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

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Dear Reader,

New Feature: in addition to abstracts in Arabic, French and Spanish, select=
ed Bulletin editorials and news items will be available each month in Arabi=
c, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

Call for papers: Charles Mock et al. invite contributions to the upcoming B=
ulletin theme issue on child injury and violence <http://www.who.int/bullet=
in/volumes/86/6/08-054767.pdf> .

This month's cover shows a classic public health poster on immunization <ht=
tp://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/historical_images/en/index6.html> , a =
topic also covered in several items in this issue. Jane Parry reports on th=
e anxieties about vaccines <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-030=
608.pdf>  and the scares that can dent public trust in immunization campaig=
ns. In an interview, Julian Lob-Levyt explains how the GAVI Alliance <http:=
//www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-040608.pdf>  funds vaccines for 73 p=
oor countries.

Mandip Jheeta & James Newell discuss the effects of parents' attitudes <htt=
p://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-047159.pdf>  on childhood vaccinat=
ion in Africa and Asia. Melissa Leach & James Fairhead also present some cu=
ltural and social perspectives <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08=
-054726.pdf>  on vaccination from west Africa. Scott Wittet & Vivien Tsu ar=
gue that cervical cancer <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-05045=
0.pdf>  screening and vaccination against the human papillomavirus could co=
ntribute to attaining some of the Millennium Development Goals. These issue=
s are taken up by Stephen Peckham, Alison Hann and Jacques Milliez in a rou=
nd table discussion.

Musinguzi Bamuturaki reports from Kampala on how a new manufacturing facili=
ty could increase access and affordability to antiretroviral drugs <http://=
www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-020608.pdf>  for people with HIV/AIDS =
in Uganda.

Maria Rosario Capeding et al. trial the immunogenicity and safety of giving=
 a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis /polio/ Haemophilus influenzae type b combi=
nation vaccine <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042143.pdf>  wi=
th hepatitis B vaccine in the Philippines.

Minh Van Hoang et al. analyse the cost of the Expanded Programme on Immuniz=
ation <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-045161.pdf>  in Viet Nam=
.

Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos et al. demonstrate the feasibility of implement=
ing large-scale health checks in conjunction with immunization days <http:/=
/www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-043638.pdf>  in Brazil, using these d=
ays to monitor children's health.

Rivonala Razafison reports from Madagascar on the challenges faced and prog=
ress made in achieving the primary health care <http://www.who.int/bulletin=
/volumes/86/6/08-010608.pdf>  goal of health for all in this island nation.

Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al. investigate the feasibility of implementing commun=
ity-based interventions for improving perinatal care in Pakistan <http://ww=
w.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-045849.pdf> .

Eug=E8ne Messou et al. test whether weight gain and CD4 count in C=F4te d'I=
voire are reliable predictors of virological success after six months of an=
tiretroviral treatment. <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042911=
.pdf>

Hamada Hamid et al. evaluate the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Healt=
h Systems as a standard for world mental health <http://www.who.int/bulleti=
n/volumes/86/6/07-042788.pdf>  in Iraq, Japan, the Philippines and The form=
er Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

In this month's Public Health Classic, J Anthony G Scott comments on a majo=
r study into childhood pneumonia <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/=
08-052753.pdf>  20 years after its publication.

Bernadette Modell & Matthew Darlison recommend that screening and genetic c=
ounselling for haemoglobin disorders <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/8=
6/6/06-036673.pdf>  should become an intrinsic part of health-care systems.

Robert Woods discusses the problems of defining and measuring stillbirths <=
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-043471.pdf>  and uses evidence =
from developed countries to predict trends for developing countries.

Davina Ghersi et al. call for the findings of all clinical trials <http://w=
ww.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-053769.pdf>  to be made publicly availa=
ble.

Volume 86, Number 6, June 2008, 417-496

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Making progress in AIDS treatmen=
t; A standard for world mental health; Combining infant vaccines; Measuring=
 antiretroviral therapy success in low-resource settings; Cost-effective im=
munization; Using National Immunization Day to monitor children's health; P=
rimary health care: back to basics; Improving newborn survival rates; A cas=
e for screening; Public health classic; Access for all; Trends in stillbirt=
h
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-000608/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 270kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-000608.pdf>

EDITORIALS

Understandings of immunization: some west African perspectives
- Melissa Leach & James Fairhead
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054726
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-054726/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 75kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-054726.pdf>

Childhood vaccination in Africa and Asia: the effects of parents' knowledge=
 and attitudes
- Mandip Jheeta & James Newell
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.047159
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
7-047159/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 152kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-047159.pdf>

Child injuries and violence: the new challenge for child health
- Charles Mock et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054767
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-054767/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 81kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-054767.pdf>

NEWS

Primary health care: back to basics in Madagascar
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8-010608/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 2.54Mb] <http://www.who.i=
nt/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-010608.pdf>

Uganda edges closer to AIDS treatment for all
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8-020608/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 2.54Mb] <http://www.who.i=
nt/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-020608.pdf>

No vaccine for the scaremongers
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8-030608/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 2.54Mb] <http://www.who.i=
nt/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-030608.pdf>

Vaccines for the poor. An interview with Julian Lob-Levyt
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8-040608/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 2.53Mb] <http://www.who.i=
nt/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-040608.pdf>

Recent news from WHO
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8-050608/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 2.53Mb] <http://www.who.i=
nt/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-050608.pdf>

RESEARCH

Cost of providing the expanded programme on immunization: findings from a f=
acility-based study in Viet Nam, 2005
- Minh Van Hoang et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045161
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-045161-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-045161/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 401k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-045161.pdf>

Anthropometric and immunological success of antiretroviral therapy and pred=
iction of virological success in west African adults
- Eug=E8ne Messou et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042911
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042911-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-042911/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 314k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042911.pdf>

Immunogenicity and safety of a DTaP-IPV//PRP~T combination vaccine given wi=
th hepatitis B vaccine: a randomized open-label trial
- Maria Rosario Capeding et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042143
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042143-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-042143/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 634k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042143.pdf>

Implementing community-based perinatal care: results from a pilot study in =
rural Pakistan
- Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045849
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-045849-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-045849/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 642k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-045849.pdf>

POLICY AND PRACTICE

Long-term trends in fetal mortality: implications for developing countries
- Robert Woods
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.043471
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-043471-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-043471/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 272k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-043471.pdf>

Evaluating the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems by compa=
ring mental health policies in four countries
- Hamada Hamid et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042788
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042788-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-042788/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 244k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-042788.pdf>

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

National Immunization Day: a strategy to monitor health and nutrition indic=
ators
- Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.043638
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-043638-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-043638/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 405k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-043638.pdf>

PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

Global epidemiology of haemoglobin disorders and derived service indicators
- Bernadette Modell & Matthew Darlison
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036673
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/06-036673-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/06-036673/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 713k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/06-036673.pdf>

ROUND TABLE

Cervical cancer prevention and the Millennium Development Goals
- Scott Wittet & Vivien Tsu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.050450
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-050450-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/07-050450/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 300k=
b] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-050450.pdf>

A sexual health prevention priority
- Stephen Peckham & Alison Hann
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053876
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-053876/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 300kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-053876.pdf>

Cervical cancer prevention and the Millennium Development Goals
- Jacques Milliez
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053850
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-053850/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 300kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-053850.pdf>

PERSPECTIVES

Reporting the findings of clinical trials: a discussion paper
- D Ghersi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053769
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-053769/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 146kb] <http://www.who.in=
t/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-053769.pdf>

PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSICS

The global epidemiology of childhood pneumonia 20 years on
- J Anthony G Scott
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.052753
Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-052753-=
ab/en/index.html>  | Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bu=
lletin/volumes/86/6/08-052753/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 1.14=
Mb] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-052753.pdf>

LETTERS

A way of measuring poverty that could further a change for the better
- Hermann Feldmeier & Ingela Krantz
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.050294
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7-050294/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 74kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/07-050294.pdf>

Contraception is the best kept secret for prevention of mother-to-child HIV=
 transmission
- Tricia Petruney et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.051458
Full article text [HTML] <http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/0=
8-051458/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 74kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-051458.pdf>

Access to medication: key to achieving treatment goals
- Hevertton LBS Santos & Nelson Rosario
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.051284
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8-051284/en/index.html>  | Full article text [pdf 74kb] <http://www.who.int=
/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/6/08-051284.pdf>

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