Spain: Public–private mix; Afghanistan: Is health care improving for children?; China: Suicide: rural women reaching their limit; China: Success in maternal health; Burkina Faso, Mali & the Niger: Estimating schistosomiasis infection; Africa: Treating children for cerebral malaria; India: War on rabies; India: Polio vaccine for newborns; India: Private obstetric care for the poor; Cambodia: Why do women chew tobacco?; Where did all the aid go?; When children swallow corrosive substances
Use of Bayesian geostatistical prediction to estimate local variations in Schistosoma haematobium infection in western Africa - Archie CA Clements et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058933
Where did all the aid go? An in-depth analysis of increased health aid flows over the past 10 years - Paolo Piva & Rebecca Dodd doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058677
Oesophageal corrosive injuries in children: a forgotten social and health challenge in developing countries - Sandro Contini et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058065
Providing monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 to newborns: findings from a pilot birth-dose project in Moradabad district, India - JJ Rainey et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.061556
Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India - Amarjit Singh et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060228
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) is the principal advisory group to WHO
for vaccines and immunization. WHO is soliciting nominations for experts from the
African, Eastern Mediterranean, European and Western Pacific regions.
