Volume 86, Number 10, October 2008, 737-816

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Adapting to changing times; Home visits help babies survive; Paying more attention to adolescents; Poisoning by cough syrup; International recruitment of health workers; Surgical treatment of morbid obesity; Technology changes the answers; Turning over a new leaf; Estimating the global extent of human herpesvirus 2 infections; Poverty reduction stalled
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EDITORIALS

Global trends in schistosomiasis control
- Myra Taylor
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058669
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WHO code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel
- Manuel Dayrit et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058578
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Recording patient responses in low-income countries: does the tool make a difference?
- Karen Cheng
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054668
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NEWS

News
Khat chewing in Yemen: turning over a new leaf
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The French country doctor: caring for the sick through the centuries
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Consensus during the Cold War: back to Alma-Ata
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Primary health care comes full circle. An interview with Dr Halfdan Mahler.
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH

Outbreak of acute renal failure in Panama in 2006: a case-control study
- E Danielle Rentz et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049965
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Treatment of mental disorders for adolescents in Mexico City
- G Borges et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.047696
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Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?
- Veronica L Tallo et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.047563
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Political and social context of not attaining the Millennium Development Goal to reduce poverty
- Marco Palma-Solís et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040444
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Two-year impact of single praziquantel treatment on infection in the national control programme on schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso
- Seydou Touré et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048694
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of safety and efficacy of combined praziquantel and artemether treatment for acute schistosomiasis japonica in China
- Xun-Ya Hou et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053041
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Impact of an integrated nutrition and health programme on neonatal mortality in rural northern India
- Abdullah H Baqui et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042226
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PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

An estimate of the global prevalence and incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection
- Katharine J Looker et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046128
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PERSPECTIVES

Morbid obesity in a developing country: the Chilean experience
- Claudia Bambs et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048785
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BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Bioviolence: preventing biological terror and crime
- George P Schmid & Arnold F Kaufmann
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.051888
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Analysing health equity using household survey data: a guide to techniques and their implementation
- Ke Xu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.052357
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LETTERS

Incidence of pneumonia is not reduced by pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- Sona Chowdhary & Jacob Puliyel
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054692
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is efficacious and effective in reducing the burden of pneumonia
- Shabir A Madhi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056572
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Withdrawing from the treatment does not mean from the study
- Erik Cobo et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.057737
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