| From : | Liz Nugent <Liz_Nugent@abtassoc.com> |
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| Subject : | FYI: May issue of the WHO Bulletin |
| Received On : | 01.05.2015 13:02 |
Highlights from the May 2015 issue:
· Development goals: health of women, children and adolescents
· Obtaining information on HIV status
· New WHO technology transfer hub
· Adetokunbo Lucas – five decades in public health
· Reviewing vaccination coverage survey reports in Africa
· How to build demand for childhood vaccinations
· Preventing asbestos-related diseases: missed opportunities
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 5, May, 285-360.
Volume 93, Number 5, May 2015, 285-360
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000515
EDITORIALS
Knowledge for effective action to improve the health of women, children and adolescents in the post-2015 era: a call for papers
Flavia Bustreo & Robin Gorna
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.156521
Measuring self-reported HIV status in bio-behavioural surveys
Lisa G Johnston, Willi McFarland, Miriam Lewis Sabin, Dimitri Prybylski, Keith Sabin, Stefan Baral, Andrea A Kim & H Fisher Raymond
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.153064
NEWS
Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010515
Hubs to spread technology and save lives
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020515
Keeping the living well
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030515
RESEARCH
The healthy food environment policy index: findings of an expert panel in New Zealand
Stefanie Vandevijvere, Clare Dominick, Anandita Devi, Boyd Swinburn & for the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.145540
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 861kb ¦ DAISY zip, 119kb ¦ ePub, 2.17Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.18Mb
Injury-related mortality in South Africa: a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations
Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, Nomonde Gwebushe, Shanaaz Mathews, Lorna J Martin, Ria Laubscher, Naeemah Abrahams, William Msemburi, Carl Lombard & Debbie Bradshaw
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.145771
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 919kb ¦ DAISY zip, 140kb ¦ ePub, 2.33Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.33Mb
Surveys of measles vaccination coverage in eastern and southern Africa: a review of quality and methods used
Reinhard Kaiser, Messeret E Shibeshi, Jethro M Chakauya, Emelda Dzeka, Balcha G Masresha, Fussum Daniel & Nestor Shivute
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.146050
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 816kb ¦ DAISY zip, 32kb ¦ ePub, 2.34Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.35Mb
A multimedia consent tool for research participants in the Gambia: a randomized controlled trial
Muhammed Olanrewaju Afolabi, Nuala McGrath, Umberto D’Alessandro, Beate Kampmann, Egeruan B Imoukhuede, Raffaella M Ravinetto, Neal Alexander, Heidi J Larson, Daniel Chandramohan & Kalifa Bojang
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.146159
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 867kb ¦ DAISY zip, 112kb ¦ ePub, 2.31Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.31Mb
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
Estimates of alcohol-related oesophageal cancer burden in Japan: systematic review and meta-analyses
Michael Roerecke, Kevin D Shield, Susumu Higuchi, Atsushi Yoshimura, Elisabeth Larsen, Maximilien X Rehm & Jürgen Rehm
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142141
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 915kb ¦ DAISY zip, 185kb ¦ ePub, 2.73Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.74Mb
Strategies to increase the demand for childhood vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mira Johri, Myriam Cielo Pérez, Catherine Arsenault, Jitendar K Sharma, Nitika Pant Pai, Smriti Pahwa & Marie-Pierre Sylvestre
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.146951
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 920kb ¦ DAISY zip, 177kb ¦ ePub, 3.10Mb ¦ Kindle, 3.11Mb
LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Onsite training of doctors, midwives and nurses in obstetric emergencies, Zimbabwe
Joanna F Crofts, Teclar Mukuli, Bobb T Murove, Solwayo Ngwenya, Sma Mhlanga, Meluleki Dube, Elton Sengurayi, Cathy Winter, Sharon Jordan, Sonia Barnfield, Heather Wilcox, Abi Merriel, Sabelo Ndlovu, Zedekiah Sibanda, Sikangezile Moyo, Wedu Ndebele, Tim J Draycott & Thabani Sibanda
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.145532
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 809kb ¦ DAISY zip, 30kb ¦ ePub, 2.25Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.25Mb
ROUND TABLE
Routine feedback of test results to participants in clinic- and survey-based surveillance of HIV
Rachel Baggaley, Cheryl Johnson, Jesus Maria Garcia Calleja, Keith Sabin, Carla Obermeyer, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Basia Zaba, Carol El-Hayek & Jerome Amir Singh
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.153031
Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 794kb ¦ DAISY zip, 23kb ¦ ePub, 1.70Mb ¦ Kindle, 1.70Mb
Understanding why people participate in HIV surveillance
Basia Zaba, Georges Reniers, Emma Slaymaker, Jim Todd, Judith Glynn, Amelia Crampin, Mark Urassa, Tom Lutalo, Marie-Louise Newell, Victoria Hosegood, Samuel Clark & Simon Gregson
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.135756
Accurate information as a tool to decrease HIV test refusals in research studies
Susan C Watkins, Philip Anglewicz, Nicole Angotti, Amy Kaler & Ann Swidler
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.136515
PERSPECTIVES
The asbestos paradox: global gaps in the translational science of disease prevention
Oladele A Ogunseitan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142307