Volume 86, Number 7, July 2008, 497-576

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Deadly dairy subsidies; Estimating cancer survival rates; G8 and health; Treating schizophrenia in low-resource settings; Intimate femicide–suicide; Integration and cooperation; Early loss to programme for HIV-infected patients; Translating knowledge into practice; Future demand and supply; Finance for tuberculosis
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EDITORIALS

Foreign policy and global public health: working together towards common goals
- Margaret Chan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056002
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Yaws eradication: past efforts and future perspectives
- Kingsley Asiedu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055608
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Health communication: a call for papers
- Jane Wallace et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055566
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NEWS

News
Checklists save lives
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G8 urged to act on food crisis and health
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Primary health care the New Zealand way
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The return of yaws. An interview with Kingsley Asiedu.
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH

Lack of active follow-up of cancer patients in Chennai, India: implications for population-based survival estimates
- Rajaraman Swaminathan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046979
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Forecasting the global shortage of physicians: an economic- and needs-based approach
- Richard M Scheffler et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046474
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Funding agencies in low- and middle-income countries: support for knowledge translation
- Cynthia Cordero et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040386
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Estimating the cardiovascular mortality burden attributable to the European Common Agricultural Policy on dietary saturated fats
- Ffion Lloyd-Williams et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053728
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Schizophrenia treatment in the developing world: an interregional and multinational cost-effectiveness analysis
- Dan Chisholm et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045377
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Intimate femicide–suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
- Shanaaz Mathews et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.043786
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Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy programmes in lower-income countries
- Martin WG Brinkhof et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.044248
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Financial resources required for tuberculosis control to achieve global targets set for 2015
- Katherine Floyd & Andrea Pantoja
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049767
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