Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume 91, Number 2, February 2013, 81-156

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.000213

EDITORIALS

Scaling up opioid dependence treatment in low- and middle-income settings
Zunyou Wu & Nicolas Clark
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.110783

Opioid substitution: improving cost–efficiency
Sheena Sullivan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.117374

Human resources for universal health coverage: a call for papers
Mubashar Sheikh, Ties Boerma, Giorgio Cometto & Robbert Duvivier
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.117200

NEWS

Public health round-up

Opioid treatment in Ukraine risks losing momentum

New treatment gives hope to East Africa’s drug users

Drug control and public health: getting beyond stalemate

RESEARCH

Methadone maintenance treatment and mortality in HIV-positive people who inject opioids in China
Yan Zhao, Cynthia X Shi, Jennifer M McGoogan, Keming Rou, Fujie Zhang & Zunyou Wu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.108944

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Mortality among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bradley M Mathers, Louisa Degenhardt, Chiara Bucello, James Lemon, Lucas Wiessing & Mathew Hickman
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.108282

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Implementing methadone maintenance treatment in prisons in Malaysia
Jeffrey A Wickersham, Ruthanne Marcus, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Muhammad Muhsin Zahari & Frederick L Altice
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.109132

Human resource development and capacity-building during China’s rapid scale-up of methadone maintenance treatment services
Jianhua Li, Changhe Wang, Jennifer M McGoogan, Keming Rou, Marc Bulterys & Zunyou Wu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.108951

Methadone maintenance treatment in Spain: the success of a harm reduction approach
Marta Torrens, Francina Fonseca, Claudio Castillo & Antonia Domingo-Salvany
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.111054

ROUND TABLE

Arguments in favour of compulsory treatment of opioid dependence
Zunyou Wu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.108860

Advocates need to show compulsory treatment of opioid dependence is effective, safe and ethical
Wayne Hall & Adrian Carter
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.115196

Voluntary treatment, not detention, in the management of opioid dependence
Nicolas Clark, Anja Busse & Gilberto Gerra
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.117184

PERSPECTIVES

Mitigating the risk of HIV infection with opioid substitution treatment
Linda R Gowing, Matthew Hickman & Louisa Degenhardt
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.109553

Delivery models of opioid agonist maintenance treatment in South Asia: a good beginning
Ravindra Rao, Alok Agrawal, Kunal Kishore & Atul Ambekar
doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.111815

Managing tuberculosis in people who use and inject illicit drugs
Haileyesus Getahun, Annabel Baddeley & Mario Raviglione
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.117267

CORRIGENDUM

Corrigendum
doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.100213

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SAGE: requests for nominations

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.

Nominations should be submitted no later than 28 June 2013, following the instructions provided at: http://www.who.int/immunization/sage_nominations