Advancement of global health: key messages from the Disease Control Priorities Project

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 367; no. 9517; pp. 1193 - 1208
• Main Authors: Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Mills, Anne J, Breman, Joel G, Measham, Anthony R, Alleyne, George, Claeson, Mariam, Jha, Prabhat, Musgrove, Philip, Chow, Jeffrey, Shahid-Salles, Sonbol, Jamison, Dean T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 08-04-2006; Lancet; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - drug therapy; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - economics; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Developing countries; Disease control; General aspects; Global Health; Health Priorities; Health problems; Health services; Humans; Immunization; Income inequality; Intervention; LDCs; Life expectancy; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Mortality; Preventive Health Services - economics; Preventive Health Services - organization & administration; Preventive Health Services - trends; Public health; Public Health - economics; Public Health - statistics & numerical data; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk factors; Vaccines; Medicine; Check; Regulation(control); Disease; Priority; Public health
• ISSN: 0140-6736; 1474-547X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68440-7

The Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP), a joint project of the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health, the WHO, and The World Bank, was launched in 2001 to identify policy changes and intervention strategies for the health problems of low-income and middle-income countries. Nearly 500 experts worldwide compiled and reviewed the scientific research on a broad range of diseases and conditions, the results of which are published this week. A major product of DCPP,
Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd edition (DCP2), focuses on the assessment of the cost-effectiveness of health-improving strategies (or interventions) for the conditions responsible for the greatest burden of disease. DCP2 also examines crosscutting issues crucial to the delivery of quality health services, including the organisation, financial support, and capacity of health systems. Here, we summarise the key messages of the project.