Volume 85, Number 12, December 2007, 901-980

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

Special issue: public health education; Linking education and practice; In the news; Public health debate; Public health classic; Monitoring immunization; Transplant tourism; Pandemic plans; Diplomacy and health
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EDITORIALS

Shaping public health education around the world to address health challenges in the coming decades
- Ritu Sadana & Alena Petrakova
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049247
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Regional public health education: current situation and challenges
- Viroj Tangcharoensathien & Phusit Prakongsai
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048587
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A new global framework for immunization monitoring and surveillance
- A Dabbagh et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048223
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Current concerns in transplantation
- Luc Noël
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049734
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NEWS

News
The pull of public health studies
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Public health schools: six portraits
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A snapshot of the world’s public health schools
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WHO News
How Brazil turned one public health school into 40
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH

Mapping Africa’s advanced public health education capacity: the AfriHealth project
- CB IJsselmuiden et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045526
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Progress and shortcomings in European national strategic plans for pandemic influenza
- Sandra Mounier-Jack et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039834
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POLICY AND PRACTICE

Capacity-building for public health: http://peoples-uni.org
- Richard F Heller et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044388
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Maximizing the contribution of the public health workforce: the English experience
- F Sim et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044289
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International perspectives on the ethics and regulation of human cell and tissue transplantation
- Annette Schulz-Baldes et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038703
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Training of public health workforce at the National School of Public Health: meeting Africa’s needs
- Kebogile Mokwena et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044552
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PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

The state of the international organ trade: a provisional picture based on integration of available information
- Yosuke Shimazono
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039370
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ROUND TABLE

Problems and progress in public health education
- Alena Petrakova & Ritu Sadana
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046110
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A Bangladeshi approach
- Mushtaque Chowdhury
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048934
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Solving problems
- Barry R Bloom
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048819
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Producing a capable workforce
- Kuku Voyi
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048876
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The challenges of scaling-up
- Andy Haines & Sharon Huttly
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048900
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Strategic training for health in Brazil
- Antônio Ivo de Carvalho
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049031
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Setting-up in a transitional country
- Maksut Kulzhanov
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049056
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Lessons, challenges and future plans from Kerala, India
- K R Thankappan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048892
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The role of information and communications technology
- James A Merchant et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048975
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PERSPECTIVES

Global health diplomacy: training across disciplines
- Ilona Kickbusch et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045856
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A solution for creating competent health-care specialists: the Swiss School of Public Health+
- Ursula A Ackermann-Liebrich et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044784
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PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSICS

Models of public health education: choices for the future?
- Elizabeth Fee & Liping Bu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044883
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BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Building Leadership for Health
- Graham Lister
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044313
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