This month, the Bulletin’s focus is on climate change and health. In editorials, Maria Neira (546) announces the first WHO conference on the subject and Robert Yates (547) proposes that governments should reconsider fuel subsidies in the context of mitigating climate change.
Gary Humphreys (551‒552) reports on how policy-makers are reframing climate change in terms of its effects on human health and Fiona Fleck interviews Marit Viktoria Pettersen (553‒554), climate negotiator for Norway. In a third editorial, Tricia Petruney et al. (548) explain why family planning should be included when setting development goals.
China
Linking growth of the economy to growth of children
Xin-Nan Zong & Hui Li (555‒564) track 35 years of economic indicators and children’s height and weight data.
Peru
Is the water safe to drink?
Christine Marie George et al. (565‒572) measure arsenic concentrations in water.
Cambodia
Curing that cough
Tan Eang Mao et al. (573‒581) track changes in tuberculosis prevalence.
Zambia
Preventing vertical transmission
Benjamin H Chi et al. (582‒592) evaluate efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus.
Australia
Reducing hospital stays for herpes zoster
Anita E Heywood et al. (593‒604) analyse the impact of a varicella vaccination programme.
Argentina, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Pakistan & Zambia
Fatal outcomes of pregnancy
Sarah Saleem et al. (605‒612) track maternal and neonatal deaths.
Brazil
Not so fast
Betina Durovni et al. (613‒617) share lessons learnt when introducing a new test for tuberculosis.
Global
Men’s health should count too
Peter Baker et al. (618–620) make the case for revising global health equity goals.