In this month’s Bulletin
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013;91:1-1. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.000113
In this issue, the Go4Health group (2) put forward a vision for universal health coverage. Kavitha Kolappa et al. (3) explain why mental illness should be included in the global response to noncommunicable disease. Ajanthy Arasaratnam & Gary Humphreys (6–7) report on progress in designing medical devices specifically for use in low- and middle-income settings. Fiona Fleck interviews James Heilman (8–9) on Wikipedia’s attempts to create free but reliable health information online.
Ghana
Measuring the effects of vitamin A
Lisa Hurt et al (19–27) report cause-specific mortality from a large trial of vitamin A supplementation.
Spain
Saving lives and money
Anna García-Altés et al. (28–35) assess the economic impact of road safety policies.
Belarus
More than a bad cough
Alena Skrahina et al. (36–45) detect drug resistant tuberculosis and its risk factors.
South Africa
Stopping vertical transmission
Peter Barron et al. (64–69) describe efforts to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV.
China
Primary health care provision
Yan Ding et al. (70–74) study village health services in two provinces
Global
Setting the research agenda
Michelle J Hindin et al. (10–18) establish research priorities for adolescent health.
Treating mothers and children
Amitabh B Suthar et al. (46–56) review the evidence on HIV treatment in mother and baby clinics.
Global markets and balanced meals
Anne Marie Thow et al. (57–63) describe how to increase the supply of fruit and vegetables.
The right wrapping
Osman David Mansoor et al. (75–78) explain why the packaging of vaccines is critical to delivery.