Subject: FYI: Email alert: January issue of the WHO Bulletin
From: Liz Nugent <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:40:35 +0000

Dear reader,

Highlights from the January 2015 issue:

• The Ebola epidemic:

- a turning point for global health

- reflects the global health workforce crisis

- vaccine trials get underway

• Reviewing the evidence for new drugs – and their prices?

• Russian collaboration on noncommunicable diseases

• How Ghana has adapted to donor proliferation

• Neonatal causes of death estimates for 194 countries

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 1, January, 1-64.

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

Volume 93, Number 1, January 2015, 1–64

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000115

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 970kb

EDITORIALS

The Ebola epidemic: a transformative moment for global health
Stephen B Kennedy & Richard A Nisbett
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.151068

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 649kb ¦ DAISY 10kb ¦ ePub 515kb ¦ Kindle 518kb

Reversing a global health workforce crisis
Michel Sidibé & James Campbell
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.151209

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 648kb ¦ DAISY 11kb ¦ ePub 490kb ¦ Kindle 493kb

Expensive medicines: ensuring objective appraisal and equitable access
Suzanne R Hill, Lisa Bero, Geoff McColl & Elizabeth Roughead
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.148924

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 673kb ¦ DAISY 12kb ¦ ePub 525kb ¦ Kindle 529kb

NEWS

Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010115

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 773kb

The race against time
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020115

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 790kb ¦ DAISY 148kb ¦ ePub 638kb ¦ Kindle 642kb

Noncommunicable diseases: stepping up the fight
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030115

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 987kb ¦ DAISY 67kb ¦ ePub 530kb ¦ Kindle 534kb

RESEARCH

Responses to donor proliferation in Ghana’s health sector: a qualitative case study
Sarah Wood Pallas, Justice Nonvignon, Moses Aikins & Jennifer Prah Ruger
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.141614

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 885kb ¦ DAISY 64kb ¦ ePub 2.29Mb ¦ Kindle 2.30Mb

Neonatal cause-of-death estimates for the early and late neonatal periods for 194 countries: 2000–2013
Shefali Oza, Joy E Lawn, Daniel R Hogan, Colin Mathers & Simon N Cousens
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139790

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 876kb ¦ DAISY 158kb ¦ ePub 2.65Mb ¦ Kindle 2.66Mb

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Association between antiretroviral therapy adherence and employment status: systematic review and meta-analysis
Jean B Nachega, Olalekan A Uthman, Karl Peltzer, Lindsey A Richardson, Edward J Mills, Kofi Amekudzi & Alice Ouédraogo
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.138149

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 970kb ¦ DAISY 193kb ¦ ePub 2.90Mb ¦ Kindle 2.90Mb

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Ensuring accurate testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Myanmar
Latt Latt Kyaw, Ikuma Nozaki, Koji Wada, Khin Yi Oo, Htay Htay Tin & Namiko Yoshihara
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.138909

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 807kb ¦ DAISY 51kb ¦ ePub 2.23Mb ¦ Kindle 2.24Mb

Informing evidence-based policies for ageing and health in Ghana
Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Julie Byles, Charles Aquah, George Amofah, Richard Biritwum, Ulysses Panisset, James Goodwin & John Beard
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.136242

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 982kb ¦ DAISY 24kb ¦ ePub 2.10Mb ¦ Kindle 2.10Mb

Integrated prevention of mother-to-child transmission for human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B virus in China
Ai-Ling Wang, Ya-Ping Qiao, Lin-Hong Wang, Li-Wen Fang, Fang Wang, Xi Jin, Jie Qiu, Xiao-Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Jiu-Ling Wu, Sten H Vermund & Li Song
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139626

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 817kb ¦ DAISY 25kb ¦ ePub 2.31Mb ¦ Kindle 2.31Mb

PERSPECTIVES

Financing health care for adolescents: a necessary part of universal health coverage
Catriona Waddington & Claudia Sambo
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139741

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 751kb ¦ DAISY 30kb ¦ ePub 591kb ¦ Kindle 595kb

Measuring the incidence and prevalence of obstetric fistula: approaches, needs and recommendations
Özge Tunçalp, Vandana Tripathi, Evelyn Landry, Cynthia K Stanton & Saifuddin Ahmed
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.141473

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 834kb ¦ DAISY 25kb ¦ ePub 609kb ¦ Kindle 612kb

GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Guidelines for contributors
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.990115

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 645kb ¦ DAISY 15kb ¦ ePub 483kb ¦ Kindle 486kb