Volume 84, Number 1, January 2006, 1-80

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Demand-driven evidence for policy-making; Congenital rubella syndrome in Myanmar; Child health in complex emergencies; tuberculosis and Russian health systems
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EDITORIALS

Demand-driven evidence network in Europe
- Anca Dumitrescu et al.
HTML | Full Text [pdf 55kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.028522 [pdf 55kb]

Revisiting Lessons from the Field
- The Bulletin of the World Health Organization
HTML | Full Text [pdf 55kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.029132 [pdf 55kb]

NEWS

News
Was 2005 the year of natural disasters?; New type of R&D cooperation spawns malaria drugs
Natural disasters story [HTML] | Malaria drug story [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 264kb]

WHO News
Interview with Dr Margaret Chan; WHO clinical trials initiative to protect the public; Recent news from WHO
Interview in HTML | Clinical trials story [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 142kb] | Read comments on the WHO News

RESEARCH

Surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome in Myanmar
- Kyaw-Zin-Thant et al.
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 195kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 716kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.022814 [pdf 195kb]

Health care expenditure in Burkina Faso
- Tin Tin Su, Bocar Kouyaté, & Steffen Flessa
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 178kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 481kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.023739 [pdf 178kb]

Flocculant–disinfectant to reduce diarrhoea in children
- Tom M Chiller et al.
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 182kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 474kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.04.016980 [pdf 182kb]

Assessing the dental needs of schoolchildren in Thailand
- Sudaduang Gherunpong, Aubrey Sheiham, & Georgios Tsakos
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 172kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 696kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.022517 [pdf 172kb]

Tuberculosis control and health-systems efficiency
- Katherine Floyd et al.
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 193kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 641kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.04.018705 [pdf 193kb]

POLICY & PRACTICE

Ethics and HIV testing
- Stuart Rennie & Frieda Behets
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 164kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 544kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.025536 [pdf 164kb]

Child health in complex emergencies
- William J Moss et al.
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 190kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 526kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.04.019570 [pdf 190kb]

Storage of hepatitis B vaccine
- David B Hipgrave, James E Maynard, & Beverley-Ann Biggs
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 197kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 543kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.04.017426 [pdf 197kb]

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Enhanced disease surveillance through private sector in Pakistan
- Mohammad Imran Khan et al.
Abstract [HTML] | Full Text [pdf 161kb] | pdf with Arabic summary [pdf 577kb] | doi:10.2471/BLT.05.023630 [pdf 161kb]

BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

La réforme des régimes de soins de santé: cadre international et communautaire, thématiques actuelles
- Jean Perrot
Full Text [pdf 50kb]

GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Updated guidelines for contributors
Guidelines 2006 [pdf 128kb]

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