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Subject : FYI: June issue of the WHO Bulletin
Received On : 01.06.2015 14:10

Excuse crosspostings.

 

Highlights from the June 2015 issue:

 

·         Economic recession and tuberculosis programmes

·         Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction

·         Bridging the language divide in health

·         Changing priorities for the Wellcome Trust

·         Patients’ perceptions of primary care in China

·         Early deaths of burn survivors in Australia

 

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 6, June, 361-436.

 

Abstracts and other items are available in عربي, 中文, Français, Русский and Español.

 

Volume 93, Number 6, June 2015, 361-436

 

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000615

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 974kb

 

EDITORIALS

The Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction: a view through a health lens
Amina Aitsi-Selmi & Virginia Murray
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.157362

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 694kb ¦ DAISY zip, 12kb ¦ ePub, 646kb ¦ Kindle, 649kb

 

NEWS

Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010615

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 769kb

 

Bridging the language divide in health
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020615

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 832kb ¦ DAISY zip, 378kb ¦ ePub, 798kb ¦ Kindle, 801kb

 

Global funding for local health issues
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030615

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 663kb ¦ DAISY zip, 67kb ¦ ePub, 467kb ¦ Kindle, 471kb

 

RESEARCH

Tuberculosis control and economic recession: longitudinal study of data from 21 European countries, 1991–2012
Aaron Reeves, Sanjay Basu, Martin McKee, Andreas Sandgren, David Stuckler, & Jan C Semenza
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142356

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 861kb ¦ DAISY zip, 119kb ¦ ePub, 2.17Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.18Mb

 

Identifying implementation bottlenecks for maternal and newborn health interventions in rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania
Ulrika Baker, Stefan Peterson, Tanya Marchant, Godfrey Mbaruku, Silas Temu, Fatuma Manzi, & Claudia Hanson
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.141879

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 919kb ¦ DAISY zip, 140kb ¦ ePub, 2.33Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.33Mb

 

Tobacco smoking and tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study in Georgia
Medea Gegia, Matthew J Magee, Russell R Kempker, Iagor Kalandadze, Tsira Chakhaia, Jonathan E Golub, & Henry M Blumberg
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.147439

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 816kb ¦ DAISY zip, 32kb ¦ ePub, 2.34Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.35Mb

 

Long-term mortality among older adults with burn injury: a population-based study in Australia
Janine M duke, James H Boyd, Suzanne Rea, Sean M Randall, & Fiona M Wood
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.149146

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 867kb ¦ DAISY zip, 112kb ¦ ePub, 2.31Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.31Mb

 

Changes in the perceived quality of primary care in Shanghai and Zhenzhen, China: a difference-in-difference analysis
Xiaolin Wei, Haitao Li, Nan Yang, Samuel YS Wong, Marc CS Chong, Leiyu Shi, Martin CS Wong, Jianguang Xu, Dan Zhang, Jinling Tang, Donald KT Li, Qingyue Meng, & Sian M Griffiths
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139527

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 915kb ¦ DAISY zip, 185kb ¦ ePub, 2.73Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.74Mb

 

POLICY & PRACTICE

Applying the lessons of maternal mortality reduction to global emergency health
Emilie J Calvello, Alexander P Skog, Andrea G Tenner, & Lee A Wallis
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.146571

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 920kb ¦ DAISY zip, 177kb ¦ ePub, 3.10Mb ¦ Kindle, 3.11Mb

 

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Quality-of-care audits and perinatal mortality in South Africa
Emma R Allanson & Robert C Pattinson
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.144683

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 809kb ¦ DAISY zip, 30kb ¦ ePub, 2.25Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.25Mb

 

PERSPECTIVES

Legionnaire’s disease, weather and climate
Ryota Sakamoto
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142299

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 737kb ¦ DAISY zip, 50kb ¦ ePub, 635kb ¦ Kindle, 639kb

 

LETTERS

Gujurat’s Chiranjeevi Yojana – a difficult assessment in retrospect
Ayesha de Costa, Kranti Vora, Eric Schneider & Dileep Mavalankar
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.137745

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 737kb ¦ DAISY zip, 50kb ¦ ePub, 635kb ¦ Kindle, 639kb

 

Government health expenditure in India
Manoj Grover
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.143362

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 737kb ¦ DAISY zip, 50kb ¦ ePub, 635kb ¦ Kindle, 639kb