Subject: FYI: May issue of the WHO Bulletin
From: Liz Nugent <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 13:02:13 +0000

Highlights from the May 2015 issue:

·         Development goals: health of women, children and adolescents

·         Obtaining information on HIV status

·         New WHO technology transfer hub

·         Legislating for better food

·         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.

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

Volume 93, Number 5, May 2015, 285-360

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.000515

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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

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

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

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NEWS

Public health round-up
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.010515

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 769kb

Hubs to spread technology and save lives
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.020515

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

Keeping the living well
doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.030515

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 652kb ¦ DAISY zip, 11kb ¦ ePub, 564kb ¦ Kindle, 568kb

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

Article [HTML] ¦ Article pdf, 640kb ¦ DAISY zip, 10kb ¦ ePub, 598kb ¦ Kindle, 602kb

PERSPECTIVES

The asbestos paradox: global gaps in the translational science of disease prevention
Oladele A Ogunseitan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.142307

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