BOXES Box 1.1 The multisectoral determinants of health Box 1.2 Assessment of the links between health and productivity: a PAHO initiative Box 1.3 User fees, health outcomes and labour force participation in Indonesia atwo-year study Box 2.1 The rising burden of neuropsychiatric conditions Table: Rank of selected condition all causes of disease burden Box 2.2 Cardiovascular diseases in the eastern mediterranea Box 2.3 Health inequalities in the USA and the UK 06782 Box 2.4 Microbial evolution-the continually changing threat of infectious disease Box 2.5 Tuberculosis in the western pacific Box 2.6 Tuberculosis and the"Stop TB"Initiative Box 2.7 HIVAIDS control in South-East Asia: the challenge of expanding successful programmes Box 3.1 Reports that have changed health systems Box 3.2 Macroeconomic and health benefits of universal mandatory health insurance: the Canadian experience ox 3.3 Public finance of health systems: converging views from development agencies Box 3. 4 Investing in health research and development for the poor: the Global Forum or Health researc Box 4.1 Malaria-related mortality in the 20th century Figure: Malaria mortality annual rates since 1900 Box 4.2 Malaria control: lessons from the past 54 Box 4.3 Malaria control in Africa Box 4. 4 Multilateral Initiative on malaria in africa Box 4.5 Malaria vaccine development 60 Box 4.6 How Roll Back Malaria will operate Box 5.1 The economics of tobacco control Box 5.2 Towards a tobacco-free Europe Table: Percentage of 15-year-old boys and girls smoking at least once a week, selected European countries, 1989-1990 and 1993-1994 Box 5.3 Activities of the Tobacco free initiativevi The World Health Report 1999 BOXES Box 1.1 The multisectoral determinants of health 6 Box 1.2 Assessment of the links between health and productivity: a PAHO initiative 9 Box 1.3 User fees, health outcomes and labour force participation in Indonesia: a two-year study 10 Box 2.1 The rising burden of neuropsychiatric conditions Table: Rank of selected conditions among all causes of disease burden 16 Box 2.2 Cardiovascular diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean 17 Box 2.3 Health inequalities in the USA and the UK 18 Box 2.4 Microbial evolution – the continually changing threat of infectious disease 22 Box 2.5 Tuberculosis in the Western Pacific 23 Box 2.6 Tuberculosis and the “Stop TB” Initiative 25 Box 2.7 HIV/AIDS control in South-East Asia: the challenge of expanding successful programmes 26 Box 3.1 Reports that have changed health systems 32 Box 3.2 Macroeconomic and health benefits of universal mandatory health insurance: the Canadian experience 40 Box 3.3 Public finance of health systems: converging views from development agencies 44 Box 3.4 Investing in health research and development for the poor: the Global Forum for Health Research 45 Box 4.1 Malaria-related mortality in the 20th century Figure: Malaria mortality annual rates since 1900 50 Box 4.2 Malaria control: lessons from the past 54 Box 4.3 Malaria control in Africa 55 Box 4.4 Multilateral Initiative on Malaria in Africa 59 Box 4.5 Malaria vaccine development 60 Box 4.6 How Roll Back Malaria will operate 62 Box 5.1 The economics of tobacco control 68 Box 5.2 Towards a tobacco-free Europe Table: Percentage of 15-year-old boys and girls smoking at least once a week, selected European countries, 1989–1990 and 1993–1994 75 Box 5.3 Activities of the Tobacco Free Initiative 77