Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 83, Number 7, July 2005, 481-560

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Preventing HIV in infants; Caring for rape survivors in South Africa; New test for schistosomiasis in China

EDITORIALS

International collaboration in health research
- Adetokunbo O. Lucas

Antiretroviral regimens for preventing HIV infection in infants
- René E. Ekpini & Charles Gilks

A modest proposal for research
- Desmond Avery

NEWS

News

In focus: Brazil and Peru pool views of their people to set health agenda

Photo Special

Images of Disability 2005

RESEARCH

Effectiveness of a district-wide PMTCT programme for HIV in South Africa
- David Coetzee, et al.

Quality of care for rape survivors in South Africa
- Nicola J. Christofides et al.

Auditing the quality of immunization data
- O. Ronveaux et al.

Study collaboration, funding and burden of disease in Africa
- George H. Swingler et al.

Global iodine status
- Maria Andersson et al.

Evaluation of CDIFA for screening for S. japonicum in low-transmission areas
- Xiang Xiao et al.

POLICY & PRACTICE

Benchmarking the fairness of health-sector reform
- Norman Daniels et al.

Rationing antiretroviral treatment
- Sara Bennett & Catherine Chanfreau

PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

Public health implications of asthma
- Jean Bousquet et al.

BOOKS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Creating knowledge-based healthcare organizations
- Chun Wei Choo
A history of epidemiologic methods and concepts
- Robert Beaglehole

LETTERS

Internet health learning to improve women’s health
- Rita Luthra.
The place of leprosy in the control–elimination–eradication spectrum
- Niyi Awofeso
Invest in breaking the barriers of public–private collaboration for improved tuberculosis care
- Knut Lönnroth & Mukund Uplekar
Can clinical algorithms deliver an accurate diagnosis of HIV infection in infancy?
- Stephanie A. Jones, Gayle G. Sherman, & Ashraf H. Coovadia

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