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- 1From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedCountries in southern Africa have moved quickly to draw up a regional strategy for managing and preventing extensively drug-resistant TB. This follows an outbreak in South Africa that demonstrated the high mortality of...
- 2From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective To test a novel methodology to define age-based dosing regimens for the treatment of malaria with a new, user-friendly, blister-packaged fixed-dose combination of artesunate and amodiaquine. Methods A...
- 3From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed* Dr Margaret Chan of China, 59, was appointed as WHO's new director-general on 9 November, following the untimely death of Dr Lee Jong-wook in May 2006. She was one of five candidates shortlisted from 13 by WHO's...
- 4From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedWHO regularly gathers, evaluates, and cites evidence to support its recommendations. How this is done varies between departments, but highly centralized processes, complex methods and expert consultations are often used....
- 5From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedNearly two years after Ireland became one of the first countries to strictly enforce a comprehensive ban on smoking in indoor public places, including bars, cafes and restaurants, more countries are taking tough--and...
- 6From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective To map risk of exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in an urban area and assess the ability of traditional interventions to control dispersion of the disease. Methods Data on the Beijing SARS...
- 7From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective To determine the demographic and health impact of deploying health service nurses and volunteers to village locations with a view to scaling up results. Methods A four-celled plausibility trial was used for...
- 8From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective To estimate the impact of Hurricane Katrina on mental illness and suicidality by comparing results of a post-Katrina survey with those of an earlier survey. Methods The National Comorbidity...
- 9From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated in industrialized countries with unhealthy lifestyle characteristics, such as smoking, physical inactivity and being overweight or obese. This paper examines...
- 10From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective To compare mortality burden estimates based on direct measurement of levels and causes in communities with indirect estimates based on combining health facility cause-specific mortality structures with...
- 11From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedHIV/AIDS has reached the pinnacle of the global health agenda. More than 26 000 individuals attended the most recent international AIDS conference, one of the largest gatherings on international health in history. Annual...
- 12From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedObjective To assess the content and delivery of essential antenatal services before implementation of programmes for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Methods We...
- 13From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedSusanne Weber-Mosdorf studied economics, law and political science at the University of Constance in her native Germany and management at the Ecole nationale d'administration in Paris. She worked in the private sector as...
- 14From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedThe prevalence of the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) in developing countries is a growing problem. By 2003, an estimated 38 million people worldwide were infected with HIV, with approximately 14 000 new infections...
- 15From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedAgriculture and health are linked in many ways. First, agriculture is essential for good health: it produces the world's food, fibre and materials for shelter; in many countries it is also an important source of...
- 16From: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Vol. 84, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedIn addition to food, sanitation and access to health facilities children require adequate care at home for survival and optimal development. Responsiveness, a mother's/caregiver's prompt, contingent and appropriate...