Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 90, Number 6, June 2012, 401-476

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month's Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.000612

EDITORIALS

Getting research into practice: primary care management of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries
- John Walley et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.106674

Increased use of social autopsy is needed to improve maternal, neonatal and child health programmes in low-income countries
- Peter Waiswa et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.105718

NEWS

Public health round-up

Coming together to combat rare diseases

Turkey’s transformation

Tapping into the social network

RESEARCH

A Bayesian network approach to the study of historical epidemiological databases: modelling meningitis outbreaks in the Niger
- A Beresniak et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.086009

Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors
- Katerini T Storeng et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094011

Health benefits of reduced patient cost sharing in Japan
- Akihiro Nishi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.095380

Validity of referral hospitals for the toxicovigilance of acute poisoning in Sri Lanka
- L Senarathna et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.092114

Medical conditions among Iraqi refugees in Jordan: data from the United Nations Refugee Assistance Information System
- Farrah J Mateen et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.097048

POLICY & PRACTICE

Piloting the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria: what will success look like?
- Gavin Yamey et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.091199

Rising mortality from injury in urban China: demographic burden, underlying causes and policy implications
- Jiaying Zhao et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.093849

Pesticide regulations and farm worker safety: the need to improve pesticide regulations in Viet Nam
- Dung Tri Phung et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.096578

PERSPECTIVES

Monitoring mortality trends in low-resource settings
- Christina Pagel et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.092981

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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