List of WHO publications: Tropical diseases
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Year
2013 Order Number    11000976 ISBN-13
 9789241209762
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
The Thematic Reference Group on Environment, Agriculture and Infectious Diseases of Poverty (TRG 4) addresses the nature of the intersections and interactions between environment, agriculture and infectious diseases of poverty in order to identify research priorities for improved disease control. .../...
Title
Year
2013 Order Number    11500853 ISBN-13
 9789241564540
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
The second WHO report on neglected tropical diseases builds on the growing sense of optimism generated by the 2012 publication of the WHO Roadmap. .../...
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2012 Order Number    11000975 ISBN-13
 9789241209755
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
The Disease Reference Group on Chagas Disease, Human African Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis (DRG3) was part of an independent thinktank of international experts established by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) to identify key research priorities through systematic review of research evidence and input from stakeholders. .../...
Title
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2012 Order Number    11000971 ISBN-13
 9789241209717
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
This report provides a review and analysis of the research landscape for zoonoses and marginalised infections which affect poor populations, and a list of research priorities to support disease control. .../...
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2012 Order Number    11000972 ISBN-13
 9789241209724
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Over a billion people in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Americas are infected with one or more helminth species, causing morbidity that helps maintain the vicious cycle of poverty, decreased productivity, and inadequate socioeconomic development. .../...
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2012 Order Number    19300257 ISBN-13
 9789241564489
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CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 40,00
English
Infectious diseases remain key agents of the debilitating poverty afflicting so much of the world today. Each year these diseases kill almost 9 million people, many of them children under five, and they also cause enormous burdens through life-long disability. .../...
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2010 Order Number    11500797 ISBN-13
 9789241564090
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
*** This book was "Highly commended" in the 2011 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards*** Neglected tropical diseases blight the lives of a billion people worldwide and threaten the health of millions more. .../...
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2010 Order Number    14600052 ISBN-13
 9789290217039
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean supports operational research projects in the area of communicable diseases. A main feature of this research activity is the active collaboration between the control programmes of the ministries of health and researchers from academic institutions. .../...
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2009 Order Number    11501743 ISBN-13
 9789241547567
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CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 20,00
English
This manual is aimed at trainers of good laboratory practice (GLP) and is a companion manual to the GLP training manual for the trainee. See also: a href="http://bookorders.who.int/bookorders/anglais/detart1.jsp?sesslan=1&codlan=1&codcol=15&codcch=743"> Handbook: Good Laboratory Practice and a href="http://bookorders.who.int/bookorders/anglais/detart1.jsp?sesslan=1&codlan=1 .../...
Title
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2009 Order Number    11502743 ISBN-13
 9789241547574
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CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
This manual is designed to be used by the trainee at Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and Good Laboratory Practice training workshops. It contains an introduction which highlights the history of the OECD principles of GLP, and the fundamental points. .../...
Title
Author Hunt, P., Steward, R., Bueno de Mesquita, J, Oldring, L.
Year
2007 Order Number    11500704 ISBN-13
 9789241563420
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
This report is the result of collaboration between the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), the High Commissioner for Human Rigths (HHR) team and the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of health. Neglected diseases are both a cause and consequence of human rights violations. .../...
Title
Author Marshall, P.A.
Year
2007 Order Number    11500699 ISBN-13
 9789241563383
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
This review considers ethical challenges to research design and informed consent in biomedical and behavioural studies conducted in resource-poor settings. A review of the literature explores relevant social, cultural, and ethical issues in the conduct of biomedical and social health research in developing countries. .../...
Title
Author Connolly, M.A.
Year
2005 Order Number    11500620 ISBN-13
 9789241546164
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
This field manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by affected populations. .../...
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2003 Order Number    11500565 ISBN-13
 9789241546263
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
This newly revised publication provides new treatment recommendations for a comprehensive management of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the broader context of control, prevention and care programmes for STIs and HIV. Covers both the syndromic approach to the management of patients with STI symptoms, and the treatment of specific STIs. .../...
Title
Year
2003 Order Number    15002008 ISBN-13
 9789290610687
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
The main objective of these guidelines is to provide practical information on the steps for preventing and controlling outbreaks of dengue haemorrhagic fever. The main emphasis is on vector surveillance and control, and priority is given to simple environmental measures which individuals and communities can take to eliminate larval breeding. .../...
Title
Author Salvatierra-González, Benguigui, Y.
Year
2001 Order Number    16300121 ISBN-13
 9789275323199
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
This book makes a valuable contribution to the surveillance of resistance to antibiotics. The text offers noteworthy articles grouped under two major categories: monitoring bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs, and factors determining the use of antimicrobials. .../...
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