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Dear reader,
Highlights from the November 2012 issue:
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/11/en/index.html
• Polio eradication efforts not reaching most vulnerable • New era for organ donation and transplantation in China • Distractions en route to universal coverage • A global research and development agreement • Health systems research strategy unveiled • Efforts to revise guidance on pandemic influenza preparedness • Arsenic exposure in Bangladesh revisited
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Volume 90, Number 11, November 2012, 793-868
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.001112
EDITORIALS
Legalization as an institutional choice in the context of research and development Benn McGrady
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.113688
Towards a new model for pharmaceutical research Carlos M Correa
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.113712
Balancing options for health research and development James Love
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.113886
Putting health policy and systems research on the map Abdul Ghaffar, Nhan Tran, Marie-Paule Kieny & Carissa Etienne
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.113118
NEWS
Public health round-up
Push needed for pandemic planning
New era for organ donation and transplant in China
RESEARCH
Performance of case definitions used for influenza surveillance among hospitalized patients in a rural area of India Siddhivinayak Hirve, Mandeep Chadha, Pallavi Lele, Kathryn E Lafond, Avinash Deoshatwar, Somnath Sambhudas, Sanjay Juvekar, Anthony Mounts, Fatimah Dawood, Renu Lal & Akhilesh Mishra
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.108837
Economic evaluation of a task-shifting intervention for common mental disorders in India Christine Buttorff, Rebecca S Hock, Helen A Weiss, Smita Naik, Ricardo Araya, Betty R Kirkwood, Daniel Chisholm & Vikram Patel
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.104133
Parental perceptions surrounding polio and self-reported non-participation in polio supplementary immunization activities in Karachi, Pakistan: a mixed methods study Asif Raza Khowaja, Sher Ali Khan, Naveeda Nizam, Saad Bin Omer & Anita Zaidi
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.106260
POLICY & PRACTICE
Understanding the modes of transmission model of new HIV infection and its use in prevention planning Kelsey K Case, Peter D Ghys, Eleanor Gouws, Jeffrey W Eaton, Annick Borquez, John Stover, Paloma Cuchi, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Geoffrey P Garnett, Timothy B Hallett & on behalf of the HIV Modelling Consortium
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.102574
Arsenic in tube well water in Bangladesh: health and economic impacts and implications for arsenic mitigation Sara V Flanagan, Richard B Johnston & Yan Zheng
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.101253
Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: a policy effectiveness–feasibility loop Sarah Bowman, Nigel Unwin, Julia Critchley, Simon Capewell, Abdullatif Husseini, Wasim Maziak, Shahaduz Zaman, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Fouad Fouad, Peter Phillimore, Belgin Unal, Rana Khatib, Azza Shoaibi & Balsam Ahmad
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.104968
Assessing implementation mechanisms for an international agreement on research and development for health products Steven J Hoffman & John-Arne Røttingen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.109827
PERSPECTIVES
Decision-making on malaria vaccine introduction: the role of cost–effectiveness analyses Vasee S Moorthy, Raymond Hutubessy, Robert D Newman & Joachim Hombach
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.107482
Anything goes on the path to universal health coverage? No.
Joseph Kutzin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.113654