Publications

September 2015
The State of the World's Antibiotics, 2015: Executive Summary
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
September 2015
The State of the World's Antibiotics, 2015
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
September 2014
Policies to Address Antibiotic Resistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control Priorities
December 2013
Reinvesting in health post-2015
Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control Priorities
November 2013
Antibiotic Resistance - the need for global solutions
Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many levels of society; the consequences affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate change are evident. Many efforts have been made to describe the many different facets of antibiotic resistance and the...Read more
May 2010
Environmental Health and Traditional Fuel Use in Guatemala
Environmental Health, Environmental Health
Recent statistics from the Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) in Guatemala indicate that between 1997 and 2000 acute respiratory infection (ARI) was the single most important cause of morbidity and mortality in Guatemala.2 In this period, the number of cases of morbidity due to...Read more
May 2010
Air Quality and Episodes of Acute Respiratory Illness in Taiwan Cities: Evidence from Survey Data
Environmental Health, Environmental Health
This paper reports on a unique study that records daily health status for over 900 residents of three urban areas in Taiwan and elicits their willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid episodes of illness. Incidence of illness is related to the ambient concentration levels of particulate matter, but the...Read more