Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 85, Number 5, May 2007, 325-420

IN THIS MONTH’S BULLETIN

Special theme: tuberculosis control; In the News; TB control planning; Global drug facility; Financing TB control; TB science; Round tables; TB data; Public health classic; Supervised administration is vital to TB control; Barriers to completing TB treatment

EDITORIALS

The international TB control targets
- Léopold Blanc & Lindsay Martinez
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041996

The new Stop TB Strategy and the Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006–2015
- Mario C Raviglione
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038513

NEWS

News

Fast action urged to halt deadly TB

Russian oblast is model in fight against TB

New tools for an old disease

WHO News

Recent news from WHO

Stronger health systems to beat TB

POLICY AND PRACTICE

Financing tuberculosis control: the role of a global financial monitoring system
- Katherine Floyd et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.034942

Planning to improve global health: the next decade of tuberculosis control
- Dermot Maher et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037820

The Global Drug Facility: a unique, holistic and pioneering approach to drug procurement and management
- Robert Matiru & Timothy Ryan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035402

Roles of laboratories and laboratory systems in effective tuberculosis programmes
- John C Ridderhof et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039081

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Reaching the global tuberculosis control targets in the Western Pacific Region
- Pieter van Maaren et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038521

PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS

Did we reach the 2005 targets for tuberculosis control?
- Christopher Dye et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037580

Targets for tuberculosis control: how confident can we be about the data?
- Marieke J van der Werf & Martien W Borgdorff
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039941

ROUND TABLE

Reaching the targets for tuberculosis control: the impact of HIV
- KF Laserson & CD Wells
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035329

Lessons from TB/HIV integration in Cambodia
- Mao Tan Eang et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036095

Tuberculosis in Rwanda: challenges to reaching the targets
- Michel Gasana et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036525

Tuberculosis in the Dominican Republic: addressing the barriers to sustain the achievements
- Eddy Perez-Then et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036459

Joint tuberculosis/HIV services in Malawi: progress, challenges and the way forward
- Rhehab Chimzizi & Anthony Harries
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036665

Barriers to reaching the targets for tuberculosis control: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
- Kai Blöndal
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035345

Case study: South Africa
- Karin Weyer
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036004

The Philippines case study
- Maria Imelda D Quelapio et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036020

Treatment and management of MDR-TB in Latvia
- Vaira Leimane
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037978

Critical evaluation of the Global DOTS Expansion Plan
- Donald A Enarson & Nils E Billo
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035378

TB-DOTS in the Philippines: impact of decentralization and health sector reform
- Alberto G Romualdez
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036285

Public–private mix DOTS in India
- LS Chauhan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036277

Lessons from the DOTS Expansion Plan in Indonesia: highlighting human resource development
- Carmelia Basri et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036319

A new disease reporting system increases TB case detection in China
- Liya Wan et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036376

Building political commitment in Peru for TB control through expansion of the DOTS strategy
- Cesar Bonilla & Jaime Bayona
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036335

DOTS expansion and TB control: the case of Mali
- Masoud Dara & Alimata Naco
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036210

PERSPECTIVES

Promoting adherence to tuberculosis treatment
- Paul Garner et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035568

Promoting adherence to treatment for tuberculosis: the importance of direct observation
- Thomas R Frieden & John A Sbarbaro
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038927

Cutting-edge science and the future of tuberculosis control
- Roland Brosch & Véronique Vincent
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035386

PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSICS

The “vertical–horizontal” debates: time for the pendulum to rest (in peace)?
- Mukund Uplekar & Mario C Raviglione
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041756

BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA

Reichman and Hershfield’s tuberculosis: a comprehensive, international approach, third edition, parts A and B
- Jaap F Broekmans
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039339

La recherche bibliographique en médecine et santé publique : guide d’accès
- Tomas Allen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.031567

LETTERS

Association of non-type b Haemophilus influenzae with HIV
- Karen Cowgill & J Anthony G Scott
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038786

Routine HIV-testing policies
- Kipton Jensen
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.031575

Using knowledge brokering to promote evidence-based policy-making
- Nidia Raya Martinez & Danielle Campbell
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037663

Substandard and/or counterfeit medicines for patients
- Subhash C Arya & Nirmala Agarwal
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.036988

The current public health message on UV exposure overlooks many health benefits
- William B Grant
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035089

Routine HIV testing: the right not to know versus the rights to care, treatment and prevention
- Moses R Kamya et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.032730

Authors’ response
- Robyn M Lucas
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039446

Studies on health and electromagnetic fields
- Örjan Hallberg
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.041871

Authors’ response
- Robyn M Lucas
doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039438

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