Jennifer Roberts has taught economics to public health professionals at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for over three decades. She became involved with the economics of infectious disease in the late 1980s, producing work on salmonella, E.coli O157, infectious intestinal disease, hepatitis, flu, and latterly hospital acquired infection and MRSA. The work has had important policy implications and has been widely used. She is also interested in the economics and policies associated with health care systems and public health sectors, and the changes in their organisation that have occured following the adoption of market style management.

• 1. Introduction to economics of infectious disease ; 2. Choosing the first line drug for malaria treatment - how can cost-effectiveness analysis inform policy? ; 3. Economic issues related to antimicrobial resistance ; 4. Economic evaluation of HIV prevention activities: dynamic challenges for cost-effectiveness analysis ; 5. Modelling the cost-effectiveness of the new interventions: how can technological change be incorporated? ; 6. Complexity and the attribution of cost to hospital acquired infection ; 7. Decision analysis of strategies to deal with non- compliance with TB treatment ; 8. Economic evaluations of HAI ; 9. The socio-economic burden of influenza: costs of illness and "willingness to pay" in a publicly funded health care system ; 10. Willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Surat, India ; 11. Disentangling value: assessing the benefits of containing antimicrobial resistance ; 12. Economics of animal health: implications for public health ; 13. Economic analysis, and food safety risk assessment models ; 14. Governance and the control of outbreaks ; 15. Governance arrangements for the control of infectious disease ; 16. Evaluating U.S. regulations for food safety issues, using benefit and cost information ; 17. Global governance of international public health: the role of international regulatory cooperation ; 18. Trade and infectious disease outbreaks: ensuring public health without comprising free trade ; 19. Epilogue: applications of economics to contemporary concerns: MRSA and Avian Flu

Jennifer Roberts has taught economics to public health professionals at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for over three decades. She became involved with the economics of infectious disease in the late 1980s, producing work on salmonella, E.coli O157, infectious intestinal disease, hepatitis, flu, and latterly hospital acquired infection and MRSA. The work has had important policy implications and has been widely used. She is also interested in the economics and policies associated with health care systems and public health sectors, and the changes in their organisation that have occured following the adoption of market style management.

• 1. Introduction to economics of infectious disease ; 2. Choosing the first line drug for malaria treatment - how can cost-effectiveness analysis inform policy? ; 3. Economic issues related to antimicrobial resistance ; 4. Economic evaluation of HIV prevention activities: dynamic challenges for cost-effectiveness analysis ; 5. Modelling the cost-effectiveness of the new interventions: how can technological change be incorporated? ; 6. Complexity and the attribution of cost to hospital acquired infection ; 7. Decision analysis of strategies to deal with non- compliance with TB treatment ; 8. Economic evaluations of HAI ; 9. The socio-economic burden of influenza: costs of illness and "willingness to pay" in a publicly funded health care system ; 10. Willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Surat, India ; 11. Disentangling value: assessing the benefits of containing antimicrobial resistance ; 12. Economics of animal health: implications for public health ; 13. Economic analysis, and food safety risk assessment models ; 14. Governance and the control of outbreaks ; 15. Governance arrangements for the control of infectious disease ; 16. Evaluating U.S. regulations for food safety issues, using benefit and cost information ; 17. Global governance of international public health: the role of international regulatory cooperation ; 18. Trade and infectious disease outbreaks: ensuring public health without comprising free trade ; 19. Epilogue: applications of economics to contemporary concerns: MRSA and Avian Flu