PHM-Exch> February issue of the WHO Bulletin

Wed Feb 1 05:04:08 PST 2012

From: bulletin <bulletin at who.int>

Highlights from the January 2012
issue<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/en/index.html>
:

   - A global analysis of anti-tuberculosis drug
resistance<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-092585.pdf>
   - Fixing fistula in Sierra
Leone<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/12-030212.pdf>
   - Maternity waiting
homes<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-088955.pdf>in
Timor-Leste
   - Landmark case for human rights in
Brazil<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-101410.pdf>
   - Why does female genital
cutting<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-090886.pdf>still
exist?
   - What causes baby
blues<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-091850.pdf>
   ?
   - Interview with women’s health activist Adrienne
Germain<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/12-040212.pdf>
   - Ranking risk factors for preventing chronic
diseases<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-091470.pdf>

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Complete list of
contents<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/en/index.html>for
Volume 90, Number 2, February 2012, 77-156.

Abstracts and other items are available in
عربي<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/ar/index.html>,
中文 <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/zh/index.html>,
Français<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/fr/index.html>,
Русский <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/ru/index.html> and
Español<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/es/index.html>
.
* * * * *Volume 90, Number 2, February 2011, 77-156* * * *IN THIS MONTH'S
BULLETIN*

doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.000212

   - Full article text
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*EDITORIALS*

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis today
- A Matteelli et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.097360

   - Full article text
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543kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-097360.pdf>

Maternal mortality and human rights: landmark decision by United Nations
human rights body
- Judith Bueno de Mesquita & Eszter Kismödi
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.101410

   - Full article text
[HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-101410/en/index.html>
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* * *NEWS*

Public health round-up

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754kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/12-010212.pdf>

The health-care challenges posed by population ageing

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701kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/12-020212.pdf>

Fixing fistula

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>From population control to human rights

   - Full article text
[HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/12-040212/en/index.html>
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802kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/12-040212.pdf>

* * *RESEARCH*

Prioritizing risk factors to identify preventive interventions for economic
assessment
- Nick Wilson et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.091470

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-091470-ab/en/index.html>
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The tyranny of distance: maternity waiting homes and access to birthing
facilities in rural Timor-Leste
- Kayli Wild et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.088955

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-088955-ab/en/index.html>
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853kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-088955.pdf>

A systems approach to improving maternal health in the Philippines
- Dale Huntington et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.092825

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-092825-ab/en/index.html>
   - Full article text
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868kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-092825.pdf>

Surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: an updated
analysis, 2007–2010
- Matteo Zignol et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.092585

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-092585-ab/en/index.html>
   - Full article text
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1.20Mb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-092585.pdf>

Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa
- Heather L Sipsma et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.090886

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-090886-ab/en/index.html>
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* * *SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS*

Effect of cotrimoxazole on mortality in HIV-infected adults on
antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Amitabh B Suthar et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.093260

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-093260-ab/en/index.html>
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Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental disorders in women
in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review
- Jane Fisher et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.091850

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-091850-ab/en/index.html>
   - Full article text
[HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-091850/en/index.html>
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854kb<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-091850.pdf>

* * *POLICY & PRACTICE*

Reduced death rates from cyclones in Bangladesh: what more needs to be done?
- Ubydul Haque et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.088302

   - Abstract [HTML]<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/2/11-088302-ab/en/index.html>
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