Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 88, Number 1, January 2010, 1-80

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

Spain: Hydatid disease costs millions; China: Health reform targets vulnerable; Viet Nam: Mortality statistics are vital; Viet Nam: Multiple types of abuse and mental health; Zimbabwe: Tuberculosis screenings; Senegal: Water woes in holy city; South Africa: Breast is always best; Malnutrition and mortality; Change needed for hepatitis B vaccines?; Mixed health systems syndrome; Mapping preterm birth rates

EDITORIALS

Tobacco is a global paediatric concern
- Harry A Lando et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069583

Responding to the needs of adolescents
- Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.074625

The art of evaluating the impact of medical science
- Liz Allen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.074823

NEWS

China’s new health plan targets vulnerable

Water woes in Senegal’s holy city

Breast is always best, even for HIV-positive mothers

Education is key to controlling visceral leishmaniasis

Recent news from WHO

RESEARCH

Provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: diagnostic value and the effect of HIV status
- Elizabeth L Corbett et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055467

Multiple types of child maltreatment and adolescent mental health in Viet Nam
- Huong Thanh Nguyen et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060061

The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
- Stacy Beck et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.062554

Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality
- Linda Vesel et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.057901

Analysis of the economic impact of cystic echinococcosis in Spain
- Christine Benner et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.066795

POLICY AND PRACTICE

Compiling mortality statistics from civil registration systems in Viet Nam: the long road ahead
- Chalapati Rao et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.061630

Global control of hepatitis B virus: does treatment-induced antigenic change affect immunization?
- C John Clements et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.065722

PERSPECTIVES

The mixed health systems syndrome
- Sania Nishtar
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067868

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SAGE: requests for nominations

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.

Nominations should be submitted no later than 28 June 2013, following the instructions provided at: http://www.who.int/immunization/sage_nominations