| From : | Liz Nugent <Liz_Nugent@abtassoc.com> |
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| Subject : | FYI: Email alert: February issue of the WHO Bulletin |
| Received On : | 02.02.2015 16:04 |
Highlights from the February 2015 issue:
· Proposing an international legal framework to address antimicrobial resistance
· Tough challenges for testing Ebola therapeutics
· Interview: more than just a biomedical approach for Ebola trials
· Emergency care in Cambodia: too little, too late
· HIV and tuberculosis care in Zambia’s prisons
· Alternative approaches to setting cost–effectiveness thresholds
· More precise dosing of medicines for malaria
You can now read the Bulletin on a variety of different formats. The journal is now available on electronic publishing devices, Kindle readers and as a Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) digital talking book.
Complete list of contents for Volume 93, Number 2, February, 65-132.
Volume 93, Number 2, February 2015, 65–132
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000215
EDITORIALS
An international legal framework to address antimicrobial resistance
Steven J Hoffman, Kevin Outterson, John-Arne Røttingen, Otto Cars, Charles Clift, Zain Rizvi, Fiona Rotberg, Göran Tomson & Anna Zorzet
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.152710
Competing for public funding of medicines to treat rare disorders in New Zealand
Steffan Crausaz
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.148189
NEWS
Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010215
Tough challenges for testing Ebola therapeutics
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020215
The human factor
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030215
RESEARCH
Developing regional weight-for-age growth references for malaria-endemic countries to optimize age-based dosing of antimalarials
Daniel J Hayes, Stef van Buuren, Feiko O ter Kuile, D Mikis Stasinopoulos, Robert A Rigby & Dianne J Terlouw
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139113
An observational study of adults seeking emergency care in Cambodia
Lily D Yan, Swaminatha V Mahadevan, Mackensie Yore, Elizabeth A Pirrotta, Joan Woods, Koy Somontha, Yim Sovannra, Maya Raman, Erika Cornell, Christophe Grundmann & Matthew C Strehlow
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.143917
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 867kb ¦ DAISY zip, 73kb ¦ ePub, 2.29Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.29Mb
Screening for tuberculosis and testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Zambian prisons
Katie R Maggard, Sisa Hatwiinda, Jennifer B Harris, Winifreda Phiri, Annika Krüüner, Kaunda Kaunda, Stephanie M Topp, Nathan Kapata, Helen Ayles, Chisela Chileshe, German Henostroza & Stewart E Reid
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.135285
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 845kb ¦ DAISY zip, 65kb ¦ ePub, 2.05Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.05Mb
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
The effectiveness of interventions to reduce the household economic burden of illness and injury: a systematic review
Beverley M Essue, Merel Kimman, Nina Svenstrup, Katharina Lindevig Kjoege, Tracey Lea Laba, Maree L Hackett & Stephen Jan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139287
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 917kb ¦ DAISY zip, 120kb ¦ ePub, 2.38Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.38Mb
POLICY & PRACTICE
A call for global governance of biobanks
Haidan Chen & Tikki Pang
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.138420
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 783kb ¦ DAISY zip, 35kb ¦ ePub, 1.53Mb ¦ Kindle, 1.54Mb
Thresholds for the cost–effectiveness of interventions: alternative approaches
Elliot Marseille, Bruce Larson, Dhruv S Kazi, James G Kahn & Sydney Rosen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.138206
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 817kb ¦ DAISY zip, 47kb ¦ ePub, 1.82Mb ¦ Kindle, 1.82Mb
LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Implementing rapid testing for tuberculosis in Mozambique
James Cowan, Cathy Michel, Ivan Manhiça, Claudio Monivo, Desiderio Saize, Jacob Creswell, Stephen Gloyd & Mark Micek
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.138560
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 826kb ¦ DAISY zip, 30kb ¦ ePub, 2.33Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.33Mb
PERSPECTIVES
Rabies control in India: a need to close the gap between research and policy
Syed Shahid Abbas & Manish Kakkar
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.140723
LETTERS
Methylmercury exposure and developmental neurotoxicity
Gary J Myers, Philip W Davidson, Gene E Watson, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Sally W Thurston, JJ Strain, Conrad F Shamlaye & Pascal Bovet
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.141911