World Health 1998 - Abstracts

World Health 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
1948: a new health organization is born.(World Health Organization celebrates its 50th anniversary )Health 
A brake on economic development.(standards in countries with endemic malaria)HealthBernhard H. Liese
A force for change.(impact of AIDS and HIV on children)HealthMark Connolly, Tamar Renaud, Matlhogonolo Mogapi
Ageing: the surest demographic reality of the next century.(increased life expectancy contributes to population)Health 
A gift from the twentieth to the twenty-first century.(eradication of polio)Health 
AIDS and school education.HealthMariella Baldo
AIDS strengthens its grip on the world.HealthNeff Walker, Bernhard Schwartlander, Elisabeth Pisani, Roeland Monasch, Antonio Gerbase
An African perspective.(malaria in Africa)HealthLateef A. Salako
Animals that infect humans.(zoonotic diseases described)HealthKlaus Stohr, Francois-Xavier Meslin
A professional organization makes a difference in Lithuania.(Lithuanian Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology targets maternal mortality)HealthRuta Nadisauskiene
Asking women why: a study in Tanzania.(dangers of maternity in Tanzania)HealthDenise Roth
A vaccine for malaria?HealthHoward Engers, Nina Mattock
Back to basics: the shift to primary health care.(history of the World Health Organization )Health 
Brucellosis: a widespread public health problem.(prevention)HealthOttorino Cosivi, Aristarhos Seimenis
Building on success.(campaign for eradication of smallpox)Health 
Care for people living with HIV/AIDS.HealthElly Katabira, Francis Mubiru, Eric van Praag
Coping with chronic conditions.Health 
Diseases transmitted by pets.HealthBruno B. Chomel
Dispelling myths about heart disease.HealthIngrid Martin
Dogs and Aboriginal health in Australia.(zoonoses)HealthBart Currie
DOTS: a breakthrough in TB control.(Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course strategy in controlling tuberculosis)Health 
Ensuring access to AIDS drugs.HealthRobin Gray, Vincent Habiyambere, Francoise Renaud-Thery
Essential drugs save lives.(developing countries draw up plans for distributing vital medication)Health 
Expanding the global response to HIV/AIDS.HealthPeter Piot
Forging the links in a chain of care.(maternal health care services)HealthCarla AbouZahr
Gender differences in mental health.HealthMichelle Tansella
Getting the community involved.(India's national antimalaria program)HealthV. P. Sharma
Globalization and public health: a new challenge for WHO?(World Health Organization could play role in transnational policy)Health 
HIV counselling and testing.(the effects of HIV/AIDS in Zambia)HealthMichael Kelly, Ignatius Kayawe, Rachel Baggaley
HIV infection and TB.HealthKevin M. De Cock, Mark S. Dworkin
How much does safe motherhood cost?(WHO and World Bank issue Mother-Baby Package Costing Spreadsheet)HealthCraig Lissner, Eva Weissman
Impregnated bednets.(nets with insecticides embedded)HealthBrian M. Greenwood, Geoffrey A.T. Targett
Improving the health of nomadic people -- the example of cystic hydatid disease.(Turkana people)HealthCalum N. L. Macpherson
Involving men in women's health care.(Bolivian men become educated about the dangers of pregnancy)HealthVeronica Kaune, Guillermo Seoane
Keeping foods of animal origin safe.(preventing food-borne diseases)HealthFritz K. Kaferstein, Francois-Xavier Meslin
Malaria in emergency situations.HealthMark Rowland, Sylvia Meek
Midwives make childbirth safer.HealthAnne Thompson
Mobilizing for safe motherhood in Nepal.HealthMartha Levitt, Nancy Russell
Mobilizing the teachers.(malaria control involves schools and teachers)HealthSusan Van der Vynckt, Elil Renganathan
Nations for Mental Health.(program considering mental and neurological problems)HealthBenedetto Saraceno
New-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.(spongiform encephalopathy)HealthMartin Zeidler, Daniel Hahn
Noise can damage your hearing.HealthAndrew W. Smith
Pregnancy in the USA: risks are higher for some women.(African American women more likely to suffer maternal mortality)HealthCynthia Berg, Isabella Danel, Hani Atrash
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.HealthMarc Lallemant, Vallop Thaineua
Preventing sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection.HealthMichel Carael, Thierry E. Mertens
Risks in motherhood.(malaria during pregnancy)HealthDavid Payne
Safe motherhood action in China.(reducing rates of maternal mortality in rural areas of China)HealthRu-Yan Pang
Safe motherhood: a success story in Sri Lanka.(maternal mortality)HealthPramilla Senanayake
Saving lives after civil war.(Angola takes steps to reduce maternal mortality)HealthTeresa Tome, Florinda Silva, Khanga Rodrigues, Elsa Ambriz, Rolin Cruz, Emilia Freitas, Peter B. Larsen, Staffan Bergstrom
Scientific and ethical issues in AIDS vaccines.HealthBarry R. Bloom, Ruth Macklin, Bharamapravati Natth
Severe malaria.HealthMalcolm Molyneux
Smoking: men are still the main victims.HealthBarbara Zolty
Take care of yourself and others.(HIV infection in Russia)Health Nina Ananiashvili, Yuri Shevchuk, Yevgeni Kafelnikov
The challenge to obstetricians.HealthMahmoud F. Fathalla
The Global Malaria Control Strategy.HealthPeter Trigg, Anatoli Kondrachine
The mother of fevers.(controlling spread of malaria)Health 
Uganda gets her there on time!(unorthodox ways to get pregnant women to health care facilities)HealthHatib Njie
Use of antimicrobials in food animals.(medical effect on humans)HealthKlaus Stohr, Francois-Xavier Meslin
Victory over leprosy draws nearer.Health 
Violence and reproductive health.HealthJuliet Heller
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