PHM-Exch> March issue of the WHO Bulletin

Mon Mar 2 19:49:45 PST 2020

From: SELLECK, Kaylene Eleanor <selleckk at who.int>

Highlights from the March 2020 issue
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/en/index.html> of the WHO
Bulletin, a monthly peer reviewed journal of public health that is * fully
open-access with no article-processing charges*.

   - Data sharing for COVID-19
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251561.pdf>
   - Priority pathogens and the antibiotic pipeline
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251751.pdf>
   - Global supply chain problems with heparin and magnesium sulfate
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-020320.pdf>
   - Gun restrictions and gun deaths in Colombia
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-236646.pdf?ua=1>
   - Comparing generic hepatitis C medications with brand-name equivalents
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-231522.pdf?ua=1>
   - Adverse event reporting for medical devices in India
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-232785.pdf?ua=1>
   - Improving TB contact tracing
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-239293.pdf?ua=1>
   - Next steps for WHO’s global alcohol strategy
   <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-241737.pdf?ua=1>

Complete list of contents
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/en/index.html> for Volume 98,
Number 3, March, 149-228

Abstracts and other items are available in عربي
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/ar/index.html>, 中文
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/zh/index.html>, Français,
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/fr/index.html> Русский
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/ru/index.html> and Español
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/es/index.html>.

Volume 98, Number 3, March, 149-228.

*IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN *

In this month’s Bulletin
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.000320

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-000320/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-000320.pdf>

*EDITORIALS*

Data sharing for novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

— Vasee Moorthy, Ana Maria Henao Restrepo, Marie-Pierre Preziosi & Soumya
Swaminathan

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.251561

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251561/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251561.pdf>

Priority pathogens and the antibiotic pipeline: an update

— Peter Beyer & Sarah Paulin

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.251751

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251751/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251751.pdf>

Health impacts of climate change and geopolitics: a call for papers

— Payao Phonsuk, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol,
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum & Viroj Tangcharoensathien

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.251934

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251934/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-251934.pdf>

A disclosure form for work submitted to medical journals – a proposal from
the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

— Darren B. Taichman, Joyce Backus, Christopher Baethge, Howard Bauchner,
Annette Flanagin, Fernando Florenzano, Frank A. Frizelle, Fiona Godlee,
Laragh Gollogly, Abraham Haileamlak, Sung-Tae Hong, Richard Horton, Astrid
James, Christine Laine, Pamela W. Miller, Anja Pinborg, Eric J. Rubin &
Peush Sahni

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.252353

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-252353/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-252353.pdf>

*NEWS*

Public health round-up
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.010320

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-010320/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-010320.pdf>

Mending the medicines supply chain

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.020320

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-020320/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-020320.pdf>

Karla Soares-Weiser: curating evidence to support knowledge translation

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.030320

Article [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-030320/en/index.html> ¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-030320.pdf>

*RESEARCH*

A programme to improve quality of care for patients with chronic diseases,
Kazakhstan

— Benjamin TB Chan, Chris Rauscher, Arman M Issina, Laura H Kozhageldiyeva,
Dametken D Kuzembaeva, Connie L Davis, Helena Kravchenko, Michael
Hindmarsh, Jessie McGowan & Gulnara Kulkaeva

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.227447

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/18-227447-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/18-227447/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/18-227447.pdf?ua=1>

Gun-carrying restrictions and gun-related mortality, Colombia: a
difference-in-difference design with fixed effects

— Andres I Vecino-Ortiz & Deivis N Guzman-Tordecilla

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.236646

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-236646-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-236646/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-236646.pdf?ua=1>

Measuring antibiotic availability and use in 20 low- and middle-income
countries

Rebecca Knowles, Mike Sharland, Yingfen Hsia, Nicola Magrini, Lorenzo Moja,
Amani Siyam & Elizabeth Tayler

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.241349

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-241349-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-241349/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-241349.pdf?ua=1>

*SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS*

Effectiveness of generic direct-acting agents for the treatment of
hepatitis C: systematic review and meta-analysis

— Hugo Perazzo, Rodolfo Castro, Paula M Luz, Mariana Banholi, Rafaela V
Goldenzon, Sandra W Cardoso, Beatriz Grinsztejn & Valdilea G Veloso

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.231522

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-231522-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-231522/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-231522.pdf?ua=1>

*POLICY & PRACTICE*

Modelling for Taenia solium control strategies beyond 2020

— Matthew A Dixon, Uffe C Braae, Peter Winskill, Brecht Devleesschauwer,
Chiara Trevisan, Inge Van Damme, Martin Walker, Jonathan I D Hamley, Sylvia
N Ramiandrasoa, Veronika Schmidt, Sarah Gabriël, Wendy Harrison &
Maria-Gloria Basáñez

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.238485

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-238485-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-238485/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-238485.pdf?ua=1>

*LESSONS FROM THE FIELD*

Implementation of adverse event reporting for medical devices, India

— Shatrunajay Shukla, Madhur Gupta, Sabitri Pandit, Milu Thomson, Abhimanyu
Shivhare, Vivekanandan Kalaiselvan & Gyanendra Nath Singh

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.232785

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-232785-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-232785/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-232785.pdf?ua=1>

Contact tracing for tuberculosis, Thailand

— Worarat Imsanguan, Surasit Bupachat, Vanichaya Wanchaithanawong, Sarmwai
Luangjina, Sureerat Thawtheong, Supalert Nedsuwan, Petchawan Pungrassami,
Surakameth Mahasirimongkol, Amornrat Wiriyaprasobchok, Kulayanee
Kaewmamuang, Phalin Kamolwat & Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.239293

Abstract [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-239293-ab/en/> ¦
Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-239293/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-239293.pdf?ua=1>

*PERSPECTIVES*

Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health
and research

— Gautam Bhan, Aditi Surie, Christiane Horwood, Richard Dobson, Laura
Alfers, Anayda Portela & Nigel Rollins

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.231258

Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-231258/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-231258.pdf?ua=1>

What’s next for WHO’s global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol?

— David H Jernigan & Pamela J Trangenstein

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.241737

Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-241737/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-241737.pdf?ua=1>

Time for a causal systems map of physical activity

— James L Nuzzo & James Steele

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.19.236398

Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-236398/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/19-236398.pdf?ua=1>

Systems approaches to support action on physical activity

— Harry Rutter, Nick Cavill, Adrian Bauman & Fiona Bull

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.250936

Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-250936/en/>
¦ Article
pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-250936.pdf?ua=1>

*CORRIGENDA*

http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.100320

Article [HTML] <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-100320/en/>
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pdf <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/98/3/20-100320.pdf?ua=1>
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