Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 90, Number 6, June 2012, 401-476

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month's Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.000612

EDITORIALS

Getting research into practice: primary care management of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries
- John Walley et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.106674

Increased use of social autopsy is needed to improve maternal, neonatal and child health programmes in low-income countries
- Peter Waiswa et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.105718

NEWS

Public health round-up

Coming together to combat rare diseases

Turkey’s transformation

Tapping into the social network

RESEARCH

A Bayesian network approach to the study of historical epidemiological databases: modelling meningitis outbreaks in the Niger
- A Beresniak et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.086009

Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors
- Katerini T Storeng et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.094011

Health benefits of reduced patient cost sharing in Japan
- Akihiro Nishi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.095380

Validity of referral hospitals for the toxicovigilance of acute poisoning in Sri Lanka
- L Senarathna et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.092114

Medical conditions among Iraqi refugees in Jordan: data from the United Nations Refugee Assistance Information System
- Farrah J Mateen et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.097048

POLICY & PRACTICE

Piloting the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria: what will success look like?
- Gavin Yamey et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.091199

Rising mortality from injury in urban China: demographic burden, underlying causes and policy implications
- Jiaying Zhao et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.093849

Pesticide regulations and farm worker safety: the need to improve pesticide regulations in Viet Nam
- Dung Tri Phung et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.096578

PERSPECTIVES

Monitoring mortality trends in low-resource settings
- Christina Pagel et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.092981

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