
Saving Lives, Buying Time : Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance.
Title:
Saving Lives, Buying Time : Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance.
Author:
Arrow, Kenneth J.
ISBN:
9780309532334
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Contents:
FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- PART 1 A Response to the Current Crisis -- 1 Malaria Today -- 2 The Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Antimalarial Drugs -- 3 The Case for a Global Subsidy of Antimalarial Drugs -- 4 An International System for Procuring Antimalarial Drugs -- PART 2 Malaria Basics -- 5 A Brief History of Malaria -- 6 The Parasite, the Mosquito, and the Disease -- 7 The Human and Economic Burden of Malaria -- 8 Malaria Control -- 9 Antimalarial Drugs and Drug Resistance -- PART 3 Advancing Toward Better Malaria Control -- 10 Research and Development for New Antimalarial Drugs -- 11 Maximizing the Effective Use of Antimalarial Drugs -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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