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			THE BOTTOM LINE “Illness and death from infectious diseases can be, in most cases, avoided at an affordable cost. It is everyone's interest that these obstacles to development be removed. Because of drug resistance, increased travel and the emergence of new diseases, we may only have a limited time in which to make rapid progress. Those who have received this report have a unique responsibility, as they are leaders in society who can make a substantial contribution to the prevention and control of infectious diseases.” Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health Organization

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Project director: Kraig Klaudt • Managing editor: Agnès Leotsakos • Writer: Sheila Davey • Cover design and illustrations: Agnès Leotsakos • Editorial support: Lenese Carpenter • Documentation of data: Evidence and Information for Policy cluster • Editorial Committee: John Clements, Peggy Creese, Andy Crump, Sandra Doyle, Arlette Miller, Francesco Rio, Jim Tulloch, Mary Vallanjon, Cathy Wolfheim, David Heymann Photographs: WHO Photo Library • Web & print production: Jay Dowle • Printed version by: Atar, Switzerland
	Publication code: WHO/CDS/99.1 © World Health Organization 1999