (IHR) establish risk …
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€3.72
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Building Communication Capacity to Counter Infectious Disease Threats
Building communication capacity is a critical piece of preparing for, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats. The International Health Regulations (IHR) establish risk …
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€73.87
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Integrating Clinical Research into Epidemic Response
The 2014"2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28, 616 cases and 11, 310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Integrating Clinical Research into Epidemic Response
The 2014"2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28, 616 cases and 11, 310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The …
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€97.31
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Engaging the Private Sector and Developing Partnerships to Advance Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the United Nations Development Summit to serve as a 15-year plan of action for all countries and people. The SDGs include …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Engaging the Private Sector and Developing Partnerships to Advance Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the United Nations Development Summit to serve as a 15-year plan of action for all countries and people. The SDGs include …
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€72.36
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Using Technology to Advance Global Health
To explore how the use of technology can facilitate progress toward globally recognized health priorities, the Forum on Public"Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety organized a …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Using Technology to Advance Global Health
To explore how the use of technology can facilitate progress toward globally recognized health priorities, the Forum on Public"Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety organized a …
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€61.62
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Exploring a Business Case for High-Value Continuing Professional Development
Continuing education, continuing professional development, and high-value continuing professional development exist along a continuum. Continuing education (CE) often is associated with didactic …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Exploring a Business Case for High-Value Continuing Professional Development
Continuing education, continuing professional development, and high-value continuing professional development exist along a continuum. Continuing education (CE) often is associated with didactic …
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€67.97
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
As of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and economic outcomes in its wake. Those consequences will multiply if …
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€3.78
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
As of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and economic outcomes in its wake. Those consequences will multiply if …
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€70.63
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Violence and Mental Health
On February 26"27, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines Forum on Global Violence Prevention convened a workshop titled Mental Health and Violence: Opportunities …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Violence and Mental Health
On February 26"27, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines Forum on Global Violence Prevention convened a workshop titled Mental Health and Violence: Opportunities …
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€61.88
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Exploring Partnership Governance in Global Health
Solving the worlds health challenges requires multidisciplinary collaborations that bring together the talents, experiences, resources, and ideas from multiple sectors. These collaborations in global …
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€3.73
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Exploring Partnership Governance in Global Health
Solving the worlds health challenges requires multidisciplinary collaborations that bring together the talents, experiences, resources, and ideas from multiple sectors. These collaborations in global …
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€67.85
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Urbanization and Slums
The urban built environment is a prime setting for microbial transmission, because just as cities serve as hubs for migration and international travel, components of the urban built environment serve …
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€3.77
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Urbanization and Slums
The urban built environment is a prime setting for microbial transmission, because just as cities serve as hubs for migration and international travel, components of the urban built environment serve …
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€61.95
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Improving Health Professional Education and Practice Through Technology
A pressing challenge in the modern health care system is the gap between education and clinical practice. Emerging technologies have the potential to bridge this gap by creating the kind of …
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€3.75
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Improving Health Professional Education and Practice Through Technology
A pressing challenge in the modern health care system is the gap between education and clinical practice. Emerging technologies have the potential to bridge this gap by creating the kind of …
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€62.42
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Design Thinking, Systems Approach to Well-Being Within Education and Practice
The mental health and well-being of health professionals is a topic that is broad, exceptionally relevant, and urgent to address. It is both a local and a global issue, and affects professionals in …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Design Thinking, Systems Approach to Well-Being Within Education and Practice
The mental health and well-being of health professionals is a topic that is broad, exceptionally relevant, and urgent to address. It is both a local and a global issue, and affects professionals in …
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€61.80
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Care Services: Crossing the Global Quality Chasm
In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals that include an explicit commitment to achieve universal health …
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€3.75
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Care Services: Crossing the Global Quality Chasm
In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals that include an explicit commitment to achieve universal health …
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€104.72
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Understanding the Economics of Microbial Threats
Microbial threats, including endemic and emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, can cause not only substantial health consequences but also enormous disruption to economic …
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€3.72
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Understanding the Economics of Microbial Threats
Microbial threats, including endemic and emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, can cause not only substantial health consequences but also enormous disruption to economic …
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€73.87
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Global Health Transitions and Sustainable Solutions
On June 13"14, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a multistakeholder workshop to examine the transitions affecting global health and innovative global …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Global Health Transitions and Sustainable Solutions
On June 13"14, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a multistakeholder workshop to examine the transitions affecting global health and innovative global …
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€61.80
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Exploring Lessons Learned from a Century of Outbreaks
In November 2018, an ad hoc planning committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned two sister workshops held in Washington, DC, to examine the lessons from …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Role of Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain Management
Pain is a leading cause of disability globally. The dramatic increase in opioid prescriptions within the past decade in the United States has contributed to the opioid epidemic the country currently …
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€3.76
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Role of Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain Management
Pain is a leading cause of disability globally. The dramatic increase in opioid prescriptions within the past decade in the United States has contributed to the opioid epidemic the country currently …
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€61.38
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Strengthening the Connection Between Health Professions Education and Practice
On November 13 and 14, 2018, members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education participated in a joint workshop …
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€67.77
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Considerations for Viral Disease Eradication
Since smallpox eradication, the science of eradication has changed and with it, our definitions of what diseases are possible to eradicate. However, eradication must not beget complacency. As has …
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€44.46
Board on Global Health & Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century: Microbial Threats to Health
Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving …
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€51.97
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors
The resistance topic is timely given current events. The emergence of mysterious new diseases, such as SARS, and the looming threat of bioterrorist attacks remind us of how vulnerable we can be to …
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€52.44
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases represent one of the leading causes of illness and death from infectious disease. Defined by the World Health Organization, zoonoses are those diseases and infections that are …
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€34.66
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Biological Threats and Terrorism
In the wake of September 11th and recent anthrax events, our nations bioterrorism response capability has become an imminent priority for policymakers, researchers, public health officials, academia, …
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€49.40
Board on Global Health & Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes: Improving Birth Outcomes
Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps …
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€56.68
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Infectious Etiology of Chronic Diseases
In recent years, a number of chronic diseases have been linked, in some cases definitively, to an infectious etiology: peptic ulcer disease with Helicobacter pylori, cervical cancer with several …
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€40.01
Board on Global Health & Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes: Reducing Birth Defects
Each year more than 4 million children are born with birth defects. This book highlights the unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of children and families in developing countries by …
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€45.31
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Economics of Antimalarial Drugs: Saving Lives, Buying Time
For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the deadliest …
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€58.06
Board on Global Health & Committee on Examining the Probable Consequences of Alternative Patterns of Widespread Antiretroviral Drug Use in Resource-Constrained Settings: Scaling Up Treatment for the Global AIDS Pandemic
An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually. In recent years, many HIV-infected patients in wealthy nations …
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€56.65
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Threat of Pandemic Influenza
Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be …
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€57.11
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ending the War Metaphor
Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us. It may be the case that a disease has existed for many, many years but has only recently begun …
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€73.62
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Options for Overseas Placement of U.S. Health Professionals: Healers Abroad
Healers Abroad:Americans Responding to the Human Resource Crisis in HIV/AIDS calls for the federal government to create and fund the United States Global Health Service (GHS) to mobilize the …
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€44.57
Board on Global Health & Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats: International Perspective on Advancing Technologies and Strategies for Managing Dual-Use Risks
As part of a study of current and future research in the life sciences that contains applications relevant to development of agents of biological origin 5 to 10 years into the future, an NRC/IOM …
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€43.32
Board on Global Health & Forum on Emerging Infections: Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective
In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled International Aspects of Emerging Infections. Key representatives from the …
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€31.74
Board on Global Health & Committee on Nervous System Disorders in Developing Countries: Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders
Brain disorders"neurological, psychiatric, and developmental"now affect at least 250 million people in the developing world, and this number is expected to rise as life expectancy …
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€53.11
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Learning from SARS
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in …
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€49.35
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Quarantine Stations at Ports of Entry
To mitigate the risks posed by microbial threats of public health significance originating abroad, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) places small groups of staff at major U.S. …
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€56.60
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce
The Forum on Microbial Threats (previously named the Forum on Emerging Infections) was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the …
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€54.66
Board on Global Health & Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats: Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences
Biomedical advances have made it possible to identify and manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways–leading to improvements in public health, agriculture, and other areas. The …
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€65.62
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health
In December 2004, at a press conference called to announce his departure as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tommy Thompson raised both concern and controversy when he …
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€73.25
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control
Globalization is by no means a new phenomenon; transcontinental trade and the movement of people date back at least 2, 000 years, to the era of the ancient Silk Road trade route. The global spread of …
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€51.99
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Prevention of HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries: Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries
Drug dependence is a complex, chronic, relapsing condition that is often accompanied by severe health, psychological, economic, legal, and social consequences. Injecting drug users are particularly …
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€70.88
Board on Global Health & Committee on Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Cancer is low or absent on the health agendas of low- and middle-income countries (LMCs) despite the fact that more people die from cancer in these countries than from AIDS and malaria combined. …
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€56.58
Board on Global Health & Committee for the Evaluation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Implementation: PEPFAR Implementation
In 2003, Congress passed the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, which established a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to help countries around the world respond to …
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€49.28
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Convergence of Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases
On June 11 and June 12, 2019, the National Academies convened a workshop to explore the growing understanding of how the interplay between humans and microbes affects host physiology and causes …
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€73.36
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Health Professions Faculty for the Future
To explore various aspects of faculty development, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual …
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€46.12
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Critical Public Health Value of Vaccines
Immunization against disease is among the most successful global health efforts of the modern era, and substantial gains in vaccination coverage rates have been achieved worldwide. However, that …
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€46.01
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Value Proposition and Innovative Models for Multi-Sectoral Engagement in Global Health
To explore value proposition for different sectors that engage in global health – including industry, government, philanthropy, and civil society – and innovative models for multi-sectoral …
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€67.91
Board on Global Health & Committee on Mutual Recognition Agreements and Reliance in the Regulation of Medicines: Regulating Medicines in a Globalized World
Globalization is rapidly changing lives and industries around the world. Drug development, authorization, and regulatory supervision have become international endeavors, with most medicines becoming …
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€74.60
Board on Global Health & Committee on Stronger Food and Drug Regulatory Systems Abroad: Stronger Food and Drug Regulatory Systems Abroad
Ensuring the safety of food and the quality and safety of medicines in a country is an important role of government, made more complicated by global manufacturing and international trade. By recent …
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€82.93
Board on Global Health & Committee on the Evaluation of Strengthening Human Resources for Health Capacity in the Republic of Rwanda Under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): Evaluation of PEPFAR’s Contribution (2012-2017) to Rwanda’s
Since 2004, the U.S. government has supported the global response to HIV/AIDS through the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The Republic of Rwanda, a PEPFAR partner country since …
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€74.99
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Mental Health
The social determinants of mental health involve the economic, social, and political conditions into which one is born that influence a person’s mental health – and, in particular, that affect the …
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€51.10
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Exploring the Frontiers of Innovation to Tackle Microbial Threats
On December 4"5, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 1.5-day public workshop titled Exploring the Frontiers of Innovation to Tackle Microbial Threats. The …
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€69.03
Board on Global Health & Forum on Publica¬&Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety: Health-Focused PublicaPrivate Partnerships in the Urban Context
To draw attention to health determinants and health inequities among populations that live in urban environments and to explore challenges faced in establishing urban population health, the Forum on …
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€61.53
Board on Global Health & Board on Life Sciences: Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in collaboration with the Inter Academy Partnership and the European Academies Science Advisory Committee held a workshop in November …
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€69.94
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Lessons Learned in Health Professions Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 1
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals adapted, innovated, and accelerated in order to meet the needs of students, patients, and the community. To examine and learn from these …
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€36.32
Board on Global Health & Committee on Public Health Interventions and Countermeasures for Advancing Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Preparedness and Response: Public Health Lessons for Non-Vaccine Influenza Interventions
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the world’s preparedness for a respiratory virus event. While the world has been combating COVID-19, seasonal and pandemic influenza remain imminent global health …
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€55.96
Board on Global Health & Committee on Vaccine Research and Development Recommendations for Advancing Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Preparedness and Response: Vaccine Research and Development to Advance Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Preparedness and Re
The global response to COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of vigilance and preparedness for infectious diseases, particularly influenza. There is a need for more effective influenza vaccines …
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€51.57
Board on Global Health & Health and Medicine Division: Countering the Pandemic Threat Through Global Coordination on Vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the fragility of the global system of preparedness and response to pandemics and the fragmentation of our research and development ecosystem. The pandemic has …
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€59.70
Board on Global Health & Committee on Addressing Issues of Vaccine Distribution and Supply Chains to Advance Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Preparedness and Response: Globally Resilient Supply Chains for Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Vaccines
Influenza viruses, both seasonal and pandemic, have the potential to disrupt the health and well-being of populations around the world. The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and prior public …
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€62.49
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Systematizing the One Health Approach in Preparedness and Response Efforts for Infectious Disease Outbreaks
A planning committee convened by the Forum on Microbial Threats of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual workshop on February 23-25, 2021, titled Systematizing …
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€46.18
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Lessons Learned in Health Professions Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 2
The COVID-19 pandemic was arguably the greatest disrupter health professional education (HPE) has ever experienced. To explore how lessons learned from this unprecedented event could inform the …
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€41.44
Board on Global Health & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Improving the CDC Quarantine Station Network’s Response to Emerging Threats
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responsible for preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases into the United States. It does this …
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€24.94
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Innovations for Tackling Tuberculosis in the Time of COVID-19
Despite being preventable and curable since the middle of the twentieth century, tuberculosis (TB) has long persisted as the world’s deadliest infectious disease, with the communities most devastated …
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€31.65
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Toward a Post-Pandemic World
To take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19 around the world and in the United States, the Forum on Microbial Threats held two virtual workshops during 2021. The first workshop focused on what it …
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€21.33
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Exploring the Role of Health Professional Students and Trainees as Members of the Health Workforce During Crises
The onset of COVID-19 pandemic and inundation of the U.S. health care system emphasized infrastructural and health professional education vulnerabilities. A planning committee of the National …
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€26.36
Board on Global Health & Forum on Microbial Threats: Role of Plant Agricultural Practices on Development of Antimicrobial Resistant Fungi Affecting Human Health
Antifungal use in plant agriculture is a widespread practice necessary to safeguard food safety and security. While the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health …
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€31.44
Board on Global Health & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Accelerating the Development and Uptake of Rapid Diagnostics to Address Antibiotic Resistance
The use and misuse of antibiotics contributes to the rise in drug-resistant bacteria – a serious and worsening threat to human health. The development and use of rapid point-of-care diagnostics in …
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€23.85
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Addressing the Needs of an Aging Population Through Health Professions Education
The National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education hosted a Fall 2022 workshop series to explore the various needs of an aging population and an ideal health workforce …
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€23.86
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Sharing and Exchanging Ideas and Experiences on Community-Engaged Approaches to Oral Health
Despite the integral contribution of oral health to general health status, it continues to be treated as a marginalized and less important practice of health care. Minimizing its importance begins …
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€16.21
Board on Global Health & Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education
The National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education hosted a multi-day workshop series in March and April 2023 to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) …
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€21.35
