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Name of Organisation:
The Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP)

Website:
http://www.dcp2.org/main/Home.html

Email:
info@dcp2.org

Mission / Vision Statement:
The Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) is an ongoing effort to assess disease control priorities and produce evidence-based analysis and resource materials to inform health policymaking in developing countries. DCPP has produced three volumes providing technical resources that can assist developing countries in improving their health systems and ultimately, the health of their people.

Main areas of interest:
DCPP has produced three volumes providing technical resources that aim to assist developing countries in improving their health systems and ultimately, the health of their people:
In April 2006, DCPP released the second edition of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCP2) that includes updated information about the global burden of diseases brought about by tobacco, alcohol, psychiatric disorders, and injury, which account for an increasing proportion of deaths. DCP2 highlights cost-effective interventions based on careful analysis of health systems, the costs of disease burden, treatment, and prevention for a comprehensive range of diseases and conditions.
Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)
A companion volume, Priorities in Health , synthesizes DCP2 main messages into a plain language reference guide for policymakers. Priorities in Health is available in seven languages.
Priorities in Health
Another major volume, Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors (GBD), provides a snapshot of health conditions of mankind at the dawn of the 21 st century. GBD is a single source of up-to-date data on the global burden of disease, as well as the underlying methodologies for the cost-effectiveness calculations and conclusions presented in DCP2.
Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

Structure of Organisation:
The Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) is a joint enterprise of The World Bank, the Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Population Reference Bureau. The NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM) is also a partner. DCPP is funded principally through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.