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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1993. The Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2225.
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The Epidemiological Transition

POLICY AND PLANNING IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

James N.Gribble and Samuel H.Preston, Editors

Committee on Population

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1993

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1993. The Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2225.
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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1993. The Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2225.
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WORKSHOP ON THE POLICY AND PLANNING IMPLICATIONS OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

November 20–22, 1991

Participant List

Presenters

NANCY BIRDSALL,

World Bank

ROBERT BLUM,

University of Minnesota

JAMES BLUMSTEIN,

Vanderbilt University

JOSE LUIS BOBADILLA,

World Bank

RODOLFO BULATAO,

World Bank

JOHN CALDWELL,

Australian National University

PAT CALDWELL,

Australian National University

CHANPEN CHOPRAPAWAN,

National Epidemiology Board of Thailand

RICHARD FEACHEM,

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

LARRY HELIGMAN,

United Nations Population Division

CLYDE HERTZMAN,

University of British Columbia

DEAN JAMISON,

University of California, Los Angeles

RUTH LEVINE,

The Urban Institute

DAVID MECHANIC,

Rutgers University

W.HENRY MOSLEY,

Johns Hopkins University

PHILIP MUSGROVE,

World Bank

ANNE R.PEBLEY,

Princeton University

SAMUEL H.PRESTON,

University of Pennsylvania

ANTHONY ROBBINS,

Boston University

ERIC STALLARD,

Duke University

JULIA WALSH,

Harvard University

Guests

SUE ANTHONY,

Office of Nutrition, U.S. Agency for International Development

PETER BERMAN,

Harvard University

ROBERT BERNSTEIN,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

RICHARD BISSELL,

Bureau for Research and Development, U.S. Agency for International Development

MARTIN BROCKERHOFF,

Office of Population, U.S. Agency for International Development

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ROBERT CLAY,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

ROBIN ESPENSCHADE,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

JOHN FARRAR,

International Clinical Epidemiology Network

HOLLY FLUTY,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

DIAA HAMMAMY,

International Science and Technology Institute

PAMELA JOHNSON,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

KEVIN KINSELLA,

Center for International Research, Bureau of the Census

JAMES KOCHER,

Center for Development Policy, Research Triangle Institute

SUE KOLODIN,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

TERRY LUCAS,

Near East Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development

MIKE MALISON,

International Health Program Office, Centers for Disease Control

MELANIE MARLETT, Directorate for Policy,

U.S. Agency for International Development

ROY MILLER,

International Science and Technology Institute

ELLYN OGDEN,

Statistica, Inc.

MARGUERITE PAPPAIOANOU,

Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control

TOM PARK,

Latin America Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development

CRISTINA POSSAS,

Takemi Fellow, Harvard University

PETRA REYES,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

RICHARD SUZMAN,

Office of Demography of Aging, National Institute on Aging

JOHN TOMARO,

Office of Health, U.S. Agency for International Development

BARBARA BOYLE TORREY,

Center for International Research, Bureau of the Census

DAVID WILLIS,

Office of Demography of Aging, National Institute on Aging

OLEH WOLOWYNA,

Center for Development Policy, Research Triangle Institute

JUN ZHU,

Office of Population Research, Princeton University

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Committee on Population Staff

LINDA G.MARTIN, Director

CAROLE L.JOLLY, Program Officer

JAMES N.GRIBBLE, Program Officer

DOMINIQUE A.MEEKERS, Research Associate

DIANE L.GOLDMAN, Administrative Assistant

JOAN MONTGOMERY HALFORD, Project Assistant

Division on International Health Staff

POLLY HARRISON, Director

CAROLYN HALL, Program Associate

DANA HOTRA, Research Associate

CHRISTOPHER HOWSON, Deputy Director

VIOLAINE MITCHELL, Study Director

NALINI PHILIPOSE, Research Assistant

SHARON SCOTT-BROWN, Administrative Assistant

DELORES SUTTON, Project Assistant

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COMMITTEE ON POPULATION

SAMUEL H.PRESTON (Chair),

Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

JOSE-LUIS BOBADILLA,

World Bank, Washington, D.C.

JOHN B.CASTERLINE,

Department of Sociology, Brown University

KENNETH H.HILL,

Department of Population Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University

DEAN T.JAMISON,

School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

ANNE R.PEBLEY,

The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California

RONALD R.RINDFUSS,

Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

T.PAUL SCHULTZ,

Department of Economics, Yale University

SUSAN C.M.SCRIMSHAW,

School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

BETH J.SOLDO,

Department of Demography, Georgetown University

MARTA TIENDA,

Population Research Center, University of Chicago

BARBARA BOYLE TORREY,

Population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C.

JAMES TRUSSELL,

Office of Population Research, Princeton University

AMY O.TSUI,

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

LINDA G.MARTIN, Director

BARNEY COHEN, Research Associate

SUSAN M.COKE, Senior Project Assistant

KAREN A.FOOTE, Research Associate

JAMES N.GRIBBLE, Program Officer

CAROLE L.JOLLY, Program Officer

PAULA J.MELVILLE, Senior Project Assistant

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INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

BOARD ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

WILLIAM H.FOEGE (Chair),

Carter Center, Emory University, Atlanta

DEAN JAMISON (Co-Chair),

School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

DAVID E.BELL,

Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge

JAN E.G.BLANPAIN,

School of Public Health, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium

MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON,

The Population Council, New York

RICHARD G.A.FEACHEM,

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England

BERNARD N.FIELDS,

Harvard Medical School, Boston

JULIO FRENK,

National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge

ADETOKUNBO O.LUCAS,

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston

W.HENRY MOSLEY,

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore

ADELINE WYNANTE PATTERSON,

Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, Kingston, Jamaica

DAVID P.RALL (retired),

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.

FREDERICK C.ROBBINS,

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

TIMOTHY ROTHERMEL,

United National Development Programme, New York

NOEL S.WEISS,

School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle

BARBARA L.WOLFE,

Departments of Economics and Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison

POLLY HARRISON, Director

DANA HOTRA, Research Associate

CHRISTOPHER HOWSON, Associate Director

VIOLAINE MITCHELL, Study Director

NALINI PHILIPOSE, Research Assistant

SHARON SCOTT-BROWN, Administrative Assistant

DELORES SUTTON, Project Assistant

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This book examines issues concerning how developing countries will have to prepare for demographic and epidemiologic change. Much of the current literature focuses on the prevalence of specific diseases and their economic consequences, but a need exists to consider the consequences of the epidemiological transition: the change in mortality patterns from infectious and parasitic diseases to chronic and degenerative ones. Among the topics covered are the association between the health of children and adults, the strong orientation of many international health organizations toward infant and child health, and how the public and private sectors will need to address and confront the large-scale shifts in disease and demographic characteristics of populations in developing countries.

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