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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Malaria, West Nile, and other mosquito-borne diseases Malaria, West Nile, and other mosquito-borne diseases Nancy Day Identifies and discusses mosquito-borne diseases including how they are contracted, their symptoms, treatment, and prevention. OL16031215W
Strategic approach to the evaluation of programs implemented under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde… Strategic approach to the evaluation of programs implemented under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde… Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Planning the Assessment/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 will evaluate U.S. global programs to address HIV/AIDS. This book outlines the IOM's strategic approach for this evaluation."--resource home pag… OL16121460W
The making of global health governance The making of global health governance Nicole A. Szlezák "How do certain policy issues come to be regarded as 'global'? Whose responsibility is it to address them? Why do new global organizations emerge, and how do they interact with the existing system of… OL16671568W
Mosquito Mosquito Richard Jones Lots of insects suck blood, but one species above all others has a reputation, out of all proportion to its size: the mosquito. Due to the diseases they carry and inject, mosquitoes are responsible f… OL16803354W
Epidemiology and Control of Falciparum Malaria in the Americas Epidemiology and Control of Falciparum Malaria in the Americas Pan American Health Organization. Falciparum malaria continues to be an important health problem on the American continent. Although transmission is now mainly confined to geographic zones lying between latitudes 15 degrees N and 15 … OL17922903W
Malaria rapid diagnostic test performance Malaria rapid diagnostic test performance World Health Organization (WHO) The largest-ever independent, laboratory-based evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has shown that some tests perform exceptionally well in tropical temperatures and can detect eve… OL19885294W
The imaginations of unreasonable men The imaginations of unreasonable men William H. Shore Through the story of scientists pursuing an impossible dream of permanently eradicating malaria, a renowned social entrepreneur examines what it really takes to change the world. OL19945089W
Patent of Benjamin Okell Patent of Benjamin Okell Benjamin Okell Patent for "Doctor Bateman's Pectoral Drops, being pectoral anodyne and antihysterick, working chiefly by moderate sweat and urine... for the rheumatism, highly useful under afflictions of the stone,… OL24904248W
Specification of George Burnell Specification of George Burnell George Burnell Patent for a medicine "for the cure of the ague" including rhubarb, bark, snake root, salts of tartar and quinine. OL24904293W
Le paludisme Le paludisme Auriane Guilbaud Chaque année, plus d'un million de personnes meurent du paludisme, malgré une action sanitaire internationale qui implique de multiples acteurs. Ce livre examine les transformations de la lutte mondi… OL27739863W
Whom the gods love die young Whom the gods love die young Roy Macbeth Pitkin The book looks at the early deaths of: Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Charlotte Bronte, Stephen Crane, Rudolph Valentino, Lou Gehrig, Jean Harlow, Eva Peron and Mario Lanza. OL28965498W
Antimalarial Drugs II Antimalarial Drugs II Wallace Peters This multiauthor volume reviews the different chemical groups of antimalarial drugs, their development and modes of action as well as the problems of drug resistance and its prevention. OL6874350W
The Silver Witch The Silver Witch Sue Rich A stunning paranormal historical romance from the acclaimed author of Mistress of Sin. This enthralling tale of 1820s Florida weaves a spell deep in the steamy mystery of the Everglades. In this exot… OL8030603W