Saving Lives, Buying Time
Title | Saving Lives, Buying Time PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 2004-09-09 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309165938 |
For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the deadliest form of malaria that exists throughout the world. Malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africaâ€"currently just over one million per yearâ€"are rising because of increased resistance to the old, inexpensive drugs. Although effective new drugs called "artemisinins" are available, they are unaffordable for the majority of the affected population, even at a cost of one dollar per course. Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance examines the history of malaria treatments, provides an overview of the current drug crisis, and offers recommendations on maximizing access to and effectiveness of antimalarial drugs. The book finds that most people in endemic countries will not have access to currently effective combination treatments, which should include an artemisinin, without financing from the global community. Without funding for effective treatment, malaria mortality could double over the next 10 to 20 years and transmission will intensify.
Saving Lives, Buying Time
Title | Saving Lives, Buying Time PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 385 |
Release | 2004-10-09 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309092183 |
For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the deadliest form of malaria that exists throughout the world. Malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africaâ€"currently just over one million per yearâ€"are rising because of increased resistance to the old, inexpensive drugs. Although effective new drugs called "artemisinins" are available, they are unaffordable for the majority of the affected population, even at a cost of one dollar per course. Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance examines the history of malaria treatments, provides an overview of the current drug crisis, and offers recommendations on maximizing access to and effectiveness of antimalarial drugs. The book finds that most people in endemic countries will not have access to currently effective combination treatments, which should include an artemisinin, without financing from the global community. Without funding for effective treatment, malaria mortality could double over the next 10 to 20 years and transmission will intensify.
Saving Lives, Buying Time
Title | Saving Lives, Buying Time PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Economics of Antimalarial Drugs |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Antimalarials |
ISBN |
Saving Lives, Buying Time
Title | Saving Lives, Buying Time PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Arrow |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781899040384 |
The Life You Can Save
Title | The Life You Can Save PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Singer |
Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0812981561 |
Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor. Reprint.
Saving Lives, Buying Time
Title | Saving Lives, Buying Time PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Joseph Arrow |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Antimalarials |
ISBN |
Saving Lives & Saving Money
Title | Saving Lives & Saving Money PDF eBook |
Author | Newt Gingrich |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 366 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Health care reform |
ISBN |
Medical care, United States.