[Ip-health] Email alert - July issue of the WHO Bulletin

Fri Jun 30 14:09:29 2006

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Dear Reader,

In this July issue of the Bulletin <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/=
7/en> , a series of articles marks the 25th anniversary of the first diagno=
ses of AIDS <http://www.who.int/bulletin/current/hiv_articles/en/index.html=
> : including an editorial, three research papers, a policy-and-practice pa=
per, a public health review, and a news feature. In the editorial, Kevin De=
 Cock & Ian Grubb <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/506.pdf>  argue=
 that WHO needs to refocus its efforts and mobilize new resources to achiev=
e a new target: universal access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) by 2010.

In the three research papers: Harry Peter Hausler et al. <http://www.who.in=
t/bulletin/volumes/84/7/528.pdf>  describe how they measured the cost of im=
plementing TB/HIV clinical interventions as part of the ProTEST pilot in So=
uth Africa, Vinod Mishra et al. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/5=
37.pdf>  describe the methods used in the demographic and health surveys to=
 collect nationally representative data on the prevalence of people who are=
 HIV positive and Taha E. Taha et al. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/=
84/7/546.pdf>  describe a 2000-2003 study in Malawi where they found that -=
 although HIV can be transmitted from mother to infant by breastfeeding - b=
reastfeeding is associated with a reduction in infant and child mortality.

Lydia Kapiriri & Douglas K. Martin <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/=
7/576.pdf>  examine the decision of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tubercul=
osis, and Malaria to suspend its grants to Uganda in 2005 and discuss how o=
ther countries can avoid a similar fate. April D. Kimmel et al <http://www.=
who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/581.pdf> . describe how they did a systematic=
 review of the performance of diagnostic tests for clinical and laboratory =
monitoring of HIV-positive adults in developing countries, the results of w=
hich showed a wide variation in disease definitions and methods of evaluati=
ng diagnostic tests.

In the News section <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/news.pdf> , J=
acqui Wise reports on the growing demand for circumcision <http://www.who.i=
nt/bulletin/volumes/84/7/news10706/en/index.html>  in southern Africa in a =
bid to prevent HIV transmission, meanwhile public health experts are warnin=
g men that circumcision may reduce the risk of HIV infection but does not p=
rovide full protection. Gary Humphreys reports on pharmaceutical industry f=
ears <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/news30706/en/index.html>  th=
at WHO's clinical trials initiative will limit companies' ability to compet=
e and dent profitability, while other research funders welcome the initiati=
ve. Jane Parry reports on how WHO is coordinating efforts of nongovernmenta=
l and international organizations to help the Indonesian government with it=
s emergency response to the May 27 earthquake <http://www.who.int/bulletin/=
volumes/84/7/news20706/en/index.html> .

In the WHO News section <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/who_news.=
pdf> , Acting Director-General Anders Nordstr=F6m outlines his priorities f=
or the coming months in an interview <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/8=
4/7/interview0706/en/index.html> ; the Bulletin sums up highlights of the W=
orld Health Assembly in May and outlines the accelerated procedure for elec=
ting a new director-general; and the former head of WHO's HIV/AIDS Departme=
nt, Jim Yong Kim <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/517.pdf>  writes=
 a personal tribute to his friend and fellow Korean LEE Jong-wook, the late=
 WHO Director-General, who died on 22 May.

In an editorial, Scott M. Sasser et al. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volume=
s/84/7/507.pdf>  lament the fact that much of the world's population does n=
ot have access to trauma care and call for sustainable and affordable pre-h=
ospital trauma care systems for everyone. In another editorial (p.508), Eva=
 Rehfuess el al. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/508.pdf>  call f=
or more attention to be paid to the problem of indoor air pollution.

Meg E. Wirth et al. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/519.pdf>  dem=
onstrate how it is possible to analyse data from international household-le=
vel surveys from specific countries to measure health disparities. C. Kolap=
pan et al. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/555.pdf>  set out to m=
easure mortality and excess general mortality and to identify groups at hig=
h risk of dying among a cohort of tuberculosis patients treated in Chennai =
Corporation clinics in south India in 2000. Xuan-yi Wang et al. <http://www=
.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/561.pdf>  estimated the burden of disease du=
e to bacillary dysentery in China. By integrating data extracted from publi=
shed government sources from 1991 to 2000, the authors found that although =
morbidity and mortality declined over the past decade, a considerable disea=
se burden still remains.

Call for papers <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/7/foreign_policy_th=
eme_call_for_papers/en/index.html> : the Bulletin welcomes papers for all i=
ts sections on health and foreign policy for a theme issue to be published =
in March, 2007. The issue will look at how public health has grown in impor=
tance to the making and implementing of countries' foreign policy over the =
past decade.

Volume 84, Number 7, July 2006, 505-588

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Personal tribute to Dr Lee Jong-wook; 25 years on: HIV/AIDS and WHO; Breast=
feeding and HIV; Circumcision in Africa to control HIV; Clinical trials: wi=
ll companies comply?; Indoor air pollution; MDGs: tracking health dispariti=
es
Full Text [pdf 56kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/itmb.=
pdf>

EDITORIALS

Towards universal access: WHO's role in HIV prevention, treatment and care
- Kevin De Cock & Ian Grubb
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/editorial10706html/en=
/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 63kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/vo=
lumes/84/7/506.pdf>

Preventing death and disability through the timely provision of pre-hospita=
l trauma care
- Scott M. Sasser et al.
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/editorial20706html/en=
/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 56kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/vo=
lumes/84/7/507.pdf>

Indoor air pollution: 4000 deaths a day must no longer be ignored
- Eva Rehfuess, Carlos Corvalan, & Maria Neira
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/editorial30706html/en=
/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 57kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/vo=
lumes/84/7/508.pdf>

NEWS

News
Demand for male circumcisioin rises in a bid to prevent HIV; WHO coordinate=
s health provision for earthquake survivors; Clinical trials initative: pat=
ients or patents?
Male circumcision story [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/=
84/7/news10706/en/index.html>  | Provisions for quake survivors story [HTML=
] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/news20706/en/index.html>=
  | Clinical trials initiative story [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bull=
etin/volumes/84/7/news30706/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 230kb] <http:/=
/www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/news.pdf>

WHO News
Bulletin interview: Continuity and progress at WHO - Interview with Anders =
Anders Nordstr=F6m; Recent news from WHO; Dr LEE Jong-wook: A personal trib=
ute.
Interview in HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/intervie=
w0706/en/index.html>  | Dr LEE Jong-wook: A personal tribute <http://www.wh=
o.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/tribute0706/en/index.html>  | Full Text =
[pdf 83kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/who_news.pdf>  =
| Dr Lee Tribute Full Text [pdf 118kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/=
volumes/84/7/517.pdf>

RESEARCH

Monitoring maternal and child health MDGs
- Meg E Wirth et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/wirth0706a=
bstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 410kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/=
bulletin/volumes/84/7/519.pdf>

Cost of TB/HIV control in Cape Town
- Harry Peter Hausler et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/hausler070=
6abstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 483kb] <http://www.who.int/entit=
y/bulletin/volumes/84/7/528.pdf>

HIV testing in Demographic and Health Surveys
- Vinod Mishra et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/mishra0706=
abstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 464kb] <http://www.who.int/entity=
/bulletin/volumes/84/7/537.pdf>

Breastfeeding and the health of HIV-positive mothers
- Taha E Taha et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/taha0706ab=
stract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 439kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/b=
ulletin/volumes/84/7/546.pdf>

TB mortality in India
- C. Kolappan et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/kolappan07=
06abstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 263kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/84/7/555.pdf>

Bacillary dysentery in China
- Xuan-li Wang et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/wang0706ab=
stract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 411kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/b=
ulletin/volumes/84/7/561.pdf>

Clinical case definition of Intussusception
- Julie E. Bines et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/bines0706a=
bstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 350kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/=
bulletin/volumes/84/7/569.pdf>

POLICY & PRACTICE

Avoiding suspension of Global Fund Secretariat's funding
- Lydia Kapiriri & Douglas K. Martin
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/kapiriri07=
06abstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 346kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/84/7/576.pdf>

PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEW

Diagnostic tests in HIV management
- April D. Kimmel et al.
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/84/7/kimmel0706=
abstract/en/index.html>  | Full Text [pdf 669kb] <http://www.who.int/entity=
/bulletin/volumes/84/7/581.pdf>

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