Volume 87, Number 4, April 2009, 245-324

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

United Kingdom: Greater needs, limited access; Europe: What determines patient satisfaction?; Asia: A new front against dangerous pathogens; Latin America: Estimating maternal mortality; Cameroon: User fees are barriers to AIDS treatment; Ecuador: Innovative training for health workers; Kenya: Emergency triage for children with hypoxaemia; Cambodia: Better information on childhood neurological infections; Coordination in crises; Tuberculosis in the age of DOTS; Maternal mortality risk; How useful are pandemic simulations?; In recognition of WHO’s drive to revitalize primary health care, each month’s cover of the Bulletin this year will feature a photo illustrating one of the six building blocks of health systems:
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EDITORIALS

Injuries: the neglected burden in developing countries
- Richard A Gosselin et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.052290
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Why health communication is important in public health
- Rajiv N Rimal & Maria K Lapinski
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056713
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NEWS

News
Labs form a new front against deadly pathogens
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WHO takes lead on health as UN tackles crises
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Greater needs, limited access
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Mobilizing the honest majority to fight health-sector fraud. An interview with Jim Gee.
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Recent news from WHO
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CORRIGENDUM

Corrigendum
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.100409
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RESEARCH

The lifetime risk of maternal mortality: concept and measurement
- John Wilmoth
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048280
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Emergency triage assessment for hypoxaemia in neonates and young children in a Kenyan hospital: an observational study
- Michael K Mwaniki et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049148
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How does satisfaction with the health-care system relate to patient experience?
- Sara N Bleich et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.050401
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Financial barriers to HIV treatment in Yaoundé, Cameroon: first results of a national cross-sectional survey
- Sylvie Boyer et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049643
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Estimating pregnancy-related mortality from census data: experience in Latin America
- Kenneth Hill et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.052233
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The persistence of tuberculosis in the age of DOTS: reassessing the effect of case detection
- David W Dowdy & Richard E Chaisson
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054510
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Population-based simulations of influenza pandemics: validity and significance for public health policy
- Toomas Timpka et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.050203
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PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

Promoting the health of marginalized populations in Ecuador through international collaboration and educational innovations
- Margot W Parkes et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045393
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

The rationale for integrated childhood meningoencephalitis surveillance: a case study from Cambodia
- Sok Touch et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.052951
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