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

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Dear Reader,

This special theme issue <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/en/index=
.html>  of the Bulletin is timed to coincide with a resolution on tuberculo=
sis (TB) control to be considered the 193 Member States of the World Health=
 Organization at the World Health Assembly from 14 to 23 May.

L=E9opold Blanc & Lindsay Martinez introduce this theme issue on TB control=
 <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/en/index.html>  with an editoria=
l on the importance of the two key targets <http://www.who.int/bulletin/vol=
umes/85/5/07-041996.pdf>  of 70% detection of TB cases and successful treat=
ment of 85% of those cases. In another editorial, Mario C Raviglione calls =
for successful implementation of the Global Plan to Stop TB and the Stop TB=
 strategy.

In the news section, Jacqui Wise reports on how new technology could hold t=
he key to keeping extensively drug-resistant TB <http://www.who.int/bulleti=
n/volumes/85/5/07-010507.pdf>  at bay in southern Africa. Elena Zolotova re=
ports from the Russian region of Orel on progress in fighting TB strains <h=
ttp://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-010507.pdf>  that are resistant =
to common drugs. Paul Garwood writes about promising new vaccine, drug and =
diagnostics candidates <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-010507.=
pdf>  for TB that could soon be within reach. In this month's interview, Jo=
rge Sampaio, the United Nations' first special envoy to Stop TB <http://www=
.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-100507.pdf> , talks about his work campai=
gning for TB control.

Dermot Maher et al. argue that their TB control planning approach to help c=
ountries achieve Millennium Development Goal 6 <http://www.who.int/bulletin=
/volumes/85/5/06-037820.pdf>  has relevance for other health areas. Robert =
Matiru & Timothy Ryan found that provision of free or affordable TB drugs b=
y the Global Drug Facility <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035=
402.pdf>  was not always an incentive for governments to improve their TB p=
rogrammes.

Katherine Floyd et al. look at a global financial monitoring system for TB =
control <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-034942.pdf>  that was =
established in 2002. John C Ridderhof et al. write that investments in new =
equipment and supplies <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-039081.=
pdf>  for laboratories should be accompanied by efforts to integrate TB lab=
oratory networks into health-care systems. Roland Brosch & V=E9ronique Vinc=
ent outline current research efforts <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/8=
5/5/06-035386.pdf>  to produce new TB vaccines, drugs and diagnostics.

Kai Bl=F6ndal tackles the subject of drug resistance <http://www.who.int/bu=
lletin/volumes/85/5/06-035345.pdf>  and the challenges this presents for TB=
 control. KF Laserson & CD Wells debate the impact of HIV on TB control. Do=
nald A Enarson & Nils E Billo take a critical look at the DOTS Expansion Pl=
an <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035378.pdf>  for TB treatme=
nt.

Christopher Dye et al. assess whether national TB control programmes <http:=
//www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-037580.pdf>  met the 2005 targets. M=
arieke J van der Werf & Martien W Borgdorff discuss whether we can be confi=
dent about data being used to measure progress towards the Millennium Devel=
opment Goals <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-039941.pdf> . Pie=
ter van Maaren et al. describe how the Stop TB Special Project established =
in 2000 helped to achieve substantial gains in TB control in WHO's Western =
Pacific Region <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-038521.pdf> .

In this month's Public Health Classic section <http://www.who.int/bulletin/=
volumes/85/5/07-041756.pdf> , Mukund Uplekar & Mario C Raviglione review a =
ground-breaking 1966 paper by Halfdan Mahler, WHO Director-General from 197=
3 to 1988, on tuberculosis programmes in developing countries that was publ=
ished in the Bulletin of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and L=
ung Disease.

The WHO-recommended TB control strategy includes supervised administration =
of treatment under proper case management conditions, or directly observed =
treatment. Critics advocate eliminating supervised administration <http://w=
ww.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-038927.pdf>  from TB treatment guidelin=
es, substituting self-administration or family treatment observation. But T=
homas R Frieden & John A Sbarbaro argue that this advocacy is based on misi=
nterpretation of scientific data and failure to rigorously analyse public h=
ealth practice.

Paul Garner et al. cite the failure of TB patients to complete their treatm=
ent <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035568.pdf> , even in plac=
es where health services are good, as a major obstacle for TB control. They=
 call for new approaches to overcome the stigma of TB and to tackle gender =
differentials in TB treatment.

Volume 85, Number 5, May 2007, 325-420

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Special theme: tuberculosis control; Promising new tools for prevention, de=
tection and cure; How reliable are the data?; The Global Drugs Facility; Ba=
rriers to completing treatment; Russian region reports progress; Public hea=
lth classic: lessons from the past; Interview: Jorge Sampaio, UN special en=
voy to Stop TB
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.000407 - Full Text [pdf 69kb] <http://www.who.int/entit=
y/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-000507.pdf>

EDITORIALS

The international TB control targets
- L=E9opold Blanc & Lindsay Martinez
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041996 - Full Text [pdf 65kb] <http://www.who.int/entit=
y/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-041996.pdf>

The new Stop TB Strategy and the Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006-2015
- Mario C Raviglione
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038513 - Full Text [pdf 69kb] <http://www.who.int/entit=
y/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-038513.pdf>

NEWS

News
Fast action urged to halt deadly TB; Russian oblast is model in fight again=
st TB; New tools for an old disease
Full Text [pdf 308kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-0=
10507.pdf>

WHO News
Stronger health systems to beat TB. An interview with Jorge Sampaio; Recent=
 news from WHO
Full Text [pdf 76kb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-10=
0507.pdf>

POLICY & PRACTICE

Financing tuberculosis control: the role of a global financial monitoring s=
ystem
- Katherine Floyd, et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034942 - Full Text [pdf 358kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-034942.pdf>

Planning to improve global health: the next decade of tuberculosis control
- Dermot Maher et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037820 - Full Text [pdf 285kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-037820.pdf>

The Global Drug Facility: a unique, holistic and pioneering approach to dru=
g procurement and management
- Robert Matiru & Timothy Ryan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035402 - Full Text [pdf 329kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035402.pdf>

Roles of laboratories and laboratory systems in effective tuberculosis prog=
rammes
- John Ridderhof et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039081 - Full Text [pdf 272kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-039081.pdf>

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Reaching the global tuberculosis control targets in the Western Pacific Reg=
ion
- Pieter van Maaren et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038521 - Full Text [pdf 189kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-038521.pdf>

PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

Did we reach the 2005 targets for tuberculosis control?
- Christopher Dye et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037580 - Full Text [pdf 292kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-037580.pdf>

Targets for tuberculosis control: how confident can we be about the data?
- Marieke J van der Werf & Martien W Borgdorff
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039941 - Full Text [pdf 471kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-039941.pdf>

ROUND TABLES

Reaching the targets for tuberculosis control: the impact of HIV
- KF Laserson & CD Wells
Discussion: Mao Tan Eang et al.; Michel Gasana et al.; Eddy Perez-Then et a=
l.; Rhehab Chimzizi & Anthony Harries
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035329 - Full Text [pdf 361kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035329.pdf>

Barriers to reaching the targets for tuberculosis control: multidrug-resist=
ant tuberculosis
- Kai Bl=F6ndal
Discussion: Karin Weyer; Maria Imelda D Quelapio et al.; Vaira Leimane
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035345 - Full Text [pdf 327kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035345.pdf>

Critical evaluation of the Global DOTS Expansion Plan
- Donald A Enarson & Nils E Billo
Discussion: LS Chauhan; Alberto G Romualdez; Carmelia Basri et al.; Liya Wa=
n et al.; Cesar Bonilla & Jaime Bayona; Masoud Dara & Alimata Naco
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035378 - Full Text [pdf 327kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035378.pdf>

PERSPECTIVES

Promoting adherence to tuberculosis treatment
- Paul Garner et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035568 - Full Text [pdf 112kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035568.pdf>

Promoting adherence to treatment for tuberculosis: the importance of observ=
ation
- Thomas R Frieden & John A Sbarbaro
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038927 - Full Text [pdf 137kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-038927.pdf>

Cutting-edge science and the future of tuberculosis control
- Roland Brosch & V=E9ronique Vincent
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035386 - Full Text [pdf 135kb] <http://www.who.int/enti=
ty/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035386.pdf>

PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSIC

The Tuberculosis Programme in Developing Countries
- H. Mahler
Commentary: The "vertical-horizontal" debates: time for the pendulum to res=
t (in peace)?
- Mukund Uplekar & Mario C Raviglione
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041756 - Full Text [pdf 1.24Mb] <http://www.who.int/ent=
ity/bulletin/volumes/85/5/07-041756.pdf>

BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Reichman and Hershfield's tuberculosis: a comprehensive international appro=
ach
- Jaap F Broekmans
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039339 - Full Text [pdf 98kb] <http://www.who.int/entit=
y/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-039339.pdf>

La recherche bibliographique en m=E9decine et sant=E9 publique: guide d'acc=
=E8s
- Tomas Allen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.031567 - Full text [pdf 74kb] <http://www.who.int/entit=
y/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-031567.pdf>

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