CONTENTS: Brief 1. Overview / Rafael Flores — Brief 2. The Global Burden of Disease / Alan D. Lopez — Brief 3. HIV/AIDS / Anthony Barnett and Gabriel Rugalema — Brief 4. Malaria / Andrea Egan — Brief 5. Tuberculosis / Ariel Pablos-Mendez — Brief 6. Intrauterine Growth Retardation / Mercedes de Onis —Brief 7. Obesity / Reynaldo Martorell — Brief 8. Diet-Related Chronic Diseases / Geoffrey Cannon — Brief 9. Health and Aging / Noel W. Solomons — Brief 10. Micronutrients / Lindsay H. Allen — Brief 11. Policy Priorities: Themes and Actions / Stuart Gillespie