Medicines and vaccination; Health financing and evidence; In the news; Hepatitis B in China; Growth curves; Arsenic in Bangladesh; Afghan health services; Lead levels; TB detection and treatment; HPV vaccines; Health inequalities; Injuries in South Africa
Risk of arsenic-related skin lesions in Bangladeshi villages at relatively low exposure: a report from Gonoshasthaya Kendra - Corbett McDonald et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036764
Measuring health inequalities between genders and age groups with realization of potential life years (RePLY) - Kam Ki Tang et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037382
Hepatitis B vaccination of newborn infants in rural China: evaluation of a village-based, out-of-cold-chain delivery strategy - Lixia Wang et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037002
Barriers to successful tuberculosis treatment in Tomsk, Russian Federation: non-adherence, default and the acquisition of multidrug resistance - IY Gelmanova et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038331
Improving tuberculosis case detection rate with a lay informant questionnaire: an experience from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic - Peter Odermatt et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038539
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) is the principal advisory group to WHO
for vaccines and immunization. WHO is soliciting nominations for experts from the
African, Eastern Mediterranean, European and Western Pacific regions.
