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RISK FACTORS FOR HIV 1 TRANSMISSION IN SERODISCORD ...

'Modifiable risk factors for HIV-1 transmission were plasma HIV-1 RNA level and condom use, and, in HIV-1-uninfected partners, herpes simplex virus 2 ...

CALL FOR RECOLLECTIONS FROM THE FIRST DECADES OF E ...

The Expanded Programme on Immunization, now the world's largest public health programme, is approaching its fortieth birthday. It got started in a sma ...

GENDER EQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT

  GENDER EQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT Summarized at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1 ...

WORLDWIDE INCIDENCE OF MALARIA IN 2009

WORLDWIDE INCIDENCE OF MALARIA IN 2009 One method:‘population-based surveys of Plasmodium prevalence and case incidence from selected locat ...

THE ISRAEL NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY

   THE ISRAEL NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY The full text of this article, at http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/ar10may-11.pdf , in ...

WHAT'S NEW: THE ISRAEL NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION REGIS ...

   WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK ON  WWW.CHILDSURVIVAL.NET THE ISRAEL NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY The full text of this ...

DEATH OF BOB KEEGAN

Subject: Death of Former CDC Employee Bob Keegan It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Bob Keegan, former deputy director of the Glob ...

POLIO CASES TRIPLE IN AFGHANISTAN -- NEW YORK TIME ...

After Years of Decline, Polio Cases in Afghanistan Triple in a Year By ROD NORDLAND Published: January 17, 2012 Recommend Twitter Linkedin Sign In to ...

RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES OF NEONATAL MORTALITY IN A ...

RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES OF NEONATAL MORTALITY IN A POORLY DEVELOPED PROVINCE OF CHINA  BMC Public Health. 2011 Jun 18;11:477. Yi B, Wu L, L ...

CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESPublished in The Lancet, September 23, 2011 Best viewed at http://www.thelancet.com/series/child-devel ...

THE EFFECT ON THE BURDEN OF MALARIA AND ANEMIA IN ...

'Training of household heads on the utilization of LLITN significantly reduces the burden of malaria in under-five children.'Abstract below, full text ...

CDC PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS, THE SCIENCE BASE F ...

Our first 2012 webcast of CDC's Public Health Grand Rounds, entitled The Science Base for Prevention of Injury and Violence will be streamed on Tuesda ...

NEW MALARIA CONTROL POLICIES AND CHILD MORTALITY I ...

'Direct and indirect effects of new malaria-control policies, introduced in 2003 and completed during 2006-2008, are likely to have been the key ...

YVES CHARTIER, R.I.P.

RIP Yves Chartier Jhilmil Bhal, WHO It is with great sadness that we inform you of the tragic death of our dear friend and colleague, Yves Chartier. Y ...

ERADICATING POLIO: PERSISTING CHALLENGES BEYOND EN ...

Expert Review of Vaccines December 2011, Vol. 10, No. 12, Pages 1635-1636 , DOI 10.1586/erv.11.156 (doi:10.1586/erv.11.156) Eradicating polio: pe ...

RISK ANALYSIS IN POLIO ERADICATION

THE ROLE OF RISK ANALYSIS IN POLIO ERADICATION: MODELING POSSIBILITIES, PROBABILITIES AND OUTCOMES TO INFORM CHOICES ’ A low-cost and easy- ...

VOLUNTARY MALE MEDICAL CIRCUMCISION

VOLUNTARY MALE MEDICAL CIRCUMCISION For those who missed this collection of 9 new articles, first posted over the holidays in December. A UNAIDS/ ...

IPTi IN SOUTHERN TANZANIA: EVALUATION OF IMPACT ON ...

Malar J. 2011 Dec 30;10(1):387. [Epub ahead of print]  CLUSTER-RANDOMIZED STUDY OF INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT FOR MALARIA IN INFANTS (I ...

MODELING OF MEASLES

   MODELING OF MEASLES   ‘The most adequate model for the occurrences of measles in Bangladesh was the seasonal autoregres ...

DO CASH TRANSFERS IMPROVE BIRTH OUTCOMES?

DO CASH TRANSFERS IMPROVE BIRTH OUTCOMES? Do Cash Transfers Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from Matched Vital Statistics, Social Security and P ...

EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS TO CHANGE SIX FORMS ...

EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS TO CHANGE SIX FORMS OF BEHAVIOR A review of reviews. Full text is at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/5 ...

GENDER INEQUALITY: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

  GENDER INEQUALITY: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN Sep 19th 2011, 15:08 by The Economist online Women and girls die prematurely in greater number ...

BCG AGAINST LEPROSY

BCG AGAINST LEPROSY 1. Lepr Rev;78(2):88-101. 'ILEP organisations should strive for high BCG coverage in communities at risk of leprosy.' Velem ...

WHAT YOU'VE BEEN READING

. Here, in descending order by number of hits, are the technical updates on which you most often clicked in 2011, grouped by category. This listing i ...

THE EPIDEMIC IN OEDIPUS REX

THE EPIDEMIC IN OEDIPUS REX  Best read at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/ad-1801_article.htm Antonis A. Kousoulis  , Konstantin ...

COMMUNITY ADHERENCE TO MALARIA SPRAYING, MOZAMBIQU ...

COMMUNITY ADHERENCE TO SPRAYING, MOZAMBIQUE What drives community adherence to indoor residual spraying (IRS) against malaria in Manhica district ...

AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHY: MIRACLE OR MALTHUS?

AFRICAN DEMOGRAPHY: MIRACLE OR MALTHUS? Also at http://www.economist.com/node/21541834  THE Marie Stopes clinic on the outskirts of Ouagado ...

COMBINED USE OF SPRAYING AND LLINs

 ‘The combination of IRS and ITN might be a feasible strategy to further reduce malaria transmission in areas of persistent perennial malar ...

FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY IN AFRICA

  FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY IN AFRICA: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL Field epidemiology by African specialists has com ...

INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE THERAPY FOR MALARIA

‘In areas with intense malaria transmission, chemoprevention with IPTpd given to children with severe malarial anaemia might reduce rates of readmit ...