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CSU 52/2010: FOUR ON POLIO: BILL GATES, POLIO IN T ...

CSU 52/2010: FOUR ON POLIO: BILL GATES, POLIO IN TAJIKISTAN   Life is full of surprises. It is just a question of how we respond to them. ...

CSU 51/2010: READER FEEDBACK/ ARE ITNs PROTECTIVE ...

1) READER FEEDBACK   One Chinese reader writes 'infectious disease control does well under communist regimes.'   True or false?  Wh ...

CSU 50/2010: ELIMINATION OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DIS ...

CSU 50/2010:  ELIMINATION OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION/ ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE A ...

CSU 49/2010: THREE ON PROGRESS TOWARDS MDG 5

CSU 45/2010: DIGGING UP THE LITERATURE FROM YOUR ...

CSU 45/2010:  DIGGING UP THE LITERATURE FROM YOUR COUNTRY/ SOAP OPERAS AND MESSAGES FOR HEALTH   1) DIGGING UP THE LITERATURE FROM YOUR ...

CSU 43/2010: FOUR ON CASH TRANSFERS

 CSU 43/2010: FOUR ON CASH TRANSFERS   1) From the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_Cash_Transfer   2) CASH ...

CSU 40/2010: WHICH SINGLE INTERVENTION. . . / VAL ...

   CSU 40/2010:  WHICH SINGLE INTERVENTION. . . / VALIDATION OF THE SHAKE TEST    1) WHICH SINGLE INTERVENTION . . . &nbs ...

CSU 39/2010: TOWARDS MALARIA ELIMINATION/ READER F ...

CHILD SURVIVAL UPDATE 39/2010: TOWARDS MALARIA ELIMINATION/ READER FEEDBACK   1) TOWARDS MALARIA ELIMINATION   Most malaria special ...

CSU 38/2010: E-INTERVIEW WITH FREDROS OKUMU

CSU 38/2010:  E-interview with Fredros Okumu Cross posted, with thanks, from www.malariaworld.com   Good reading.   Bob ...

CSU 37/2010:CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS FOR IMPROVI ...

CSU 37/2010:CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS FOR IMPROVING UPTAKE OF HEALTH INTERVENTIONS     Do any readers know of conditional cash transf ...

CSU 36/2010: THE FALLACY OF COVERAGE

CSU 36/2010:  QUERIES TO READERS/ THE FALLACY OF COVERAGE    THE FALLACY OF COVERAGE   For those who might not have seen it, h ...

CSU 35/2010: SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMME ON ...

CSU 35/2010: SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMME ON ADOLESCENT CIGARETTE SMOKING IN GUANGZHOU, CHINA    China has the largest at-risk popu ...

SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING ONLINE/ ...

This update is reappearing because of its popularity with readers.   1) PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING ONLINE   Note US government sponsored ...

CSU 33/2010: GENDERCIDE

CSU 33/2010: GENDERCIDE  From the 4 March number of The Economist.   Good reading.   BD See this article with graphics and r ...

CSU 30/2010: WORLD ANTIMALARIAL RESISTANCE NETWORK ...

CHILD SURVIVAL UPDATE 30/2010: WORLD ANTIMALARIAL RESISTANCE NETWORK (WARN)   1) PROGRESS AND IMPACT   RBM announces publication ...

CSU 29/2010: CANCER PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN THE ...

CSU 29/2010:  CANCER PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD   Clinical oncology is still in its infancy in many parts of the world. ...

CSU 28/2010: ORAL CHOLERA VACCINE

CSU 28/2010:  ORAL CHOLERA VACCINE From the March 2010 Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Text with graphics is at http://www.who.int/b ...

CSU 27/2010: POLIO ERADICATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS

CSU 27/2010: POLIO ERADICATION WITHIN FIVE YEARSFrom The Lancet Infectious Diseases.    We have seen articles like this before. But t ...

TWO ON HEPATITIS B

CSU 26/2010: TWO ON HEP B         1) TIME BOUND GOAL FOR HEP B CONTROL IN WESTERN PACIFIC REGION    Wri ...

CSU 25/2010: HERD IMMUNITY ACQUIRED INDIRECTLY

CSU 25/2010: HERD IMMUNITY ACQUIRED INDIRECTLY FROM INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS It is widely ...

CSU 24/2010: THREE ON IPT

CSU 24/2010: THREE ON IPT      1) IPTp AND ANC IN RURAL TANZANIA    'Women's experiences and views about costs of seekin ...

CSU 23/2010: EFFICACY OF A THEORY BASED ABSTINENCE ...

CSU 23/2010: EFFICACY OF A THEORY BASED ABSTINENCE ONLY INTERVENTION OVER 24 MONTHS    Readers of Cochrane reviews on abstinence only inte ...

CSU 22/2010: TWO ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE

CSU 22/2010: TWO ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE1) SUICIDE RATES AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS   Suicide is an underdiscussed cause of death in ad ...

ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALRI I ...

CSU 21/2010: READER COMMENTS/ QUERY TO READERS/ ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION      1) ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALRI IN CHI ...

CSU 20/2010: ACSD IN WEST AFRICA: A RETROSPECTIVE ...

 CSU 20/2010: ACSD IN WEST AFRICA: A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION       One finding from this multicountry evaluation is ...

THE GLOBALIZATION OF TOBACCO

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CSU 11/2010: RWANDA'S DECLINES IN UNDER-FIVE MORTA ...

CSU 11/2010: RWANDA'S DECLINES IN UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY   Rwanda's declines in infant and under-five mortality are the envy of neighboring count ...

CSU 10/2010: TOBACCO, A GLOBAL PEDIATRIC CONCERN

         CSU 10/2010: TOBACCO, A GLOBAL PEDIATRIC CONCERN Though tobacco tends to kill adults, the effects of ...

CSU 09/2010: MANAGING INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE

CSU 09/2010: MANAGING INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE   In the '50s and '60s, the rapid appearance of DDT resistance, with no overall str ...

CSU 07/2010: THREE ON TRACHOMA CONTROL

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