Bulletin of WHO Volume 91 No. 06 2013 / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Periodicals.

Public health.

Medicine--Periodicals.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 pages)

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, [2013]

Summary:

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948 the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. As the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization (WHO) the Bulletin draws on WHO experts as editorial advisers reviewers and authors as well as on external collaborators. In this month's issue: Why are we failing to promote physical activity globally? Independent drug bulletins to promote the prescription of appropriate drugs: a necessary but difficult task; Breastfeeding policy: a globally comparative analysis; Public sector services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: a micro-costing survey in Namibia and Rwanda; Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development; Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women s groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India; The cost of type 1 diabetes: a nationwide multicentre study in Brazil; External quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Self-reported illness and household strategies for coping with health-care payments in Bangladesh; Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana's campaign success.

Contents:

BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - JUNE 2013

MASTHEAD

In this month's Bulletin

Editorials

Why are we failing to promote physical activity globally?

Independent drug bulletins to promote the prescription of appropriate drugs: a necessar

News

Public health round-up

Syrians flee violence and disrupted health services to Jordan

Lessons from Fukushima: scientists need to communicate better

Research

Breastfeeding policy: a globally comparative analysis

Public sector services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection: a micro-costing survey in Namibia and Rwanda

Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development

Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women's groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India

The cost of type 1 diabetes: a nationwide multicentre study in Brazil

External quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Self-reported illness and household strategies for coping with health-care payments in Bangladesh

Lessons from the field

Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana's campaign success

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Back cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-4-068990-7

OCLC:

858762719