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In an editorial, WHO's Director-General and two foreign ministers report on
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the world to use safety checklists
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on patients.
Call for papers: Jane Wallace et al. invite contributions to the upcoming
Bulletin theme issue on communication in public health
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/7/08-055566.pdf> .
Ffion Lloyd-Williams et al. estimate the burden of cardiovascular disease
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/7/08-053728.pdf> as a result of
excess dietary saturated fats attributable to the Common Agricultural Policy
of the European Union.
Rajaraman Swaminathan et al. demonstrate that active follow-up of cancer
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the most reliable estimates of cancer survival rates. Fiona Fleck reports on
how the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations will discuss the growing
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Dan Chisholm et al. claim that schizophrenia treatment coverage
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using cost-effective interventions. Shanaaz Mathews et al. argue that legal
gun ownership is the major factor associated with the world's highest
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<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/7/07-043786.pdf> .
Holly Else reports on recent changes in delivering primary health care to
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particularly to the Maori population. Martin WG Brinkhof et al. analyse the
increasing problem of early loss of patients
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treatment programmes.
Cynthia Cordero et al. describe how selected research funding agencies
promote the translation of their research into policy and practice
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/7/07-040386.pdf> . Richard Scheffler
et al. forecast the global shortage of physicians
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/7/07-046474.pdf> for 2015.
Katherine Floyd and Andrea Pantoja estimate the financial resources needed
to meet tuberculosis control goals
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Volume 86, Number 7, July 2008, 497-576
IN THIS MONTHS BULLETIN
WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Deadly dairy subsidies;
Estimating cancer survival rates; G8 and health; Treating schizophrenia in
low-resource settings; Intimate femicidesuicide; Integration and
cooperation; Early loss to programme for HIV-infected patients; Translating
knowledge into practice; Future demand and supply; Finance for tuberculosis
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EDITORIALS
Foreign policy and global public health: working together towards common
goals
- Margaret Chan et al.
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Yaws eradication: past efforts and future perspectives
- Kingsley Asiedu et al.
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Health communication: a call for papers
- Jane Wallace et al.
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NEWS
Checklists save lives
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G8 urged to act on food crisis and health
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Primary health care the New Zealand way
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The return of yaws. An interview with Kingsley Asiedu.
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH
Lack of active follow-up of cancer patients in Chennai, India: implications
for population-based survival estimates
- Rajaraman Swaminathan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046979
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Forecasting the global shortage of physicians: an economic- and needs-based
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- Richard M Scheffler et al.
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Funding agencies in low- and middle-income countries: support for knowledge
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- Cynthia Cordero et al.
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Estimating the cardiovascular mortality burden attributable to the European
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- Ffion Lloyd-Williams et al.
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Schizophrenia treatment in the developing world: an interregional and
multinational cost-effectiveness analysis
- Dan Chisholm et al.
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Intimate femicidesuicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
- Shanaaz Mathews et al.
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Early loss of HIV-infected patients on potent antiretroviral therapy
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Financial resources required for tuberculosis control to achieve global
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- Katherine Floyd & Andrea Pantoja
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