Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 86, Number 7, July 2008, 497-576

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Deadly dairy subsidies; Estimating cancer survival rates; G8 and health; Treating schizophrenia in low-resource settings; Intimate femicide–suicide; Integration and cooperation; Early loss to programme for HIV-infected patients; Translating knowledge into practice; Future demand and supply; Finance for tuberculosis

EDITORIALS

Foreign policy and global public health: working together towards common goals
- Margaret Chan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056002

Yaws eradication: past efforts and future perspectives
- Kingsley Asiedu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055608

Health communication: a call for papers
- Jane Wallace et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055566

NEWS

News

Checklists save lives

G8 urged to act on food crisis and health

Primary health care the New Zealand way

The return of yaws. An interview with Kingsley Asiedu.

Recent news from WHO

RESEARCH

Lack of active follow-up of cancer patients in Chennai, India: implications for population-based survival estimates
- Rajaraman Swaminathan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046979

Forecasting the global shortage of physicians: an economic- and needs-based approach
- Richard M Scheffler et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046474

Funding agencies in low- and middle-income countries: support for knowledge translation
- Cynthia Cordero et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040386

Estimating the cardiovascular mortality burden attributable to the European Common Agricultural Policy on dietary saturated fats
- Ffion Lloyd-Williams et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053728

Schizophrenia treatment in the developing world: an interregional and multinational cost-effectiveness analysis
- Dan Chisholm et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045377

Intimate femicide–suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
- Shanaaz Mathews et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.043786

Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy programmes in lower-income countries
- Martin WG Brinkhof et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044248

Financial resources required for tuberculosis control to achieve global targets set for 2015
- Katherine Floyd & Andrea Pantoja
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049767

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