Session 64:
Measuring the burden of disease
Chair: Agnes M Chimbiri, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Discussant: Honorati Masanja, Ifakara Health Research and Development Center
When does improving health raise GDP? Quamrul Ashraf, Brown University ; Ashley Lester, Brown University ; David N. Weil, Brown University
Epidemiological transition, tertiary health policy and the burden of noncommunicable diseases of children in Ghana: Lessons from a study in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital. Delali M Badasu, University of Ghana
Patterns and the changing role of the global burden of disease categories in South Africa Heston Phillips, Statistics South Africa ; Barbara A. Anderson, University of Michigan
New epidemiological data and the demographic structure in Tunisia: challenges for health Chiheb Salhi, Hopital Régional de Bizerte
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