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Securing our future Securing our future United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. Across Africa, people dying prematurely from AIDS continues to pose serious challenges to the ability of African States to maintain efficient public institutions and deliver sound policies and promot… OL15028494W
Disease-hunting scientist Disease-hunting scientist Edward Willet "Explores careers in and science of epidemiology through accounts of real-life scientists"--Provided by publisher. OL15038022W
Cancer in Developing Countries: The Great Challenge for Oncology in the 21st Century Cancer in Developing Countries: The Great Challenge for Oncology in the 21st Century S Tanneberger This book does not attempt to cover all aspects of cancer in developing countries, this would require many volumes. Instead, it consists of a series of essays or "flashes", each of which illustrates … OL15177165W
Asleep Asleep Molly Caldwell Crosby Crosby, acclaimed author of "The American Plague," explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes agai… OL15440690W
The geographic spread of infectious diseases The geographic spread of infectious diseases Lisa Sattenspiel x, 286 p. : 24 cm OL15906725W
Epidemics Epidemics David M. Haugen This volume explores topics relating to epidemics by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide r… OL16132663W
Global status report on road safety Global status report on road safety World Health Organization (WHO) "Over 1.2 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries. In most regions of the world this epidemic of road traffic injuries is still incr… OL16139441W
Tinderbox Tinderbox Craig Timberg In this groundbreaking narrative, longtime Washington Post journalist Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how western colonial powers unwittin… OL16176732W
Sick societies Sick societies David Stuckler,Karen Siegel xv, 352 p. : 25 cm OL16617507W
Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific Kerrie L. Macpherson,Milton James Lewis "Chronic diseases--cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes--are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking incre… OL16653983W
Information sharing and collaboration Information sharing and collaboration Steve Olson,Deepali Patel "After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing nationa… OL16666662W
Vaccinations and public concern in history Vaccinations and public concern in history Andrea Kitta "In spite of the success of the childhood inoculation movement, questions have persisted about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Arguments such as the relationship between the MMR vaccine and auti… OL16767757W
The changing face of disease The changing face of disease Peters, J.,C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor,Stephen T. McGarvey The Changing Face of Disease seeks to address four themes which reflect our understanding of disease: its evolution; its implications for human societies; its ecology, and our response to it. OL16971260W
Nonlinear Regression With R Nonlinear Regression With R Jens Carl Streibig R is a rapidly evolving lingua franca of graphical display and statistical analysis of experiments from the applied sciences. Currently, R offers a wide range of functionality for nonlinear regressio… OL17407296W
How Our Ancestors Died How Our Ancestors Died Simon Wills What were the principal causes of death in the past? Could your ancestor have been affected? How was disease investigated and treated and what did our ancestors think about the illnesses and the acci… OL17531040W
Patient zero and the making of the AIDS epidemic Patient zero and the making of the AIDS epidemic Richard Andrew McKay The search for a “patient zero”—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Y… OL19734000W
Epidemiology of pediatric and adolescent diabetes Epidemiology of pediatric and adolescent diabetes Georgeanna J. Klingensmith The epidemiology of diabetes in children and adolescents is changing, which carries profound implications for how clinicians screen, assess, and manage the world-wide epidemic of this chronic disease… OL19847967W
Neonatal tetanus elimination Neonatal tetanus elimination Pan American Health Organization This guide emphasizes the progress made by surveillance systems in the identification and monitoring of high-risk areas and the conduct of special immunization activities targeting women of childbear… OL19890237W
Punishing Disease Punishing Disease Trevor Hoppe From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV—mostly stigmatized minorities—began before doctors had even settled on a name for the di… OL20218841W
The Epidemiology of Aging The Epidemiology of Aging Anne Newman,Jane A. Cauley The average age of the world's population is increasing at an unprecedented rate and this increase is changing the world. This 'silver tsunami' emphasizes the need to provide advanced training in epi… OL20692267W
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