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The Economic Burden
NeededinterventionsPreventabledeathsItisestimatedthatthemajorityofdeathsfrominfectiousdiseasescanbepreventedwithexisting,cost-effedivestrategies.Childhood vaccinations have proven extremely efiective in reducing deaths fiom measles andotherpreventablediseases.Bednetsandotherpreventionandtieatmentstrategiescanprevent50%ofallmalariadeaths.DOTS(Directy Observed Tieatment, Short-course)canprevent60%ofall tuberculosisdeaths.DeathsavoldableIMCI (Integrated Management of ChidhoodwithIllnessas)canpre/entmastchildhoodceathsfrompneumonia,diamhoea,malariaandexistingmeasles.An important partof IMCI is oraltoolsrehydrationtherapy,whichcanpreventupto90%ofdeathsfromdiarrhoealdiseases.Antibiotics used in timely and correctdoses,combined with ctherstrategles suchasIMCl,arehighlyefective inpreventingdeathsfrompneumoniaHIVpreventionstrategiessuchascondompromotion,sexeducationandtreatmentof STlsDeaths unavolcablehavebeenproventoreducethewlthoutnentoolsspreadofHIVIAIDSSarexWHO
Needed interventions
NeededinterventionsPreventabledeathsItisestimatedthatthemajorityofdeathsfrominfectiousdiseasescanbepreventedwithexisting,cost-effectivestrategiesChildhood vaccinations have proven extremely efiective in reducing deaths fiom measles andotherpreventabiediseasesBednetsandotherpreventionandtieatmentstrategiescanprevent50%of allmalariadeaths.DOTS (Directy Observed Tieatment, Short-course)canprevent60%ofall tuberculosisdeaths.DeathsavoldableIMCI (Integrated Management of ChidhoodwithIllnessas)canpreventmastchildhoodceathsfrompneumonia,diamhoea,malariaandexistingmeasles.An importantpartof IMCIisoraltoolsrehydrationtherapy,whichcanpreventuptc90%of ceaths fromdirrhoeal diseasesAntibiotics used in timely and corectdases,combinedwith ctherstrategies such as IMCl,arehighlyefiective inpreventingdeathsfrompneumoniaHIVpreventionstrategiessuchascondompromotion,sexeducationandtreatmentof STlsDeaths unavolcablehavebeen provento reducethewlthoutnetoolsspreadofHIVIAIDSSarexWHO
Needed interventions
Antibiotics:“wonderdrugs1928- SirAlexanderFleming'sdiscovery ofpenicillinAntibiotics have saved millions of lives and easedthe suffering of patients of all ages formorethan60years.These"wonderdrugs"deservemuchofthecreditforthedramaticincreaseinlifeexpectancyinthe United States and aroundtheworld inthe2Othcentury
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives and eased the suffering of patients of all ages for more than 60 years. These “wonder drugs” deserve much of the credit for the dramatic increase in life expectancy in the United States and around the world in the 20th century. Antibiotics: “wonder drugs” 1928 - Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin
Antibiotics:“wonderdrugs1928- SirAlexanderFleming'sdiscovery ofpenicillinAntibiotics have saved millions of lives and easedthe suffering of patients of all ages formorethan60years.These"wonderdrugs"deservemuchofthecreditforthedramaticincreaseinlifeexpectancyintheUnitedStates and aroundtheworld inthe2Othcentury“(it is) time to close the book on infectious disease."WilliamStewart, USSurgeonGeneral1967
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives and eased the suffering of patients of all ages for more than 60 years. These “wonder drugs” deserve much of the credit for the dramatic increase in life expectancy in the United States and around the world in the 20th century. Antibiotics: “wonder drugs” 1928 - Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin “(it is) time to close the book on infectious disease.” William Stewart, US Surgeon General 1967