<p>The objective of the study was to review policies on management of latent tuberculosis infection in countries with low and high burdens of tuberculosis.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/96/3/17-199414-ab/en/"
The first part of a series of three features on antimicrobial resistance looks at the French campaign that has been held up as an example of how to change the way antibiotics are prescribed. But, as Gary Humphreys reports, 10 years after the campaign
Dr Robert D Newman tells the WHO Bulletin why malaria programmes don
The objective of this study is to provide a model-based method of estimating maternal mortality at the subnational level and illustrate its use in estimating maternal mortality rates (MMrates) and maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) in all 64 districts of Bangladesh.
The lack of skilled service providers in rural areas of India has emerged as the most important constraint in achieving universal health care. India has about 1.4 million medical practitioners, 74% of whom live in urban areas where they serve only 28% of the population, while the rural population remains largely underserved.
<p><span>The objective of this study was to review and evaluate the recent literature on the health effects of exposure to mobile phone base station (MPBS) radiation.</span></p>
<p>The objective of this study was to assess drug donations in terms of their adherence to the drug donation guidelines put forth by the World Health Organization (WHO).<br /> </p>
The objective of this study was to evaluate and quantify the economic benefits attributable to improvements in water supply and sanitation in rural India.
Replacing traditional foods with imported, processed food has contributed to the high prevalence of obesity and related health problems in the Pacific islands.
The possible links between climate change and health form one of the most controversial topics of our time. In this interview, Dr Colin Summerhayes talks about how the world
In every country, rich or poor, the story is the same. There are not enough nurses. The developed world fills its vacancies by enticing nurses from other countries, while developing countries are unable to compete with better pay, better professional development and the lure of excitement offered elsewhere.
