Budgets constrain choices. Policy analysis helps decision makers achieve the greatest
value from limited available resources. In 1993, the World Bank published Disease Control …

About the Series From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused
attention on delivering efficacious health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions …

Based on careful analysis of burden of disease and the costs ofinterventions, this second
edition of'Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition'highlights …

How can evidence from economic evaluations of the type the Disease Control Priorities
project have synthesized be translated to better priority setting? This evidence provides …

As an economist, acceptance of the need for prioritization and of the value of systematic
thinking about and analysis of priorities is fundamental to my thinking about resource …

Abstract The Disease Control Priorities (DCP) project has substantially influenced national
and global health priorities since 1993. DCP's basic framework involves identification of …

Deeper understanding of the role of human health as a critical component of economic
development has stimulated interest in improving the efficiency with which the modest health …

Abstract Setting out a health benefits package (HBP) of interventions to be prioritised for
funding is an important step towards achieving universal health coverage in low and middle …

Many aspects of population health can be addressed solely by services delivered through
the health sector. These services include health promotion and prevention efforts as well as …

Each product of the Disease Control Priorities Project marries economic approaches with
those of epidemiology, public health, and clinical medicine. While general lessons emerge …