PHM-Exch> April issue of the WHO Bulletin

Claudio Schuftan cschuftan at phmovement.org
Mon Apr 2 03:05:22 PDT 2012


From: bulletin <bulletin at who.int>

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Highlights from the *April 2012
issue*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/en/index.html>
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·       Influenza still ***vexing
scientists*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-020412.pdf>

·       Timely interventions could ***lessen severity of future influenza
pandemics* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-093419.pdf>

·       Medium is the message for ***influenza
communication*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-030412.pdf>

·       ***Healthy food markets
essential*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-090829.pdf>safeguard
against avian influenza

·       Essential to track ***Africa influenza
burden*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-098244.pdf>


 Complete list of
***contents*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/en/index.html>for
Volume 90, Number 4, April 2012, 245-320.

Abstracts and other items are available in
***عربي*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/ar/index.html>
‎, *****中文* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/zh/index.html>, ***
Français* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/fr/index.html>, ***
Русский* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/ru/index.html> and ***
Español* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/4/es/index.html>.

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*Volume 90, Number 4, April 2012, 245-320*

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*IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN*

doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.000412

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-000412/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
858kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/BLT.12.000412.pdf>

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*EDITORIALS*

The WHO research agenda for influenza: two years later
- Michael L Perdue & Tim Nguyen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.090175

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-090175/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
602kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-090175.pdf>

Influenza at the beginning of the 21st century
- Nahoko Shindo & Sylvie Briand
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.104653

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-104653/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
628kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-104653.pdf>

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*NEWS*

Public health round-up

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-010412/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
730kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-010412.pdf>

The influenza enigma

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-020412/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
669kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-020412.pdf>

Spreading the word about seasonal influenza

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-030412/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
681kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-030412.pdf>

Tackling influenza in Ghana

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-040412/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
893kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/12-040412.pdf>

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*RESEARCH*

The population-based burden of influenza-associated hospitalization in
rural western Kenya, 2007–2009
- Daniel R Feikin et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094326

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-094326-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-094326/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
817kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-094326.pdf>

Likely effectiveness of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions
for mitigating influenza virus transmission in Mongolia
- KJ Bolton et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.093419

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-093419-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-093419/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
807kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-093419.pdf>

Influenza-associated mortality in 2009 in four sentinel sites in Bangladesh
- Nusrat Homaira et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.095653

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-095653-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-095653/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
779kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-095653.pdf>

Influenza-associated mortality in temperate and subtropical Chinese cities,
2003–2008
- Luzhao Feng et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.096958

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-096958-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-096958/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
857kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-096958.pdf>

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*POLICY & PRACTICE*

Integrating pneumonia prevention and treatment interventions with
immunization services in resource-poor countries
- Adam L Cohen et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094029

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-094029-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-094029/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
995kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-094029.pdf>

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*LESSONS FROM THE FIELD*

Application of a healthy food markets guide to two Indonesian markets to
reduce transmission of “avian flu”
- Gina Samaan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.090829

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-090829-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-090829/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
783kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-090829.pdf>

Improving influenza surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa
- C Steffen et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.098244

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-098244-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-098244/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
915kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-098244.pdf>

Epidemic and intervention modelling – a scientific rationale for policy
decisions? Lessons from the 2009 influenza pandemic
- Maria D Van Kerkhove & Neil M Ferguson
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.097949

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-097949-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-097949/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
956kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-097949.pdf>

Developing pandemic preparedness in Europe in the 21st century: experience,
evolution and next steps
- Angus Nicoll et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.097972

·       ***Abstract
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-097972-ab/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-097972/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
1.05Mb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/BLT.11.097972.pdf>

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*PERSPECTIVES*

Population-based active surveillance cohort studies for influenza: lessons
from Peru
- Hugo Razuri et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.097808

·       ***Full article text
[HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/11-097808/en/index.html>

·       ***Full article text**** pdf,
698kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/90/4/BLT.11.097808.pdf>

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