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

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Dear Reader,

The Bulletin continues its commemorative volume to mark the 60th
anniversary of the World Health Organization this month
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/en/index.html>  by
highlighting malaria on its cover. Marcel Tanner & Don de Savigny
examine why malaria eradication is back on the global health agenda
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-050633.pdf> . Anthony
Mbonye et al. assess the efficacy of malaria treatment among pregnant
women <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-041822.pdf> ,and
Samuel Shillcutt et al. look at the cost-effectiveness of different
methods of diagnosing malaria in endemic countries
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-042259.pdf> . Dr Awa Marie
Coll-Seck, Executive Director of Roll Bank Malaria,talks about her hopes
for a new facility to make subsidized antimalarials available to
developing countries
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/08-040208.pdf> .

Randolph Nesse proposes in an editorial that evolutionary biology
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-049601.pdf>  should be
taught as an integral part of public health training. In another
editorial, Eloi Marijon et al. make the case for echocardiographic
screening of children
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-046680.pdf>  at risk of
rheumatic heart disease.

The news section continues its monthly series highlighting the primary
health care experience of diverse countries with a feature from
Bangladesh <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/08-010208.pdf>  by
Aasha Mehreen Amin. Dale Gavlak reports from Jordan on what needs to be
done to stop the epidemic of smoking in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean
Region <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/08-030208.pdf> . Jeremy
Wagstaff explains why it has taken so long for satellite technologies
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/08-020208.pdf>  to become
useful in public health emergencies.

Herman Holtslag et al. find that road traffic injuries
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/06-033803.pdf>  are
responsible for most of the major trauma burden in the Netherlands.
Anthony Nardone et al. report on the coverage of rubella vaccination in
Australia <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-042010.pdf>  and
16 European countries. Archana Shah et al. describe how a WHO global
survey was used to monitor maternal and perinatal health
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/06-039842.pdf> .

Hugh Reyburn et al. find that much improvement is needed in the care
given to children in paediatric wards in the United Republic of Tanzania
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-041723.pdf> . Francis Andre
et al. calculate the return on investment for vaccination policies in
low-income countries
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-040089.pdf> .

Rifat Atun & Igor Olynik document the difficulties in implementing
tuberculosis control policies in the Ukraine
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/06-034991.pdf> . Peter
Cherutich et al. describe the barriers to good care of HIV-infected
children in Kenya
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-040402.pdf> .

Volume 86, Number 2, February 2008, 81-160

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Care and treatment of sick
children; Measuring the trauma burden; Outcomes and coverage of
vaccination; Resistance to change; Vicious cycles; Politics and the
ashtray; Eye on public health; Why are we prone to disease?; A snapshot
of maternal health worldwide; Catching cases.
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EDITORIALS

Malaria eradication back on the table
- Marcel Tanner & Don de Savigny
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.050633
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What evolutionary biology offers public health
- Randolph M Nesse
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049601
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Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease
- Elio Marijon et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046680
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-046680/en/index.html
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NEWS

Getting health to rural communities in Bangladesh
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Space technology: a new frontier for public health
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Smoke alarm from Afghanistan to Morocco
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An interview with Awa Marie Coll-Seck - Hopes and fears for malaria
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a new
delivery system and its effect on maternal health and pregnancy outcomes
in Uganda
- A K Mbonye et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041822
Abstract [HTML]
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-041822.pdf>

Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa
in an era of combination therapy
- Samual Shillcutt et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042259
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-042259-ab/en/index.h
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-042259.pdf>

Individuals and population burdens of major trauma in the Netherlands
- Herman R Holtslag et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033803
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/06-033803.pdf>

Comparison of rubella seroepidemiology in 17 countries: progress towards
international disease control targets
- Anthony Nardone et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042010
Abstract [HTML]
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-042010.pdf>

Methodological considerations in implementing the WHO Global Survey for
Monitoring Maternal and Perinatal Health
- Archana Shah et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039842
Abstract [HTML]
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Clinical assessment and treatment in paediatric wards in the north-east
of the United Republic of Tanzania
- Hugh Reyburn et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041723
Abstract [HTML]
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POLICY AND PRACTICE

Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity
worldwide
- FE Andre et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040089
Abstract [HTML]
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-040089.pdf>

Resistance to implementing policy change: the case of Ukraine
- Rifat Atun & Igor Olynik
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034991
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Optimizing paediatric HIV care in Kenya: challenges in early infant
diagnosis
- Peter Cherutich et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040402
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/2/07-040402-ab/en/index.h
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