Union for African Population Studies	English
	Fifth African Population Conference	Français
	Arusha, Tanzania: 10-14 December 2007

Session 64: Measuring the burden of disease

Thursday, December 13 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Manyara Ngorongoro Wing. 3rd Floor

Chair: Agnes M Chimbiri, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Discussant: Honorati Masanja, Ifakara Health Research and Development Center

1.	When does improving health raise GDP?  •  Quamrul Ashraf, Brown University; Ashley Lester, Brown University; David N. Weil, Brown University

2.	Epidemiological transition, tertiary health policy and the burden of noncommunicable diseases of children in Ghana: Lessons from a study in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital.  •  Delali M Badasu, University of Ghana

3.	Patterns and the changing role of the global burden of disease categories in South Africa  •  Heston Phillips, Statistics South Africa; Barbara A. Anderson, University of Michigan

4.	New epidemiological data and the demographic structure in Tunisia: challenges for health  •  Chiheb Salhi, Hopital Régional de Bizerte

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