Second edition. Edited by Dean T. Jamison, Joel G. Breman, Anthony R. Measham, and others. 1401 pp., illustrated. New York, World Bank/Oxford University Press, 2006. $125. ISBN 0-8213-6179-1. (The entire book is available online and free of charge at www.dcp2.org/page/main/Home.html.)
Improving global health is beneficial to both rich and poorcountries. It is vital to economic development, global securityagainst emerging infections, and political stability in countriesravaged by famine and disease. A new generation of economiststells us that investments in disease prevention and health carein the developing world can bring substantial returns in economicgrowth and poverty reduction to these countries. Although longunderfunded, the health community's efforts to address healthproblems in the developing world are now reaching a level ofsupport and interest never witnessed before — a levelthat is beginning to meet the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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