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

Tue Aug 7 05:39:01 2007

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Dear Reader,

In the August issue <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/en/index.html=
>  of the Bulletin, Frank Baiden et al. call on countries to apply a new se=
t of international verbal autopsy standards <http://www.who.int/bulletin/vo=
lumes/85/8/07-043745/en/index.html>  to meet health system information need=
s. Jack Radisch looks into the growing need for medicines to combat neglect=
ed and emerging infectious diseases <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85=
/8/07-045690/en/index.html> . Meanwhile, Michel Thieren and Alexandre Mauro=
n use the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Nuremberg code on medical =
ethics <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-045443/en/index.html>  =
to assess its current relevance.

Theresa Braine investigates the novel new health institute <http://www.who.=
int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-010807/en/index.html>  founded by Mexican bill=
ionaire Carlos Slim Hel=FA that both researches and funds interventions in =
Latin America. Rupa Chinai reports from India on the pilot project addressi=
ng the high prevalence of mental health disorders in Goa <http://www.who.in=
t/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-020807/en/index.html> . In this month's intervie=
w, Francisco Songane, director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & C=
hild Health, advocates for the integration of maternal, newborn and child h=
ealth <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-100807/en/index.html>  i=
n overall national health plans.

Julia Kemp et al. set out to assess the patient and household costs <http:/=
/www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-033167/en/index.html>  of tuberculosi=
s (TB) diagnosis in urban Malawi. Jay K Varma et al. discuss results of the=
 trialling <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038067/en/index.htm=
l>  of the New Global Plan to Stop TB in four Thai provinces in 2004-05. In=
 Eritrea, Mineab Sebhatu et al. use a new low-cost approach <http://www.who=
.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038604/en/index.html>  to estimate TB inciden=
ce. Peter S Hill and Mao Tan Eang look at the tensions Cambodia faced in im=
plementing TB control <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-036822/e=
n/index.html>  while rebuilding its health system.

Implementing TB programmes in complex emergencies <http://www.who.int/bulle=
tin/volumes/85/8/06-037630.pdf>  is examined by Rudi Coninx. Einar Heldal e=
t al. argue that the Timor-Leste experience <http://www.who.int/bulletin/vo=
lumes/85/8/06-036087/en/index.html>  shows TB control is possible during em=
ergencies, but long-term nationwide strengthening remains a challenge. Andr=
=E9 Ndongosieme et al. look at TB control during the humanitarian crisis in=
 the Democratic Republic of the Congo <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/=
85/8/06-039420/en/index.html> , and suggest fruitful results are possible t=
hrough effective partnerships.

Supon Limwattananon et al. call for policy improvement to reduce out-of-poc=
ket health care payments <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-03372=
0/en/index.html>  for Thailand's poorest. Ardeshir Khosravi et al. conduct =
the first systematic evaluation of Iranian mortality data sources <http://w=
ww.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038802/en/index.html>  and find that in=
fant mortality has decreased: adult mortality has decreased less substantia=
lly. Silvina Ramos et al. reviewed maternal deaths in Argentina <http://www=
.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-032334/en/index.html>  in 2002 and found =
that the probability of dying was 10 times greater in the absence of essent=
ial obstetric care.

The costs of scaling up malaria control <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volume=
s/85/8/06-039529/en/index.html>  to meet international goals are estimated =
by Anthony Kiszewski et al. This analysis highlights the need for more reso=
urces to be invested if global targets are going to be met. Routine or mand=
atory HIV/AIDS testing may not be feasible <http://www.who.int/bulletin/vol=
umes/85/8/06-037671/en/index.html>  in sub-Saharan Africa in the short- to =
medium-term, according to AD Asante. Barriers to HIV testing must be remove=
d, workforce improvements undertaken, the culture of poor health service us=
e overcome and the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS dispelled if such testin=
g is to be practical or desirable, this author argues.

Volume 85, Number 8, August 2007, 569-648

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Verbal autopsy; Emerging diseases' medicines; Nuremberg code at 60; In the =
News; Making TB services affordable; TB in emergencies; Reducing out-of-poc=
ket payments; Iranian mortality and maternal deaths in Argentina; Resources=
 to control malaria; Barriers to HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
7-000807/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 75kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-000807.pdf>

EDITORIALS

Setting international standards for verbal autopsy
- Frank Baiden et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.043745
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7-043745/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 85kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-043745.pdf>

More medicines for neglected and emerging infectious diseases
- Jack Radisch
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045690
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
7-045690/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 74kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-045690.pdf>

Nuremberg code turns 60
- Michel Thieren & Alexandre Mauron
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045443
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
7-045443/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 68kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-045443.pdf>

NEWS

News
Mexican billionaire invests millions in Latin American health
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
7-010807/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 308kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-010807.pdf>

Indian paradise takes novel approach to mental health
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7-020807/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 308kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-020807.pdf>

WHO News
Stronger national plans for maternal, newborn and child health
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
7-100807/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 122kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-100807.pdf>

Recent news from WHO
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
7-110807/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 122kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-110807.pdf>

RESEARCH

Can Malawi's poor afford free tuberculosis services? Patient and household =
costs associated with a tuberculosis diagnosis in Lilongwe
- Julia R Kemp et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033167
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-033167-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-033167/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 306k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-033167.pdf>

Evaluating the potential impact of the new Global Plan to Stop TB: Thailand=
, 2004-2005
- Jay K Varma et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038067
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038067-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-038067/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 312k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038067.pdf>

Determining the burden of tuberculosis in Eritrea: a new approach
- Mineab Sebhatu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038604
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038604-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-038604/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 299k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038604.pdf>

Catastrophic and poverty impacts of health payments: results from national =
household surveys in Thailand
- Supon Limwattananon et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033720
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-033720-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-033720/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 280k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-033720.pdf>

Mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1964-2004
- Ardeshir Khosravi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038802
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038802-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-038802/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 457k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-038802.pdf>

A comprehensive assessment of maternal deaths in Argentina: translating mul=
ticentre collaborative research into action
- Silvina Ramos et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.032334
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-032334-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-032334/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 344k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-032334.pdf>

Estimated global resources needed to attain international malaria control g=
oals
- Anthony Kiszewski et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039529
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-039529-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-039529/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 372k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-039529.pdf>

POLICY AND PRACTICE

Resistance and renewal: health sector reform and Cambodia's national tuberc=
ulosis programme
- Peter S Hill & Mao Tan Eang
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036822
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-036822-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-036822/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 249k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-036822.pdf>

ROUND TABLE

Tuberculosis in complex emergencies
- Rudi Coninx
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037630
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-037630-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/8/06-037630/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 307k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-037630.pdf>

The case of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
- Einar Heldal et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036087
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
6-036087/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 307kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-036087.pdf>

Collaboration between a TB control programme and NGOs during humanitarian c=
risis: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Andr=E9 Ndongosieme et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039420
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
6-039420/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 307kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-039420.pdf>

PERSPECTIVES

Scaling up HIV prevention: why routine or mandatory testing is not feasible=
 for sub-Saharan Africa
- AD Asante
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037671
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/0=
6-037671/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 134kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/06-037671.pdf>

LETTERS

Reply to 'Addressing smoking cessation in tuberculosis control'
- Annemieke Brands et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044982
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7-044982/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 113kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/8/07-044982.pdf>

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