WHO Bulletin June 2011 issue:
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Launch of Global Patient Safety Alerts/images/isrrt/WHO Patient Safety Newsletter May 2011.pdf
WHO Patient Safety is proud to be a special partner of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute in the development and the launch of Global Patient Safety Alerts, a publicly available web-based platform that gives frontline health-care providers and organizations around the world access to information on patient safety incidents, from causes to recommendations and solutions.
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chair of WHO Patient Safety, will give an address during the launch scheduled for 15 February 2011.
The media launch will be at 8:00 AM MST, UTC/GMT -7 hours. For remote media access to the launch
The public launch will be at 8:30 AM MST, UTC/GMT -7 hours. For public access, please visit http://www.gowebcasting.com/2190
The audio file of the launch will be available on the WHO Patient Safety website in a few days time.
WHO Patient Safety looks forward to continuing to contribute to the Portal and to use its capabilities to advance the goals of its Reporting and Learning Systems and its International Reporting and Learning Community of Practice. For more information, please visit http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/reporting_and_learning/en/index.html
The WHO Patient Safety Team
Lancement des Alertes mondiales sur la sécurité des patients
Le Programme de l'OMS pour la Sécurité des patients est fier de son partenariat avec l’Institut canadien pour la sécurité des patients dans la création et le lancement du site Alertes mondiales sur la sécurité des patients, une plateforme publiquement disponible sur le web pour les prestataires de soins de première ligne et les organisations de partout dans le monde qui auront, grâce à ce site, accès à de l’information complète sur les incidents liés à la sécurité des patients, des recommandations jusqu’aux solutions.
Sir Liam Donaldson, président du Programme de l'OMS pour la Sécurité des patients, sera l'un des invités du lancement qui aura lieu le 15 février 2011.
Pour les journalistes qui veulent accéder au lancement, veuillez cliquer sur http://www.gowebcasting.com/2190. Le lancement des journalistes commencera à 8 h HNR, UTC/GMT - 7 heures.
Le lancement pour le grand public aura lieu à 8h30 HNR, UTC/GMT - 7 heures. Pour y accéder, veuillez visiter le site http://www.gowebcasting.com/2190
Le fichier audio du lancement sera disponible sur le site web du Programme de l'OMS pour la Sécurité des patients d'ici quelques jours.
Le Programme de l'OMS pour la Sécurité des patients continuera de contribuer à cette plateforme dans le cadre de ses initiatives de Notification et d'apprentissage. Pour plus d'information, veuillez visiter le site http://www.who.int/patientsafety/implementation/reporting_and_learning/fr/index.html
L'équipe du Programme de l'OMS pour la Sécurité des patients.
Highlights from the February 2011 WHO Bulletin issue:
- What is the ideal weight gain during pregnancy? A study from
- Modern contraceptive use in
- Radio programme helps combat food insecurity
- Why so slow to develop new antibiotics?
- Diabetes – a product of modern technology
- Many people miss out on diagnosis and treatment of high blood cholesterol
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Complete list of contents for Volume 89, Number 2, February 2011
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Volume 89, Number 2, February 2011, 81-160
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Highlights from the January 2011 issue:
- Campaigns against acid violence in
- Twice as many road deaths in
- Have advertising campaigns worked to reduce antibiotics use in
- Call for an end to free formula milk for newborns in
- Cross-border medical travel challenges conventional public health thinking
- Dr Robert D Newman, WHO’s Global Malaria Programme, says in an interview that malaria eradication will take 40 years or more to achieve.
Complete list of contents for Volume 89, Number 1, January 2011
Abstracts and other items are available in عربي, 中文, Français, Русский and Español.
Volume 89, Number 1, January 2011, 1-80
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
In this month’s Bulletin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.000111
EDITORIALS
Violence against women: an urgent public health priority
- Claudia Garcia-Moreno & Charlotte Watts
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.085217
Systematic reviews in the Bulletin
- Maria Luisa Clark & Shyam Thapa
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.084970
NEWS
Public health round-up
Campaigns against acid violence spur change
Are antibiotics still “automatic” in
Learning to outwit malaria
RESEARCH
Maternal mortality estimation at the subnational level: a model-based method with an application to Bangladesh
- Saifuddin Ahmed & Kenneth Hill
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076851
Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 1 in Latin America and the
- Chessa K Lutter et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.078618
Validity of verbal autopsy for ascertaining the causes of stillbirth
- Arun K Aggarwal et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076828
Comparing road traffic mortality rates from police-reported data and death registration data in China
- Guoqing Hu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080317
Blood sample volumes in child health research: review of safe limits
- Stephen RC Howie
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080010
Evidence summaries tailored to health policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries
- Sarah E Rosenbaum et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.075481
POLICY & PRACTICE
Implications of the new WHO guidelines on HIV and infant feeding for child survival in South Africa
- Tanya Doherty et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.079798
The movement of patients across borders: challenges and opportunities for public health
- Matthias Helble
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076612
LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Indian approaches to retaining skilled health workers in rural areas
- Thiagarajan Sundararaman & Garima Gupta
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070862
BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Health and social justice
- Lawrence O Gostin
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.082388
GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Guidelines for contributors
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.000011
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/
WHO Bulletin Volume 88, Number 11, November 2010, 797–876
· Tobacco pack warnings:
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· Interview: Raising the spectre of a world without antibiotics
· New global push on chronic viral hepatitis: WHO takes the lead
· Preventing malaria in infants
· Global ethical framework needed for human cell and tissue transplantation
· Getting more nurses to work in rural
Complete list of contents for Volume 88, Number 11, November 2010, 797–876
Abstracts and other items are available in عربي, 中文, Français, Русский and Español.
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
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EDITORIALS
Women’s and children’s health: from pledges to action
- Flavia Bustreo & Julio Frenk
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.083485
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The impact of cell phones on public health surveillance
- Shaohua Sean Hu et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.082669
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Access to essential medicines in national constitutions
- SK Perehudoff et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.078733
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NEWS
At last a global response to viral hepatitis
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Bridging the gap in
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Antimicrobial resistance: revisiting the “tragedy of the commons”
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH
Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants: a decision-support tool for sub-Saharan Africa
- Ilona Carneiro et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072397
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Developing the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0
- T Bedirhan Üstün et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067231
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The impact of an emergency hiring plan on the shortage and distribution of nurses in Kenya: the importance of information systems
- JM Gross et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072678
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Availability and quality of cause-of-death data for estimating the global burden of injuries
- Kavi Bhalla et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068809
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Nationwide survey on resource availability for implementing current sepsis guidelines in Mongolia
- Otgon Bataar et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.077073
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HIV infection in older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: extrapolating prevalence from existing data
- Joel Negin & Robert G Cumming
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076349
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Impact of a cash-for-work programme on food consumption and nutrition among women and children facing food insecurity in rural Bangladesh
- CGN Mascie-Taylor et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080994
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POLICY & PRACTICE
Lessons from
- Janet Hoek et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076695
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PERSPECTIVES
Examining health-care volunteerism in a food- and financially-insecure world
- Kenneth Maes
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.074120
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Human cells and tissues: the need for a global ethical framework
- Jean-Paul Pirnay et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.074542
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Engaging with the water sector for public health benefits: waterborne pathogens and diseases in developed countries
- Jonathan W Bridge et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072512
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CORRIGENDUM
Corrigendum
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.101110
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BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
The third ten years of the World Health Organization: 1968–1977
- S William A Gunn
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.077313
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Choked pipes: reforming
- Shehla Zaidi
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.079285
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In an editorial Clarissa Brocklehurst & Jamie Bartram discuss the major impact that water and sanitation have on the lives of women and girls. In a second editorial, Jeremy A Greene discusses the evolving role of essential medicines in public health.
In the news section, Jane Parry reports on health problems caused by abandoning traditional foods in the Pacific Islands.
Patralekha Chatterjee reports on the Indian health-financing system in which 1.2 billion people have to pay out of their own pocket.
In an interview, Melissa Leach says there is much to learn from combining local and scientific knowledge in dealing with haemorrhagic fevers.
Justin O Parkhurst investigates the link between HIV infection and household wealth in 12 sub-Saharan countries.
The CDI Study Group finds that an approach used in onchocerciasis control in
M-F Anaky et al. study a paediatric HIV- care and treatment programme in
Subhrendu K Pattanayak et al. evaluate the economic benefit of water and sanitation improvements in rural
Christiana R Titaley et al. find a significant reduction in deaths of Indonesian newborns whose mothers took iron and folic acid during pregnancy.
Margaret E Kruk et al. assess health services five years after the end of the civil war in Liberia.
Mohammad Ali et al. show the benefits of using personal digital assistants in a vaccination programme in the United Republic of Tanzania.
Jane Cottingham et al. develop a tool to examine States’ human rights obligations.
Jennifer Mindell et al. develop a practical guide for doing health impact assessments.
Volume 88, Number 7, July 2010, 481-560
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
Africa; Does poverty drive the HIV epidemic?; Cameroon, Nigeria & Uganda; Involving communities in health; Côte d’Ivoire; Care for HIV-infected children; India; Breaking cycle of heath-care debt; Price for piped water?; Indonesia; Reducing neonatal deaths; Liberia; After the war; Pacific islands ; Heavy price for poor diet; United Republic of Tanzania; Digitizing data in the field; Global; Applying human rights for health; Improving the use of evidence
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EDITORIALS
Swimming upstream: why sanitation, hygiene and water are so important to mothers and their daughters
- Clarissa Brocklehurst & Jamie Bartram
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080077
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When did medicines become essential?
- Jeremy A Greene
doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.079970
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NEWS
Pacific islanders pay heavy price for abandoning traditional diet
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Time to put Ebola in context
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Recent news from WHO
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RESEARCH
Scaling up antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children in Côte d’Ivoire: determinants of survival and loss to programme
- M-F Anaky et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068015
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Iron and folic acid supplements and reduced early neonatal deaths in Indonesia
- Christiana R Titaley et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.065813
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Community-directed interventions for priority health problems in
- The CDI Study Group
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.069203
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Understanding the correlations between wealth, poverty and human immunodeficiency virus infection in African countries
- Justin O Parkhurst
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070185
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Availability of essential health services in post-conflict Liberia
- Margaret E Kruk et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.071068
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How valuable are environmental health interventions? Evaluation of water and sanitation programmes in India
- Subhrendu K Pattanayak et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.066050
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Improving the use of evidence in health impact assessment
- Jennifer Mindell et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.068510
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POLICY AND PRACTICE
Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks
- Jane Cottingham et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.063412
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LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Paperless registration during survey enumerations and large oral cholera mass vaccination in Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanzania
- Mohammad Ali et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070334
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BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Smoking kills: the revolutionary life of Richard Doll
- Judith Mackay
doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.075325
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Medical imaging specialists call for global referral guidelines
At a recent consultancy Meeting in Geneva called by The World Health Organisation, (WHO), representatives of more than 30 relevant International Societies met to discuss the development and implementation of International Guidelines for medical Imaging with a view to reducing the increasing radiation dose to the population from the inappropriate use of Medical Imaging. ISRRT was invited to present the position of Technologists at this meeting.
Radiographers and Medical Imaging Technologists play a key role in the delivery of radiation in their daily role as an important part of the health care team and will continue to be actively involved through their NGO status of ISRRT and their close involvement with the International Radiology Quality Network (IRQN) and Image Gently.
