Volume 86, Number 2, February 2008, 81-160

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Care and treatment of sick children; Measuring the trauma burden; Outcomes and coverage of vaccination; Resistance to change; Vicious cycles; Politics and the ashtray; Eye on public health; Why are we prone to disease?; A snapshot of maternal health worldwide; Catching cases.
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EDITORIALS

Malaria eradication back on the table
- Marcel Tanner & Don de Savigny
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.050633
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What evolutionary biology offers public health
- Randolph M Nesse
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049601
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Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease
- Eloi Marijon et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046680
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NEWS

Getting health to rural communities in Bangladesh
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Space technology: a new frontier for public health
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Smoke alarm from Afghanistan to Morocco
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An interview with Awa Marie Coll-Seck - Hopes and fears for malaria
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a new delivery system and its effect on maternal health and pregnancy outcomes in Uganda
- A K Mbonye et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041822
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Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy
- Samual Shillcutt et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042259
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Individuals and population burdens of major trauma in the Netherlands
- Herman R Holtslag et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033803
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Comparison of rubella seroepidemiology in 17 countries: progress towards international disease control targets
- Anthony Nardone et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.042010
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Methodological considerations in implementing the WHO Global Survey for Monitoring Maternal and Perinatal Health
- Archana Shah et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039842
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Clinical assessment and treatment in paediatric wards in the north-east of the United Republic of Tanzania
- Hugh Reyburn et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041723
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POLICY AND PRACTICE

Vaccination greatly reduces disease, disability, death and inequity worldwide
- FE Andre et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040089
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Resistance to implementing policy change: the case of Ukraine
- Rifat Atun & Igor Olynik
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034991
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Optimizing paediatric HIV care in Kenya: challenges in early infant diagnosis
- Peter Cherutich et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040402
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