Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 88, Number 4, April 2010, 241-320

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and the Sudan; High cost of cutting; Bangladesh; Seeking care at childbirth; Brazil; Improving child nutrition; China; Wrestling with tobacco control; India; Risks of city living; South Africa; Childhood tuberculosis; Causes of fatal injury in children; Switzerland; What? No waiting lists?; Viet Nam; Estimating tuberculosis prevalence; [Global]; Gaps in epilepsy care; Underused interventions; Counterfeit medicines: the 75 billion dollar trade

EDITORIALS

Science, media and public perception: implications for climate and health policies
- Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum & Roberto Bertollini
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.077362

Emergency contraception: dispelling the myths and misperceptions
- Elizabeth Westley & Anna Glasier
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.077446

Dengue and primary care: a tale of two cities
- Matheus Roriz-Cruz et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076935

NEWS

Urbanization and health

Growing threat from counterfeit medicines

What? No waiting lists?

China wrestles with tobacco control. An interview with Dr Yang Gonghuan.

Recent news from WHO

RESEARCH

Implementation of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV
- Anand A Date et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.066522

Global disparities in the epilepsy treatment gap: a systematic review
- Ana-Claire Meyer et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.064147

Fatal injuries among urban children in South Africa: risk distribution and potential for reduction
- Stephanie Burrows et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068486

National survey of tuberculosis prevalence in Viet Nam
- Nguyen Binh Hoa et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067801

Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries
- Taghreed Adam et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.064808

Care seeking at time of childbirth, and maternal and perinatal mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
- Carine Ronsmans et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069385

Level of urbanization and noncommunicable disease risk factors in Tamil Nadu, India
- Steven Allender et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.065847

Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007
- Carlos Augusto Monteiro et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069195

Structured approaches for the screening and diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in a high prevalence region of South Africa
- Mark Hatherill et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.062893

CORRIGENDUM

Corrigenda
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.100410

Corrigenda
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.110410

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