Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction: The Global Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Maternal Conditions, Perinatal Disorders, and ... 3 (The Global Burden of Disease and Injury) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674383354 ISBN 13: 9780674383357

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

The Global Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Maternal Conditions, Perinatal Disorders, and Congenital Anomalies

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Reseña del editor:

From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abortion and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a woman's health. Ill-health conditions related to sex and reproduction account for 25 per cent of the global disease burden in adult women. In sub-Saharan Africa, they account for over 40 per cent. The catastrophic effects of reproductive ill-health, however, are not limited to women; for infants and adult men, they inflict 25 per cent and 1 per cent respectively of the global burden. This volume offers data and detailed discussions of the epidemiologies of three sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and five specific maternal conditions, as well as those of congenital anomalies and perinatal conditions. Projections of the HIV epidemic are provided: by 2020 HIV is projected to double to 2.5 per cent of the global disease burden.

Biografía del autor:

Christopher Murray is Associate Professor of International Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Alan Lopez is a scientist in the Programme on Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization, Geneva.

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• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0674383354
• ISBN 13: 9780674383357
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 390
• Herausgeber: Murray Christopher J. L., Lopez Alan D.