Table of Contents: Overview, by Rafael Flores; The global burden of disease, by Alan Lopez; HIV/AIDS, by Anthony Barnett and Gabriel Rugalema; Malaria, by Andrea Egan; Tuberculosis, by Ariel Pablos-Mendez; Intrauterine growth retardation, by Mercedes De Onis; Obesity, by Reynaldo Martorell; Diet-related chronic diseases, by Geoffrey Cannon; Health and Aging, by Noel W. Solomons; Micronutrients, by Lindsay H. Allen; Policy priorities: themes and actions, by Stuart Gillespie;