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

Tue Jul 10 08:19:00 2007

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the July issue of the Bulletin
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/en/index.html>  welcomes
contributions to two theme issues to be published in 2008: one on
childhood pneumonia
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/07-044032/en/index.html>  and
the other on ethics in public health
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/07-044040/en/index.html> .
Brian M Greenwood et al. write that very little research has been done
on childhood pneumonia, apart from trials of pneumococcal and
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines. In another editorial, Carl
H Coleman et al. discuss how the ethics theme issue should help
policy-makers incorporate ethics into health policies.

Claire Keeton reports from South Africa on innovative programmes that
are helping men to change violent and sexist behaviour
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/07-010707/en/index.html>  that
harms the health and well-being of women and the communities in which
they live. May Meleigy writes that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has
set a trend for controlling malaria
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/07-020707/en/index.html>  in
WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region and describes how other countries are
making progress, despite pockets of resistance. In this month's
interview, Director Robert Ridley talks about the Special Programme for
Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/07-100707/en/index.html>
(TDR).

Angela Oloo Akumu et al. found that the Hib vaccine
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034686/en/index.html>  was
highly effective after it was introduced into routine immunization
services in Kenya in 2001, but that cutting the vaccine's price would
provide greater incentives for governments to broaden coverage. Julie
Balen et al. estimated the prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034033/en/index.html>  in
human and buffalo populations in China's Dongting Lake region using
national data from the periodic epidemiological survey of 2004.

Carlos Augusto Monteiro et al. evaluated smoking indicators in the adult
population and found that that the prevalence of smoking
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-039073/en/index.html>  had
fallen from 34% in 1989 to 22.4% in 2003. Nigel Bruce et al. evaluated
methods used in the first randomized exposure study of pollution
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-035832/en/index.html>
indoors and respiratory effects (RESPIRE), a controlled trial testing
the impact of reduced indoor air pollution on acute lower respiratory
infections among children aged 18 months or younger in rural Guatemala.

A global effort is under way to eliminate the parasitic disease
lymphatic filariasis
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034108/en/index.html> .
Patrick Lammie et al. discuss the methods used to control the disease,
in particular fortifying salt with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) as a safe,
low-cost and effective strategy to eliminate transmission of lymphatic
filariasis.

Kevin Miles et al. argue that the use of non-medical staff should be
considered when rolling out antiretroviral therapy (ART)
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-033076/en/index.html> ,
taking the experience of Botswana as an example. Henk van Berg et al.
evaluate a project that uses farmer field schools to teach farmers how
to manage vector-borne diseases
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-035600/en/index.html>  and
to improve rice yields. Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu et al. describe how
clinical staff at four facilities in Malawi attempted to trace patients
who were lost to follow up after they started ART
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-037739/en/index.html> .

A large group of donor and recipient countries, international
organizations and civil society organizations agreed, in the Paris
Declaration of March 2005, for the first time to set targets for aid
effectiveness and indicators to measure progress. Nicolaus Lorenz argues
that with more than 70 global health partnerships
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-033597/en/index.html> in
existence today, the need for these partnerships to work effectively is
all the more pressing.

Volume 85, Number 7, July 2007, 501-568

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Call for papers: upcoming theme issues; In the news; Hib vaccine in
Kenya; China continues to battle schistosomiasis; How Brazil reduced
smoking; Respiratory infections in Guatemala; A safe, low-cost method to
fight lymphatic filariasis; Lessons from the field; How effective are
global health partnerships?
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EDITORIALS

Childhood pneumonia - preventing the world's biggest killer of children
- Brian M Greenwood et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044032
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How should ethics be incorporated into public health policy and
practice?
- Carl H Coleman et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044040
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NEWS

News
Changing men's behaviour can improve women's health
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The quest to be free of malaria
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WHO News
Recent news from WHO
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Applying science to the diseases of poverty
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RESEARCH

Economic evaluation of delivering Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
in routine immunization services in Kenya
- Angela Oloo Akumu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034686
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Prevalence, intensity and associated morbidity of Schistosoma japonicum
infection in the Dongting Lake region, China
- Julie Balen et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034033
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-034033.pdf>

Population-based evidence of a strong decline in the prevalence of
smokers in Brazil (1989-2003)
- Carlos Augusto Monteiro et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039073
Abstract [HTML]
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/7/06-039073.pdf>

Pneumonia case-finding in the RESPIRE Guatemala indoor air pollution
trial: standardizing methods for resource-poor settings
- Nigel Bruce et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035832
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POLICY AND PRACTICE

Unfulfilled potential: using diethylcarbamazine-fortified salt to
eliminate lymphatic filariasis
- Patrick Lammie et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034108
Abstract [HTML]
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

True outcomes for patients on antiretroviral therapy who are "lost to
follow-up" in Malawi
- Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037739
Abstract [HTML]
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Antiretroviral treatment roll-out in a resource-constrained setting:
capitalizing on nursing resources in Botswana
- K Miles et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033076
Abstract [HTML]
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Reducing vector-borne disease by empowering farmers in integrated vector
management
- Henk van den Berg et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035600
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PERSPECTIVES

Effectiveness of global health partnerships: will the past repeat
itself?
- Nicolaus Lorenz
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033597
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