This chapter briefly describes cancer incidence and mortality in low- and middle-income countries and outlines key global players involved in agenda setting for the control, treatment and overall management of cancers globally. The prevalence, morbidity, mortality and causes (infections, tobacco...

This chapter reviews the history of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) use in Europe. It also presents published European data on the common underlying diseases and clinical condition requiring HPN, and the incidence of HPN-related complications. Brief discussions on the rehabilitation status and...

Economic analyses can facilitate biosecurity investment decisions in relation to pest risk management. The term biosecurity here refers to activities intended to prevent or control the introduction and spread of alien species that have a net negative effect on social welfare as determined by...

This chapter presents examples of how both costs and benefits of diseases and disease control can cross from animals to humans, and vice versa. These examples span from joint human and animal vaccination services for mobile pastoralists in Chad and brucellosis control in Mongolia, to rabies control ...

This book chapter describes a new strategy that can contribute to dengue vector control: genetics-based tools targeting the vector mosquitoes. The chapter presents the design characteristics of genetically engineered vectors; the description of the strategy and the features of the genetics-based...

This chapter highlights how over 300 historic houses and gardens in Ireland provide the focus for a cultural tourism experience, emphasizing the scope for visitors to engage in creative forms of tourism within these locations. In marketing these cultural locations for tourism, it is argued that...

It is argued that we can defend parks purely on the grounds that creating them is the right thing for a society to do, without ever attempting to measure their utility. Three purely moralistic justification for parks are discussed: (i) parks and protected areas are a measure of respect for the...

The cost of accessing maternity care in low and middle income countries falls heavily on users, contributing to the low uptake of key services such as deliveries in health facilities and limited access to emergency obstetric care. This is a particular challenge for poor households. Different...

A functioning health system is crucial ucial for maternal health programmes to achieve their goals of improving maternal and perinatal health. The six essential building blocks of a health system are service delivery, health workforce, information, equipment and supplies, financing and leadership...

Following an overview of Cameroon's agriculture, this chapter describes the country's seed sector and seed legislation. Three successful seed producer groups are then described individually, covering their history, structure, cash flow and marketing. The chapter ends with a conclusion on the...