World Health Organization Publication : Year 2004 ; Issue 9241546344: A Clinical Manual

By Dermot Maher

Book Id: WPLBN0000183907
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 2004 ; Issue 9241546344: A Clinical Manual
Author:	Dermot Maher
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
WHO is committed to achieving major progress in global public health. Goals for tuberculosis include a worldwide cure rate of 85% and a case detection rate of 70% by 2005. Goals for human immunodeciciency virus include treating 3 million people with HIV infection in developing countries with antiretroviral drugs by 2005. The Millennium Development Goals include targets for improved child health and survival and for improved control of priority communicable diseases (including TB and HIV) by 2015. Progress in improving TB/HIV clinical care will contribute to achieving these goals. Clinicians have a vital contribution to make, not only to the clinical care of patients, but also to public health.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Foreword to second edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Foreword to first edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Preface to second edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Glossary and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1 Background information on tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.1 Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.1.1 Basic facts about TB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.1.2 Pathogenesis of TB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.2 Human immunodeficiency virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1.2.1 Introduction: HIV and AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1.2.2 HIV/AIDS epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1.2.3 HIV transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1.2.4 Prevention of HIV transmission in health units . . . . . . . . 29 1.2.5 Immunopathogenesis of HIV infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1.2.6 Natural history of HIV infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1.2.7 Clinical staging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1.2.8 Epidemiological surveillance of AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35