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TV, RADIO, AND KNOWLEDGE ON CONTRACEPTION AND HIV/ ...

TV, RADIO, AND KNOWLEDGE ON CONTRACEPTION AND HIV/AIDS ‘Television viewing in particular is found to be strongly associated with the use of ...

RE-THINKING AID DISPLACEMENT IN THE HEALTH SECTOR

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PROFILE:: THE KILIFI HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEI ...

  Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) J Anthony G Scott1,2,3,*, Evasius Bauni1,3, Jennifer C Moisi1,2, John ...

GUINEA WORM ERADICATION

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ELIMINATION OF BLINDING TRACHOMA BY 2020

ELIMINATION OF BLINDING TRACHOMA BY 2020   Full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer8717.pdf  Discussion Trachoma is an ancien ...

POLIO IN THE WORLD, JANUARY-APRIL 2012

  POLIO IN THE WORLD, JANUARY-APRIL 2012 From www.polioeradication.org Polio this week - As of 09 May 2012 In the first four months of 20 ...

EPI INFO, AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR ...

Reproduced from the PanAfrican Medical Journal Epi Info™: Now an Open-source application that continues a long and productive “l ...

WARMER TEMPERATURES REDUCE THE VECTORIAL CAPACITY ...

‘These results highlight the need to understand the interactive effects of environmental temperature on multiple host-disease life-history trait ...

ORAL FLUID TESTING FOR RUBELLA

ORAL FLUID TESTING FOR RUBELLA Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010 Research  Oral Fluid Testing durin ...

MEASLES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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BOOK REVIEW ON 'EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: TERMS AN ...

BOOK REVIEW ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: TERMS AND CONCEPTS Miettinen, OS (ed). Int. J. Epidemiol. (2012) doi: 10.1093/ije/dys044   Epidemiol ...

DOES THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS IN ...

      DOES THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS IN KENYA MEET THE PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL COVERAGE?    &n ...

IS THE MALARIA VACCINE A MAGIC BULLET?

  ‘What a malaria vaccine will not do: 1. Be 100% protective efficacy 2. Be deployed by the vaccine developer 3. Eliminate malaria from ...

WHO POSITION PAPERS ON VACCINES -- NEW POSTING ON ...

The last decade has seen a proliferation of vaccines against pneumococcal disease. WHO has now issued a position paper on these products, at http://ww ...

PROGRESS IN GLOBALMEASLES CONTROL, 2000-2010

PROGRESS IN GLOBAL MEASLES CONTROL, 2000–2010 Conclusions below; full text, in French and English, is at http://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer870 ...

GLOBAL MEASLES AND RUBELLA STRATEGIC PLAN

GLOBAL MEASLES AND RUBELLA STRATEGIC PLAN Full text, http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/Measles_Rubella_StrategicPlan_2012_2020.pdf From t ...

INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE MALARIA POLICY ADVISORY C ...

INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE MALARIA POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE WHO: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Abstract The Malaria Policy Advisory Comm ...

SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE FOR IPTp

'Women who received full IPTp with SP had lower peripheral (P = .018) and placental (P < .001) parasite densities than women wh ...

LONDON DECLARATION ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

  LONDON DECLARATION ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES   To endorse the Declaration, add your organization at www.UnitingToCombatNTDs ...

SELF-REPORTED DISCRIMINATION BY ADOLESCENTS IN BRA ...

'Self-reported discrimination was prevalent and unequally distributed among the population.'SELF-REPORTED DISCRIMINATION BY ADOLESCENTS IN BRAZIL A ...

THE GLOBAL REPORT FOR RESEARCH ON INFECTIOUS DISEA ...

'An index of infectious diseases of poverty that is based on the prevalence and incidence of infectious diseases can act as a barometer of health and ...

SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKE FREE MEXICO CIT ...

STRONG ADVOCACY LED TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKEFREE MEXICO CITY ‘The Tobacco industry's power at higher levels of government make ...

HIV INFECTION AND THE INCIDENCE OF MALARIA AMONG H ...

‘HIV infection is a risk factor for the development of malaria.’ First published online: March 28, 2012 HIV INFECTION AND THE INC ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE 2010 GLOBAL MEASLES MORTALITY RE ...

‘[D]elayed implementation of accelerated disease control in India and continued outbreaks in Africa stalled momentum towards the 2010 global mea ...

GREATEST HITS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

GREATEST HITS, MDGs Since 2008, 16 postings on the Millennium Development Goals have attracted 100 or more page views from you, my readers. Her ...

DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS OF 2009 PANDEMIC INF ...

DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS OF 2009 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A (H1N1) IN MAINLAND CHINA 1.   Li-Qun Fang, Li-Ping Wang, Sake J. de Vlas, So ...

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: current situation and challenges Sandhi M Barre ...

.WAR, DROUGHT, MALNUTRITION, MEASLES -- A REPORT F ...

  WAR, DROUGHT, MALNUTRITION, MEASLES — A REPORT FROM SOMALIA Jean-Clement Cabrol, M.D. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:1856-1858 Somalia ha ...

SOME STATISTICAL ANALYSES FROM PROGRESS IN CHILD W ...

SOME STATISTICAL ANALYSES FROM PROGRESS IN CHILD WELL-BEING Full text is at http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/Progress%2 ...

.ESTIMATES OF CHILD DEATHS PREVENTED FROM MALARIA ...

ESTIMATES OF CHILD DEATHS PREVENTED FROM MALARIA PREVENTION SCALE-UP IN AFRICA 2001-2010. http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-11- ...