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Vaccination
1 September 1974
…per cent did so in 1970. A major factor in these dramatic changes in mortality has been the virtual eradication, in the economically ‘developed’ world, of infectious disease as a…
Multiple Sclerosis
1 May 1975
…the world average of 30 per 100,000 population (Donnelly 1974). In Great Britain as a whole it is estimated that between 40,000 and 50,000 individuals suffer from the illness, implying…
Alcohol: Reducing the Harm
1 April 1981
…an economic good and as a disinhibiting/intoxicating drug used to aid social intercourse. It is in this last context that alcohol is most widely employed in the modern world. With…
Politics of Prescribing
1 January 1985
This briefing is based on a lecture given by George Teeling Smith. At present Britain is one of the seven most successful countries in the world in its record of…
Health Care in China
1 September 1988
…and the dramatic reduction in infant mortality in recent years suggests that on that measure also they will soon be able to match the standards of the Western World. Much…
Aids in Africa: Meeting the Challenge through Training Education and Prevention
1 January 1992
AIDS poses a formidable challenge to African policy makers and health professionals. Of the estimated 9 to 11 million cases of HIV infection worldwide, some 7 million are in sub-Saharan…
Tuberculosis
1 October 1998
…period when TB notifications have levelled out and, indeed, have even increased. The global problem is even more acute. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated the incidence and mortality of…
Managing to do Better: General Practice in the 21st Century
1 July 2000
Health systems the world over are striving to manage their available resource to deliver the best value for the public’s health. For most nations, the general medical practitioner (GP) is…
What Determines the Shape of an EQ-5D Index Distribution?
1 August 2014
The EQ-5D is one of the most used health-related quality of life instruments worldwide. Understanding the characteristics of its underlying data is essential. In this paper, OHE’s Nancy Devlin and…