IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

 

 

In the editorial section, Flavia Bustreo & Julio Frenk (798) discuss an international approach for improving women's and children's health. SK Perehudoff et al. (799) consider the importance of national constitutions in enforcing access to medicines. Shaohua Sean Hu et al. (800) discuss how public health telephone surveys must adapt to the increased use of mobile phones. In an interview, John Conly (805-806) talks about how the misuse of antibiotics causes antimicrobial resistance.

 


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Cause-of-death data

Kavi Bhalla et al. (831-838) assess global death registration data for estimating injury mortality.

 

Water science and health

Jonathan W Bridge et al. (873-875) call for the water and health sectors to work closely together to prevent waterborne disease outbreaks in high-income countries.

 

Measuring disability

T Bedirhan Üstün et al. (815-823) describe the development of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0.

 

Volunteer spirit or exploitation?

Kenneth Maes (867-869) asks whether volunteerism for health-related work is sustainable in low-income settings.

 

Ethics of human tissue transplantation

Jean-Paul Pirnay et al. (870-872) discusses the need for ethical guidance in human tissue use.

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