Subject: FYI: March issue of the WHO Bulletin
From: Liz Nugent <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:13:27 +0000

Dear reader,

Highlights from the March 2015 issue:

•     The struggle to reduce maternal deaths in the USA

•     Interview: new UN special envoy on tuberculosis

•     Electronic drug procurement catches on

•     Child maltreatment estimates in China

•     Bringing rapid diagnostic malaria tests to market in Uganda

•     Chile embraces reciprocity in organ donation

•     Patient satisfaction with primary care services in 34 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 3, March, 133-208.

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

Volume 93, Number 3, March 2015, 133-208

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000315

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 974kb

EDITORIALS

Should the next South African census be register-based?
Sulaiman Bah
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.148502

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 626kb ¦ DAISY zip, 9kb ¦ ePub, 491kb ¦ Kindle, 495kb

Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States of America
Priya Agrawal
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.148627

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 629kb ¦ DAISY zip, 9kb ¦ ePub, 503kb ¦ Kindle, 507kb

NEWS

Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010315

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 736kb

E-procurement in support of universal health coverage
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020315

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 740kb ¦ DAISY zip, 121kb ¦ ePub, 639kb ¦ Kindle, 643kb

New UN envoy joins campaign to end TB
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030315

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 667kb ¦ DAISY zip, 53kb ¦ ePub, 483kb ¦ Kindle, 486kb

RESEARCH

Introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria to drug shops in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Jessica Cohen, Günther Fink, Kathleen Maloney, Katrina Berg, Matthew Jordan, Theodore Svoronos, Flavia Aber & William Dickens
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142489

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦  Article pdf, 878kb ¦ DAISY zip, 132kb ¦ ePub, 2.33Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.33Mb

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy: an observational cohort study in China
Wei Cheng, Yasong Wu, Yi Wen, Ye Ma, Decai Zhao, Zhihui Dou, Weiwei Zhang, Marc Bulterys & Fujie Zhang
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142745

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 895kb ¦ DAISY zip, 112kb ¦ ePub, 2.77Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.77Mb

Assessing the potential for improvement of primary care in 34 countries: a cross-sectional survey
Willemijn LA Schäfer, Wienke GW Boerma, Anna M Murante, Herman JM Sixma, François G Schellevis & Peter P Groenewegen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.140368

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 842kb ¦ DAISY zip, 67kb ¦ ePub, 2.19Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.19Mb

Legislation coverage for child injury prevention in China
Li Li, Robert Scherpbier, Jing Wu, Xu Zhu, Wei Zhang, Lin Zhang, Xin Gao, Jiesi Luo & Guoqing Hu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139998

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 827kb ¦ DAISY zip, 88kb ¦ ePub, 2.19Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.19Mb

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

The burden of child maltreatment in China: a systematic review
Xiangming Fang, Deborah A Fry, Kai Ji, David Finkelhor, Jingqi Chen, Patricia Lannen & Michael P Dunne
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.140970

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 928kb ¦ DAISY zip, 190kb ¦ ePub, 2.37Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.37Mb

Participants’ understanding of informed consent in clinical trials over three decades: systematic review and meta-analysis
Nguyen Thanh Tam, Nguyen Tien Huy, Le Thi Bich Thoa, Nguyen Phuoc Long, Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang, Kenji Hirayama & Juntra Karbwang
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.141390

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 1.04Mb ¦ DAISY zip, 294kb ¦ ePub, 2.56Mb ¦ Kindle, 2.56Mb

POLICY & PRACTICE

Increasing organ donation by presumed consent and allocation priority: Chile
Alejandra Zúñiga-Fajuri
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139535

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 949kb ¦ DAISY zip, 26kb ¦ ePub, 1.17Mb ¦ Kindle, 1.18Mb

Big data in global health: improving health in low- and middle-income countries
Rosemary Wyber, Samuel Vaillancourt, William Perry, Priya Mannava, Temitope Folaranmi & Leo Anthony Celi
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139022

Abstract [HTML] ¦ Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 793kb ¦ DAISY zip, 36kb ¦ ePub, 1.73Mb ¦ Kindle, 1.73Mb