Subject: FYI: Email alert: February issue of the WHO Bulletin
From: Liz Nugent <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:04:23 +0000

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.

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

Volume 93, Number 2, February 2015, 65–132

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000215

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 970kb

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

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 607kb ¦ DAISY zip, 12kb ¦ ePub, 532kb ¦ Kindle, 536kb

Competing for public funding of medicines to treat rare disorders in New Zealand
Steffan Crausaz
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.148189

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 596kb ¦ DAISY zip, 9kb ¦ ePub, 530kb ¦ Kindle, 533kb

NEWS

Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010215

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 796kb

Tough challenges for testing Ebola therapeutics
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020215

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 773kb ¦ DAISY zip, 148kb ¦ ePub, 710kb ¦ Kindle, 714kb

The human factor
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030215

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 659kb ¦ DAISY zip, 57kb ¦ ePub, 449kb ¦ Kindle, 452kb

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

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 2.00Mb ¦ DAISY zip, 241kb ¦ ePub, 2.83Mb ¦

Kindle, 2.83Mb

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

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 635kb ¦ DAISY zip, 13kb ¦ ePub, 527kb ¦ Kindle, 530kb

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

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 693kb ¦ DAISY zip, 11kb ¦ ePub, 533kb ¦ Kindle, 536kb