Cost of illness

The burden of reproductive-organ disease in rural women in The Gambia, West Africa.

Lancet. 2001 Apr 14;357(9263):1161-7. The burden of reproductive-organ disease in rural women in The Gambia, West Africa. Walraven G, Scherf C, West B, Ekpo G, Paine K, Coleman R, Bailey R, Morison L. Medical Research Council Laboratories, Farafenni Field Station, PO Box 273, The, Banjul, Gambia. gwalraven@mrc.gm Abstract BACKGROUND: Data on the epidemiology of reproductive-organContinue reading “The burden of reproductive-organ disease in rural women in The Gambia, West Africa.”

Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years

Bull World Health Organ 2000 78(5) Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years C. AbouZahrI; J.P. VaughanII IFormerly Technical Officer, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva  IIProfessor of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England ABSTRACT TheContinue reading “Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years”