Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 88, Number 8, August 2010, 561-640

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

Afghanistan: outdated estimates; Afghanistan: starting from scratch; Israel: safety on the school bus; Kenya: more deaths from HIV; Malaysia: disability after encephalitis; South Africa: more treatment, faster; United States of America: operating on a best guess; Global: a painful shortage; Global: shake test; Global: whose problem is it?; Global: fat taxes; Global: how many beds?

EDITORIALS

Conflict in least-developed countries: challenging the Millennium Development Goals
- Peter S Hill et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.071365

Women and tobacco: a fatal attraction
- Margaretha Haglund
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080747

NEWS

World laments loss of pathology service

So many questions, so few answers

RESEARCH

Pupil behaviour on school buses and potential risk factors for injury: an observational study
- Sharon Goldman & Kobi Peleg
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058396

Infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan: current estimates and limitations
- Kavitha Viswanathan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068957

Disability after encephalitis: development and validation of a new outcome score
- Penny Lewthwaite et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.071357

Scale-up of a decentralized HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: does rapid expansion affect patient outcomes?
- Portia C Mutevedzi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069419

Mortality and health among internally displaced persons in western Kenya following post-election violence, 2008: novel use of demographic surveillance
- Daniel R Feikin et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069732

The effect of fiscal policy on diet, obesity and chronic disease: a systematic review
- Anne Marie Thow et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070987

Behavioural interventions for HIV positive prevention in developing countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Caitlin E Kennedy et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068213

Validation of the shake test for detecting freeze damage to adsorbed vaccines
- Ümit Kartoglu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056879

POLICY & PRACTICE

Hospital capacity planning: from measuring stocks to modelling flows
- Bernd Rechel et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.073361

PERSPECTIVES

Building and retaining the neglected anaesthesia health workforce: is it crucial for health systems strengthening through primary health care?
- Meena Cherian et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072371

BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Reproductive health and human rights: the way forward
- Jane Cottingham
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.073833

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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