Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 82, Number 2, February 2004, 82-159

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Malaria control and child mortality; Public-private partnerships in Nepal; Patient advocacy and arthritis; Measles-free world by 2015?

EDITORIALS

Mortality certification and cause-of-death reporting in developing countries
- Abla Mehio Sibai

Insecticide-treated nets for malaria control: real gains
- Christian Lengeler

RESEARCH

Insecticide-treated curtains and child mortality, Burkina Faso
- D.A Diallo et al.

Public–private partnership to control tuberculosis in Nepal
- James N. Newell et al.

Hepatitis B vaccine freezing in Indonesian cold chain
- Carib M. Nelson et al.

Patient evaluations and WHO performance measures in 12 European countries
- Jan J. Kerssens et al.

POLICY & PRACTICE

Patient advocacy and arthritis: moving forward
- Amye L. Leong & Liana Euller-Ziegler

Second-generation HIV surveillance
- Thomas Rehle et al.

Regulatory pathways for vaccines for developing countries
- Julie Milstien & Lahouari Belgharbi

PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEW

Can measles be eradicated globally?
- Ciro A. de Quadros

PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSIC

Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care
- Kenneth Arrow

Commentary: Kenneth Arrow and the birth of health economics
- William D. Savedoff

BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Child public health
- Harry Campbell
Global public health: a new era
- John Powles

NEWS

News

SARS virus returns to China as scientists race to find effective vaccine; Mali takes grass roots approach to ending female genital mutilation; Science meets tradition and identifies herbal treatment for jaundice; Delays in legislation slow the progress of CME in India

WHO News

WHO joins international effort to help Bam earthquake survivors; Health-related Millennium Development Goals out of reach for many countries; Polio will be finished by year’s end, say Ministers of Health

Feature story

Delays in legislation slow the progress of CME in India

GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Download free readers

for PDF, EPUB, Kindle EPUB, and DAISY talking books.