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- 1From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedReported are the results of a formal decision analysis which facilitated the choice of the most appropriate test-treatment strategy for visceral leishmaniasis in areas where the disease is endemic. The following...
- 2From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed
Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant population
The contribution of malaria to morbidity and mortality among people in Africa has been a subject of academic interest, political advocacy, and speculation. National statistics for much of sub-Saharan Africa have proved... - 3From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSir - All forms of discrimination in the social setting affect health. The phenomenon of gender inequality is apparent in a preference for male babies, longer breastfeeding of male infants, more food of better quality...
- 4From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedThe eradication of poliomyelitis in Cuba, for which effective vaccines had to be acquired, is reviewed in this article. The strategy for eradication was based on mass immunization campaigns for the annual delivery of...
- 5From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedFew studies provide data on the global morbidity and mortality caused by infection with Shigella spp.; such estimates are needed, however, to plan strategies of prevention and treatment. Here we report the results of a...
- 6From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedFOR THE POPULATION CENETICIST, diabetes mellitus has long presented an enigma. Here is a relatively frequent disease, often interfering with reproduction by virtue of an onset during the reproductive or even...
- 7From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewedhttp://www.malarianetwork.org A joint collaboration between the World Health Organization and the World Bank, maintained by the Department of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, World Health Organization,...
- 8From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSir - There is worldwide agreement that medical education has to evolve in order to respond to changing attitudes: it must reflect the shift from curative to preventive medicine and the need of health systems to match...
- 9From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedA successful programme is reported from Mozambique for training middle-level health workers to perform fairly advanced surgical procedures in remote areas where the services of consultants are virtually unobtainable....
- 10From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSir - The global burden of disease from neuropsychiatric conditions is expected to rise considerably by the year 2020, with increased prevalence of depression in developing countries (1). Health care delivery systems in...
- 11From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedThis paper assesses the relevance and time-to-expiry of pharmaceutical donations by the USA by means of a convenience sample of two private voluntary organizations. Data were collected on 16 566 donations shipped...
- 12From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedI have been asked to speak on the subject of "health in development". I must take on the question -- the very difficult question -- as to how health relates to development.(a) At one level the question admits of a...
- 13From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAn explanation for BCG's unreliable reputation? The tuberculosis vaccine has a variable success record. In some trials it has provided 70% protection against infection with the TB bacillus, Mycobacterium...
- 14From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed"The problem of understanding the genetic nature of man is both a philosophical and, in these days of rapidly changing environment, a practical challenge ... In this essay an hypothesis has been advanced which envisions...
- 15From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedMortality indicators and causes of death in Jordan were assessed by verbal autopsy. A random sample of 100 clusters of ca. 300 households each were monitored for one year by notification assistants selected from the...