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BOOK REVIEW: HENDERSON AND FOEGE ON SMALLPOX ERADI ...

‘Perhaps the greatest obstacle was the “knowledge” that eradication was impossible’.BOOK REVIEW: HENDERSON AND FOEGE ON SMALLP ...

DYNAMICS OF CHOLERA OUTBREAKS IN THE GREAT LAKES R ...

Is cholera predictable? If so, then with two prequalified oral cholera vaccines now available, it may be amenable to control.  DYNAMICS O ...

7 BILLION OF US: THE VIEW BY LANCET INFECTIOUS DIS ...

    ‘Recent history shows us that people will limit their own fertility if they have a high degree of confidence that their chil ...

SEARCHING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS SWEET SPOT: THE R ...

SEARCHING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS SWEET SPOT: THE REGULATION OF SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES David M. Studdert , Jordan Flanders, Michelle M. Mello Ci ...

EDITORIAL: A VACCINE FOR MALARIA

EDITORIAL: A VACCINE FOR MALARIA  From the New England Journal of Medicine Nicholas J. White, F.R.S.   It’s been a long time c ...

MALARIA ELIMINATION IN SWAZILAND

MALARIA ELIMINATION IN SWAZILAND   Best viewed, with maps and graphic, at http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-10-313.pdf ...

MALARIA ERADICATION NO VAGUE ASPIRATION, SAYS GATE ...

  MALARIA ERADICATION NO VAGUE ASPIRATION, SAYS GATES By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent SEATTLE | Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:47pm ...

THE SAFETY OF THIOMERSAL

On behalf of the GAVI Civil Society Constituency, the GAVI Civil Society Steering Committee endorses the attached letter on thiomersal in vaccines and ...

THE FACTS ON THIOMERSAL

 FACTS ON THIOMERSALThe World Health Organization has prepared a list of questions and answers about the use of thiomersal as a vaccine preservat ...

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF CHWs DELIVERI ...

  ‘CHW programmes could potentially achieve large gains in child survival in sub-Saharan Africa if these programmes were implemented at sc ...

3) THE CONTRIBUTION OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FACTOR ...

3) THE CONTRIBUTION OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS TO GOOD HEALTH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KERALA STATE Summary at http://www.pitt.edu/~super1 ...

2) GOOD HEALTH IN ETHIOPIA

2) GOOD HEALTH IN ETHIOPIA Summary at http://healthsystems.lshtm.ac.uk/ethiopia_cs.pdf  

1) 'GOOD HEALTH AT LOW COST,' 25 YEARS ON -- WHAT ...

  1) 'GOOD HEALTH AT LOW COST' 25 YEARS ON - WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL HEALTH SYSTEM From www.lshtm.ac.uk Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Even cou ...

A STATISTICAL MODEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF ...

A STATISTICAL MODEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF WILD POLIOVIRUS IN AFRICA USED TO PREDICT AND PREVENT OUTBREAKS Abstract and introduction belo ...

ESTIMATING THE EXTENT OF VACCINE-DERIVED POLIOVIRU ...

ESTIMATING THE EXTENT OF VACCINE-DERIVED POLIOVIRUS INFECTION ‘Although only 114 virologically-confirmed paralytic cases were identified in ...

POLIO IN NIGERIA

  POLIO IN NIGERIA ‘. . . the continued circulation of WPV and cVDPV2 during 2011 in six states and evidence of limitations in AFP su ...

REPORT OF THE GPEI INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARD

  REPORT OF THE GPEI INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARD Executive summary below; full text is at http://www.polioeradication.org/Portals/0/Docume ...

MALARIA IN AFRICA CAN BE ELIMINATED

MALARIA IN AFRICA CAN BE ELIMINATED              1.   Carlos C. Campbell* a ...

THE LAST MILE IN GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION

THE LAST MILE IN GLOBAL POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION Best viewed at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60744-7/full ...

UPDATE ON ONCHO ELIMINATION IN THE AMERICAS

UPDATE ON ONCHO ELIMINATION IN THE AMERICAS Excerpts below; full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8638.pdf ‘Two significant event ...

UPDATE ON MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN SUPPORT OF G ...

UPDATE ON MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL LF ELIMINATION  Excerpts below; full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8635. ...

MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE ON DISEASE ...

  MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE ON DISEASE ERADICATION  Full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8632.pdf   Con ...

FIRST RESULTS OF PHASE 3 TRIAL OF RTS,S/AS01 MALAR ...

FIRST RESULTS OF PHASE 3 TRIAL OF RTS,S/AS01 MALARIA VACCINE IN AFRICAN CHILDREN From the New England Journal of Medicine Best read at http://ww ...

MEASLES ADVOCACY 10TH ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS ...

  Measles Advocacy 10th Annual Meeting Presentations Available  More than 100 stakeholders in the Measles Initiative, including the foundi ...

PERSISTENCE OF DIPHTHERIA IN INDIA

PERSISTENCE OF DIPHTHERIA IN INDIA Best viewed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180947/?tool=pubmed   &nb ...

GLOBAL UPDATE ON LEPROSY, 2011

GLOBAL UPDATE ON LEPROSY, 2011 Excerpt below; full text, with country specific data and year by year, comparisons, is at http://www.who.int/wer/2 ...

FACT SHEETS ON GUINEA WORM ERADICATION

FACT SHEETS ON GUINEA WORM ERADICATION   With guinea worm (dracunculiasis) now confined almost entirely to the Republic of South Sudan, and ...

MEASLES UPDATE

  Dr. Foege on measles elimination Dr. William Foege, amongst the world's most esteemed global public health experts, opened ...

INEQUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: RISK AND PROTECTIVE ...

    INEQUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT  The Lancet, Early Online Publicati ...

HERD IMMUNITY AND SEROTYPE REPLACEMENT FOUR YEARS ...

 HERD IMMUNITY AND SEROTYPE REPLACEMENT 4 YEARS AFTER PCV7 VACCINATION  ‘Despite much serotype replacement, a substantial reducti ...