Overview

From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a woman's health. Ill-health conditions related to sex and reproduction account for 25 percent of the global disease burden in adult women. In sub-Saharan Africa, they account for over 40 percent. The catastrophic effects of reproductive ill-health, however, are not limited to women; for infants and adult men, they inflict 25 percent and 1 percent respectively of the global burden. This volume offers comprehensive data and detailed discussions of the epidemiologies of three sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and five specific maternal conditions, as well as those of congenital anomalies and perinatal conditions. Projections of the HIV epidemic are provided: by 2020 HIV is projected to double to 2.5 percent of the global disease burden. Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction will serve as a comprehensive reference for epidemiologists, public health specialists, practitioners and advocates of STD and HIV prevention, and reproductive and neonatal health.

Full Product Details

Author:   Christopher J. L. Murray ,  Alan D. Lopez
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.102kg
ISBN:  

9780674383357

ISBN 10:   0674383354
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   01 December 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Quantifying the health risks of sex and reproduction -implications of alternative definitions, Christopher J.L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez; sexually transmitted diseases, Jane Rowley and Seth Berkley; maternal mortality overview, Carla Abou Zahr; antepartum and postpartum haemorrhage, Carla Abou Zahr; puerperal sepsis and other puerperal infections, Carla Abou Zahr et al; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Carla Abou Zahr and Richard Guidotti; prolonged and obstructed labour, Carla Abou Zahr; unsafe abortion and ectopic pregnancy, Carla Abou Zahr and Elisabeth Ahman; HIV and AIDS, Daniel Low-Beer et al; low birth weight, Kenji Shibuya and Christopher J.L. Murray; birth asphyxia, Kenji Shibuya and Christopher J.L. Murray; congenital anomalies, Kenji Shibuya and Christopher J.L. Murray; unsafe sex as a risk factor, Seth Berkley.

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Christopher Murray is Associate Professor of International Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Alan Lopez is a scientist in the Programme on Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization, Geneva.

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