PHM-Exch> April issue of the WHO Bulletin

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: bulletin <bulletin at who.int>


Highlights from the *April 2013
issue*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/en/index.html>
:


    - *Community health workers in
Africa*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-109660.pdf>,
   what cost?
   - HIV programmes should provide filters for *Cryptosporidium**
parasites*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-119990.pdf>
   - Nigerians wake up to *high blood
pressure*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-020413.pdf>
   - Equal chances for *maternal care in Viet
Nam*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-112425.pdf>?

   - *Reducing alcohol-related
harm*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-107318.pdf>in China
   - *To vaccinate or not to
vaccinate*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-113480.pdf>in
emergencies?
   - *The polio
endgame*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111831.pdf>


You can now read the *Bulletin* on a variety of different formats. The
journal is now available on electronic publishing devices, Kindle readers
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Complete list of
*contents*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/en/index.html>for
Volume 91, Number 4, April, 237-312.

Abstracts and other items are available in
*عربي*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/ar/index.html>,
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*Français*<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/fr/index.html>,
*Русский* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/ru/index.html> and *
Español* <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/4/es/index.html>.

*Volume 91, Number 4, April 2013, 237-312*

*IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN*
In this month’s *Bulletin
*doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.000413
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-000413/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
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*EDITORIALS*
Preventing cryptosporidiosis: the need for safe drinking water
Rachel Peletz, Thomas Mahin, Mark Elliott, Margaret Montgomery & Thomas
Clasen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.119990
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-119990/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
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*DAISY **zip, 12kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/DAISY-BLT.13.119990-DAISY.zip>¦
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Arguments against the compulsory treatment of opioid dependence
Ruth Birgin & on behalf of the Asian Network of People Who Use Drugs
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.120238
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-120238/en/index.html>¦
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*NEWS*
Public health round-up
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-010413/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
803kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-010413.pdf>

Nigerians wake up to high blood pressure
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-020413/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
909kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/13-020413.pdf>¦
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*RESEARCH*
Deployment of community health workers across rural sub-Saharan Africa:
financial considerations and operational assumptions
Gordon C McCord, Anne Liu & Prabhjot Singh
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.109660
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-109660-ab/en/index.html>¦
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-109660/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
952kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-109660.pdf>¦
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Maternal health care utilization in Viet Nam: increasing ethnic inequity
Mats Målqvist, Ornella Lincetto, Nguyen Huy Du, Craig Burgess & Dinh Thi
Phuong Hoa
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.112425
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-112425-ab/en/index.html>¦
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-112425/en/index.html>¦
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838kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-112425.pdf>¦
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*SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS*
The effectiveness of policies for reducing dietary trans fat: a systematic
review of the evidence
Shauna M Downs, Anne Marie Thow & Stephen R Leeder
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.111468
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111468-ab/en/index.html>¦
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111468/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
947kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111468.pdf>¦
*DAISY **zip, 122kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/DAISY-BLT.12.111468-DAISY.zip>¦
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*PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS*
Alcohol and alcohol-related harm in China: policy changes needed
Yi-lang Tang, Xiao-jun Xiang, Xu-yi Wang, Joseph F Cubells, Thomas F Babor
& Wei Hao
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.107318
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-107318-ab/en/index.html>¦
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-107318/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
830kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-107318.pdf>¦
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*POLICY & PRACTICE*
Removal of user fees no guarantee of universal health coverage:
observations from Burkina Faso
Samia Laokri, Olivier Weil, K Maxime Drabo, S Mathurin Dembelé, Benoît
Kafando & Bruno Dujardin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.110015
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-110015-ab/en/index.html>¦
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-110015/en/index.html>¦
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786kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-110015.pdf>¦
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The human qualities needed to complete the global eradication of polio
Dermot Maher
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.111831
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111831-ab/en/index.html>¦
*Article [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111831/en/index.html>¦
*Article **pdf,
806kb*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-111831.pdf>¦
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Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian
emergencies
Keymanthri Moodley, Kate Hardie, Michael J Selgelid, Ronald J Waldman,
Peter Strebel, Helen Rees & David N Durrheim
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.113480
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-113480-ab/en/index.html>¦
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Untapped potential of health impact assessment
Mirko S Winkler, Gary R Krieger, Mark J Divall, Guéladio Cissé, Mark
Wielga, Burton H Singer, Marcel Tanner & Jürg Utzinger
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.112318
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-112318-ab/en/index.html>¦
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*LESSONS FROM THE FIELD*
Scale-up of a comprehensive harm reduction programme for people injecting
opioids: lessons from north-eastern India
Melody Lalmuanpuii, Langkham Biangtung, Ritu Kumar Mishra, Matthew J Reeve,
Sentimoa Tzudier, Angom L Singh, Rebecca Sinate & Sema K Sgaier
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.108274
*Abstract [HTML]*<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/91/4/12-108274-ab/en/index.html>¦
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