Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries

With many developing countries coping with rapid population growth, this books provides an essential study of communicable diseases. While many books exist on treatment of different diseases and others deal with social and behavioural foundations of public health. This study integrates the diagnosis, treatment and cure of communicable diseases in developing countries with the practical aspects of delivery of these services to the public. Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries explores ways of improving public health through raising public awareness, staffing of public health centres, possible co-infection of different diseases (TB and HIV) and the integration of new developments in medicine into the delivery of public health services. It addresses these shortcomings and makes recommendations for increasing budgets for public health. The volume analyzes poverty and well-being in developing countries and reports a wide ranging statistical analysis of the determinants of well-being in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Through a series of case studies on HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhea and other water bourne diseases, it provides details on how recent developments in diagnosis and treatment of these communicable diseases have been successfully integrated into public health systems. It also provides a systematic analytical methodology for the allocation of funds among different alternative health programs using the concept of the DALY. Furthermore recent developments in the interrelationship and co-infection of HIV, TB and Malaria are investigated and statistical models are developed to trace these movements over the past decade. This study offers a significant insight into to the study of treatment and diagnosis of communicable disease alongside the practical social implications. It makes indispensible reading for researchers, scholars and policy makers interested in health and welfare of developing countries.