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WHAT'S NEW THIS SUNDAY: POLIO, BLINDING TRACHOMA, ...

POLIO ERADICATION; ELIMINATION OF BLINDING TRACHOMA; GUINEA WORM ERADICATION � POLIO IN THE WORLD, JANUARY-APRIL 2012 From www.polioeradi ...

MEASLES HEALTH DELEGATE, NAIROBI

Measles Health Delegate, Nairobi   Summary: The American Red Cross is a founding member of the Measles Initiative-- a partnership committed t ...

POLIO IN THE WORLD, JANUARY-APRIL 2012

  POLIO IN THE WORLD, JANUARY-APRIL 2012 From www.polioeradication.org Polio this week - As of 09 May 2012 In the first four months of 20 ...

ELIMINATION OF BLINDING TRACHOMA BY 2020

ELIMINATION OF BLINDING TRACHOMA BY 2020   Full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer8717.pdf  Discussion Trachoma is an ancien ...

GUINEA WORM ERADICATION

  GUINEA WORM ERADICATION   Full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer8719.pdf  Editorial noteThe percentage reduction in ...

HOW TO USE THIS WEBSITE; A GUIDE FOR FIRST TIME US ...

If you are a student or health worker Note the self-instructional items listed under public health training on this page, especially www.gl ...

MEASLES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

  MEASLES IN THE 21ST CENTURY  E. Kim Mulholland, M.D., Ulla Kou Griffiths, M.Sc., and Robin Biellik, Ph.D. From the New England Journa ...

ORAL FLUID TESTING FOR RUBELLA

ORAL FLUID TESTING FOR RUBELLA Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010 Research  Oral Fluid Testing durin ...

WARMER TEMPERATURES REDUCE THE VECTORIAL CAPACITY ...

‘These results highlight the need to understand the interactive effects of environmental temperature on multiple host-disease life-history trait ...

IS THE MALARIA VACCINE A MAGIC BULLET?

  ‘What a malaria vaccine will not do: 1. Be 100% protective efficacy 2. Be deployed by the vaccine developer 3. Eliminate malaria from ...

DOES THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS IN ...

      DOES THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS IN KENYA MEET THE PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL COVERAGE?    &n ...

BOOK REVIEW ON 'EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: TERMS AN ...

BOOK REVIEW ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: TERMS AND CONCEPTS Miettinen, OS (ed). Int. J. Epidemiol. (2012) doi: 10.1093/ije/dys044   Epidemiol ...

INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE MALARIA POLICY ADVISORY C ...

INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE MALARIA POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE WHO: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Abstract The Malaria Policy Advisory Comm ...

GLOBAL MEASLES AND RUBELLA STRATEGIC PLAN

GLOBAL MEASLES AND RUBELLA STRATEGIC PLAN Full text, http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/Measles_Rubella_StrategicPlan_2012_2020.pdf From t ...

PROGRESS IN GLOBALMEASLES CONTROL, 2000-2010

PROGRESS IN GLOBAL MEASLES CONTROL, 2000–2010 Conclusions below; full text, in French and English, is at http://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer870 ...

THE GLOBAL REPORT FOR RESEARCH ON INFECTIOUS DISEA ...

'An index of infectious diseases of poverty that is based on the prevalence and incidence of infectious diseases can act as a barometer of health and ...

SELF-REPORTED DISCRIMINATION BY ADOLESCENTS IN BRA ...

'Self-reported discrimination was prevalent and unequally distributed among the population.'SELF-REPORTED DISCRIMINATION BY ADOLESCENTS IN BRAZIL A ...

SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE FOR IPTp

'Women who received full IPTp with SP had lower peripheral (P = .018) and placental (P < .001) parasite densities than women wh ...

LONDON DECLARATION ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

  LONDON DECLARATION ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES   To endorse the Declaration, add your organization at www.UnitingToCombatNTDs ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE 2010 GLOBAL MEASLES MORTALITY RE ...

‘[D]elayed implementation of accelerated disease control in India and continued outbreaks in Africa stalled momentum towards the 2010 global mea ...

HIV INFECTION AND THE INCIDENCE OF MALARIA AMONG H ...

‘HIV infection is a risk factor for the development of malaria.’ First published online: March 28, 2012 HIV INFECTION AND THE INC ...

SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKE FREE MEXICO CIT ...

STRONG ADVOCACY LED TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKEFREE MEXICO CITY ‘The Tobacco industry's power at higher levels of government make ...

FOUR IDEAS TOO CHEAP TO IMPLEMENT

Many proposal writers have learned, the hard way, that a $10,000 funding idea, whatever its merits, tends to get back burnered. 'Could you put a coupl ...

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: current situation and challenges Sandhi M Barre ...

DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS OF 2009 PANDEMIC INF ...

DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS OF 2009 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A (H1N1) IN MAINLAND CHINA 1.   Li-Qun Fang, Li-Ping Wang, Sake J. de Vlas, So ...

GREATEST HITS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

GREATEST HITS, MDGs Since 2008, 16 postings on the Millennium Development Goals have attracted 100 or more page views from you, my readers. Her ...

.WAR, DROUGHT, MALNUTRITION, MEASLES -- A REPORT F ...

  WAR, DROUGHT, MALNUTRITION, MEASLES — A REPORT FROM SOMALIA Jean-Clement Cabrol, M.D. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:1856-1858 Somalia ha ...

.ESTIMATES OF CHILD DEATHS PREVENTED FROM MALARIA ...

ESTIMATES OF CHILD DEATHS PREVENTED FROM MALARIA PREVENTION SCALE-UP IN AFRICA 2001-2010. http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-11- ...

SOME STATISTICAL ANALYSES FROM PROGRESS IN CHILD W ...

SOME STATISTICAL ANALYSES FROM PROGRESS IN CHILD WELL-BEING Full text is at http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/Progress%2 ...

PROGRESS IN CHILD WELL-BEING

  PROGRESS IN CHILD WELL-BEING A report from Save the Children Fund, based on 1990 baseline data, so as to permit a review of progress on Mil ...

LEGISLATION AND INFANT MORTALITY DECLINES

  LEGISLATION AND INFANT MORTALITY DECLINES Full text is at http://www.nber.org/papers/w17996.pdf   ABSTRACT From 1922 to 1929, the ...

GREATEST HITS, COCHRANE REVIEWS

GREATEST HITS, COCHRANE REVIEWS Dear All, Since 2008, a dozen of the Cochrane Reviews posted here have attracted 100 or more page views on the p ...

VACCINATIONS BEGIN IN A CHOLERA-RAVAGED HAITI

  VACCINATIONS BEGIN IN A CHOLERA-RAVAGED HAITI By DEBORAH SONTAG Published: New York Times, April 12, 2012 Organizers of the vaccin ...

POLIO ERADICATION: A COMPLEX END GAME

POLIO ERADICATION: A COMPLEX END GAME Polio eradication: a complex end game BMJ 2012; 344 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2398 (Published 2 April 2012) Thoma ...

MANY NTDs MAY HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE PALEOLITHICS

  MANY NTDs MAY HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE PALEOLITHIC   Abstract below; full text is at http://www.plosntds.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10. ...

GENERIC AND PROPRIETARY ARVs IN LUSAKA

  ‘[C]linical outcomes appeared similar among patients on generic or proprietary formulations. These findings support continued use of g ...

NEW SCHEME AIMS TO ERADICATE CONGENITAL SYPHILIS I ...

NEW SCHEME AIMS TO ERADICATE CONGENITAL SYPHILIS IN THREE YEARS BMJ 2012; 344 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e1616 (Published 2 March 2012) Cite this as: BMJ ...

ADVANCE MARKET COMMITMENTS

ADVANCE MARKET COMMITMENTS Advance market commitment for pneumococcal vaccines: putting theory into practice Tania Cernuschi,a Eliane Furrer,a N ...

GREATEST HITS, TOBACCO AND CHILDREN

 GREATEST HITS, TOBACCO AND CHILDREN  Since 2008, 13 items on tobacco, smoking, and children have attracted more than 100 page views on ...

POLIO CASES, FIRST QUARTER 2012

POLIO CASES, FIRST QUARTER 2012 Tables are below; tables and text are at http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx Al ...

THE PROBABILITY OF UNDETECTED WPV CIRCULATION AFTE ...

THE PROBABILITY OF UNDETECTED WPV CIRCULATION AFTER APPARENT GLOBAL INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION From www.kidrisk.org See also http://aje.oxford ...

APRIL BULLETIN OF WHO, THEME ISSUE DEVOTED TO INFL ...

In this month's Bulletin, at www.who.int/bulletin Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012;90:245-245. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.000412 In this specia ...

REDUCED POSTSURGICAL RECURRENCE OF HPV DISEASE IN ...

REDUCED POSTSURGICAL RECURRENCE OF HPV DISEASE IN HPV VACCINEES ‘A total of 587 vaccine and 763 placebo recipients underwent cervical surgery. ...

DIARRHEA INCIDENCE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNT ...

DIARRHEA INCIDENCE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES IN 1990 AND 2010: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW   BMC Public Health. 2012 Mar 21;12(1):220. [Epub ...

IMNCI MORTALITY EFFECT IN HARYANA STATE

IMNCI MORTALITY EFFECT IN HARYANA STATE Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) programme on ...

THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, CDC

THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, CDC www.thelancet.com Published online March 7, 2012   Responding to criticisms published in The Lancet, ( & ...

IMPACT OF MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY

IMPACT OF MALARIA DURING PREGNANCY An analysis of timing and frequency of malaria infection during pregnancy in relation to the risk of low birth ...

IPTi IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA; IPTi IN MALI

IPTi IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Papua New Guinean Infants Exposed to Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax ...

GREATEST HITS IN NEW VACCINES

  GREATEST HITS IN NEW VACCINES Dear All, Since 2008, 23 items on new and underused vaccines (pneumococcal, rotavirus and HPV) have attrac ...

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