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

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Dear Reader,

We are introducing new language content to make more of the Bulletin <http:=
//www.who.int/bulletin/en/index.html> accessible to a wider readership. In =
addition to the abstracts of the main articles in Arabic, French and Spanis=
h, the online version now has the content, shown below, in those languages.=
 Click on the relevant links to read these texts in Arabic, French or Spani=
sh:

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tml> , Espagnol <http://www.who.int/bulletin/es/index.html> )

Most downloaded articles         (=DA=D1=C8=ED <http://www.who.int/bulletin=
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x.html> )

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Editorial members                     (=DA=D1=C8=ED <http://www.who.int/bul=
letin/editorial_board/ar/index.html> , Fran=E7ais <http://www.who.int/bulle=
tin/editorial_board/fr/index.html> , Espagnol <http://www.who.int/bulletin/=
editorial_board/es/index.html> )

In this month=92s Bulletin, Iqbal H Shah & Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli argue =
that more should be done to give poor people access to culturally appropria=
te family planning services <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-03=
7366.pdf> . In the News, Paul Garwood reports from Islamabad on fears that,=
 once polio has been eradicated, donors will stop funding the polio network=
 <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/2/07-010207/en/index.html>  that h=
as helped to immunize children against other diseases, fight outbreaks of o=
ther illnesses and respond to natural disasters. Jane Parry reports from Ho=
ng Kong SAR on the tough decisions governments face now that a vaccine <htt=
p://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/2/07-020207/en/index.html>  is availabl=
e against the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer.

Narcis B Kabatereine et al. found that two rounds of annual medication redu=
ced the prevalence of schistosome and hookworm infections <http://www.who.i=
nt/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-030353.pdf>  in Ugandan schoolchildren. Bruno M=
eesen et al. shows that the introduction of performance-based payments shar=
ply increased staff productivity at 15 health care centres in Kabutare, Rwa=
nda. Albert K Minga et al. found that the median times for an HIV-positive =
patient to develop AIDS and survive in Africa do not differ from those in i=
ndustrialized countries.

Cid Manso de Mello Vianna et al. measured the flows of financial resources =
for health research and development <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85=
/2/06-032383.pdf>  in Brazil from 2000 to 2002. They found that universitie=
s and research institutes are the main recipients of resources allocated to=
 health research and development. Yumiko Yanase et al. measured the prevale=
nce of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) <http://www=
.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033365.pdf>  between 2002 and 2004 by ana=
lysing test results for hospital-based blood donors and overseas Filipino w=
orker candidates. They found that HIV is rare in these groups in the Philip=
pines and that overseas worker candidates do not constitute a high-risk gro=
up for HIV.

I P Sunish et al. demonstrated in their study that a vector programme using=
 polystyrene beads augments mass drug administration to produce lower trans=
mission levels of lymphatic filarial infection <http://www.who.int/bulletin=
/volumes/85/2/06-029389.pdf> . David H Peters et al. describe how a balance=
d scorecard programme <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033746.p=
df>  was used in Afghanistan to measure health service performance. Anthony=
 D Harries et al. analysed Malawi=92s mechanism for distribution of antiret=
roviral (ARV) drugs <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032060.pdf=
> , which is designed to avoid interruptions in supplies that lead to drug =
resistance and treatment failure.

Volume 85, Number 2, February 2007, 85-160

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Do the poor choose to have large families?; In the news; Schistosomiasis in=
 Uganda; Rwanda health workers' productivity; Antiretroviral treatment in C=
=F4te d'Ivoire; Brazil's health research resources; HIV low among Filipino =
overseas workers; Eliminating lymphatic filariasis; Health care in Afghanis=
tan; ARVs in Malawi
Full Text [pdf 65kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/07-00=
0207.pdf>

EDITORIALS

Inequity and unwanted fertility in developing countries
- Iqbal H. Shah & Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-037366/en/index.ht=
ml>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037366 [pdf 54kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bul=
letin/volumes/85/2/06-037366.pdf>

NEWS

News
What will become of the polio network?
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/07-010207/en/index.ht=
ml>  | Full Text [pdf 240kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85=
/2/07-010207.pdf>

Vaccinating against cervical cancer
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/07-020207/en/index.ht=
ml>  | Full Text [pdf 240kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85=
/2/07-020207.pdf>

WHO News
Recent news from WHO
HTML <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/07-150207/en/index.ht=
ml>  | Full Text [pdf 240kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85=
/2/07-030207.pdf>

RESEARCH

Impact of a national helminth control programme on infection and morbidity =
in Ugandan schoolchildren
- Narcis B Kabatereine et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-030353-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.030353 [pdf 418kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-030353.pdf>

Unwanted fertility among the poor: an inequity?
- Duff Gillespie et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033829-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033829 [pdf 496kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033829.pdf>

Output-based payment to boost staff productivity in public health centres: =
contracting in Kabutare district, Rwanda
- Bruno Meessen et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032110-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.032110 [pdf 374kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032110.pdf>

Progression to WHO criteria for antiretroviral therapy in a 7-year cohort o=
f adult HIV-1 seroconverters in Abidjan, C=F4te d'Ivoire
- Albert Minga et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032292-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.032292 [pdf 420kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032292.pdf>

Flows of financial resources for health research and development in Brazil,=
 2000 - 2002
- Cid Manso de Mello Vianna et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032383-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.032383 [pdf 319kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032383.pdf>

The prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV among Filipino blood donors and overseas=
 work visa applicants
- Yumiko Yanase et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033365-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033365 [pdf 458kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033365.pdf>

Vector control complements mass drug administration against bancroftian fil=
ariasis in Tirukoilur, India
- IP Sunish et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-029389-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.029389 [pdf 371kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-029389.pdf>

POLICY AND PRACTICE

A balanced scorecard for health services in Afghanistan
- David H Peters et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033746-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033746 [pdf 266kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-033746.pdf>

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Ensuring uninterrupted supplies of antiretroviral drugs in resource-poor se=
ttings: an example from Malawi
- Anthony D Harries et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032060-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.032060 [pdf 190kb] <http://www.who.int/en=
tity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/06-032060.pdf>

Malawi=92s contribution to =933 by 5=94: achievements and challenges - Edwi=
n Libamba et al.
Abstract <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/05-033688-ab/en/i=
ndex.html>  | doi: 10.2471/BLT.05.033688 [pdf 1.70Mb] <http://www.who.int/e=
ntity/bulletin/volumes/85/2/05-033688.pdf>

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