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Available online 2 November 2009:

RESEARCH

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.0058933 [pdf 752kb]
Use of Bayesian geostatistical prediction to estimate local variations in Schistosoma haematobium infection in West Africa
- Archie CA Clements, Sonja Firth, Robert Dembelé, Amadou Garba, Seydou Touré, Moussa Sacko, Aly Landouré, Elisa Bosqué-Oliva, Adrian G Barnett, Simon Brooker & Alan Fenwick

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060327 [pdf 195kb]
Artemisinin derivatives versus quinine for cerebral malaria in African children: a systematic review
- Hmwe Hmwe Kyu & Eduardo Fernández

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054858 [pdf 208kb]
Trends in the quality of health care for children aged less than 5 years in Afghanistan, 2004–2006
- Anbrasi Edward, Vikas Dwivedi, Lais Mustafa, Peter M Hansen, David H Peters & Gilbert Burnham

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060426 [pdf 114kb]
Time trends and regional differences in maternal mortality in China from 2000 to 2005
- Gao Yanqiu, Carine Ronsmans & An Lin

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058677 [pdf 145kb]
Where did all the aid go? An in-depth analysis of increased health aid flows over the past 10 years
- Paolo Piva and Rebecca Dodd

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.059543 [pdf 127kb]
Effectiveness of planning and management interventions for improving age-appropriate immunization in rural India
- Shankar Prinja, Madhu Gupta, Amarjeet Singh & Rajesh Kumar

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058917 [pdf 225kb]
Tobacco use among adults in Cambodia: evidence for a tobacco epidemic among Cambodian women
- Pramil N. Singh, Daravuth Yel, Sovann Sinn, Khieng Sothy, Jaime Lopez, Jayakaran Job, Linda Ferry & Synnove Knutsen

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060061 [pdf 246kb]
Multiple types of child maltreatment and adolescent mental health in Viet Nam
- Huong Thanh Nguyen, Michael P Dunne & Anh Vu Le

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.057828 [pdf 521kb]
Maternal near miss and maternal death in the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health
- Joao Paulo Souza et al.

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.064147 [pdf 484kb]
Global disparities in the epilepsy treatment gap: a systematic review
- Ana-Claire Meyer, Tarun Dua, Juliana Ma, Shekhar Saxena & Gretchen Birbeck

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067058 [pdf 345kb]
Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: how do they correlate with education?
- SV Subramanian, Tim Huijts & Mauricio Avendano

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.057901 [pdf 343kb]
Infant malnutrition assessed using new WHO child growth standards and its relationship with mortality and exclusive breastfeeding
- Linda Vesel, Rajiv Bahl, Jose Martines, Mary Penny, Nita Bhandari, Betty R Kirkwood & the WHO Immunization-linked Vitamin A Supplementation Study Group

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.063537 [pdf 115kb]
What you count is what you target: the implications of maternal death classification for tracking progress towards reducing maternal mortality in developing countries
- Suzanne Cross, Jacqueline S Bell, & Wendy J Graham

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069385 [pdf 468kb]
Care seeking at time of childbirth, and maternal and perinatal mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
- Carine Ronsmans, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury, Marge Koblinsky & Anisuddin Ahmed

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068486 [pdf 273kb]
Fatal injuries among urban children in South Africa: risk distribution and potential for reduction
- Stephanie Burrows, Ashley van Niekerk & Lucie Laflamme

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055038 [pdf 162kb]
Feasibility, acceptability and use of artemisinin-based combination therapy
- Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Catherine O Falade, Bidemi O Yusuf, Grace O Gbotosho, Christian T Happi, Franco Pagnoni

:: doi: 10.2471/08.058933 [pdf 752kb]
Use of Bayesian geostatistical prediction to estimate local variations in Schistosoma haematobium infection in West Africa
- Archie CA Clements, Sonja Firth, Robert Dembelé, Amadou Garba, Seydou Touré, Moussa Sacko, Aly Landouré, Elisa Bosqué-Oliva, Adrian G Barnett, Simon Brooker & Alan Fenwick

POLICY & PRACTICE

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.061630 [pdf 198kb]
Compiling mortality statistics from civil registration systems in Viet Nam: the long road ahead
- Chalapati Rao, Brigitta Osterberger, Tran Dam Anh, Malcolm MacDonald, Nguyễn Thị Kim Chúc & Peter S Hill

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.061747 [pdf 144kb]
Tracking maternal mortality declines in Mongolia between 1992 and 2007: the importance of collaboration
- Buyanjargal Yadamsuren, Mario Merialdi, Ishnyam Davaadorj, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Ana Pilar Betrán, Asima Ahmad, agvajav Nymadawa, Tudevdorj Erkhembaatar, Delia Barcelona, Katherine Ba-thike, Robert J Hagan, Richard Prado, Wolf Wagner, Seded Khishgee, Tserendorj Sodnompil, Baatar Tsedmaa, Baldan Jav, Salik R Govindg Genden Purevsuren, Baldan Tsevelmaa, Bayaraa Soyoltuya, Brooke R Johnson, Peter Fajans, Paul FA Van Look & Altankhuyag Otgonbold

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.065722 [pdf 150kb]
Global control of hepatitis B virus: does treatmentinduced antigenic change affect immunization?
- C John Clements, Ben Coghlan, Mick Creati, Stephen Locarnini, Richard S Tedder & Joseph Torresi

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.061556 [pdf 132kb]
Providing monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 to newborns: findings from a pilot birth-dose project in Moradabad District, India.
- JJ Rainey, P Bhatnagar, CF Estivariz, S Durrani, M Galway, H Sandhu, S Bahl, H Jafari & J Wenger

LETTERS

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069179 [pdf 225kb]
Comments on the case-control study on access to health care and child mortality.
- MB Soudarssanane & Dhruv K Pandey
:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070169 [pdf 225kb]
Reconsidering global targets for TB control.
- BJ Marais and PD van Helden
:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.071282 [pdf 225kb]
Author reply:
- David W Dowdy & Richard E Chaisson

PERSPECTIVES

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.059865 [pdf 135kb]
More health for your buck: health sector functions to secure environmental health
- Eva A Rehfuess, Nigel Bruce & Jamie K Bartram

Public Health Reviews

:: doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.062554 [pdf 154kb]
The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
- Stacy Beck, Daniel Wojdyla, Lale Say, Ana Pilar Betran, Mario Merialdi, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Craig Rubens, Ramkumar Menon & Paul FA Van Look