Poverty and human development
Volume 85, Number 10, October 2007
Bulletin of the WHO - World Health Organization (BLT)
Available online at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/10/en/index.html
This month the Bulletin joins over 230 other journals around the world in publishing papers on poverty and human development, as part of an initiative by the Council of Science Editors.
The first article on poverty and human development, an editorial, by Augustin Kwasi Fosu, examines the different measures of development and poverty, and how these indicators are linked to health. The second, a research paper by Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez et al., reports that infants born to the socioeconomically disadvantaged in
In the third, a review paper, Lale Say & Rosalind Raine find that inequalities in the use of maternal care in developing countries vary widely, highlighting the need to investigate and assess context-specific causes of use of maternal health care. The final paper in this set, by Tanja A J Houweling et al, found that poor–rich inequalities in maternity care in general, and professional delivery care in particular, are much larger than those in immunization coverage or treatment for childhood illnesses.
Seven papers in this issue of the Bulletin focus on maternal health. In an editorial introducing these papers, Monir Islam describes the enormous challenges to reduce child and maternal mortality in the developing world faced by the Safe Motherhood Initiative in the 20 years since it was formed.
Guo Sufang examines the increase in Caesarean section in
Community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives is commonplace in some countries in Asia and Latin America, but is practically unknown in
Steven A Harvey et al. found that skilled birth attendants in
Use of magnesium sulfate for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia is below desired levels in Mexico and Thailand, according to a study by Pisake Lumbiganon et al. Laurel Hatt et al. conclude that the poorest women still find it hard to access emergency obstetric care.
In an editorial, Sara Wood discusses how policy-makers and scientists often lack access to data they need to assess priorities for public health. She explains how information that can prevent disease outbreaks moves slowly from wealthy to developing countries. In the news, José Orozco reports on the spread of dengue fever in
Ryuichi Komatsu et al. assess the contribution of Global Fund-supported programmes towards achieving international targets and Millennium Development Goals in terms of fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. They conclude that considerably greater financial support will be needed to meet 2009 targets.
Volume 85, Number 10, October 2007, 733-820
Poverty and human development; Maternal health; Why numbers count; In the news; Global Fund targets
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EDITORIALS
Poverty and development
- Augustin Kwasi Fosu doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045955
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The Safe Motherhood Initiative and beyond
- Monir Islam doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045963 Full article text [HTML] | Full article text [pdf 74kb]
Opening data to the world: why health numbers matter
- Sara Wood doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.046649 Full article text [HTML] | Full article text [pdf 71kb]
The Global Fund expands its role
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RESEARCH
Huge poor–rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries
- Tanja AJ Houweling et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038588
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Delivery settings and caesarean section rates in
- Guo Sufang et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035808
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Magnesium sulfate is not used for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in
- Pisake Lumbiganon et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037911
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Contraceptive injections by community health workers in
- John Stanback et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.040162
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Did the strategy of skilled attendance at birth reach the poor in
- Laurel Hatt et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.033472
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Are skilled birth attendants really skilled? A measurement method, some disturbing results and a potential way forward
- Steven A Harvey et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038455
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Identifying barriers and facilitators towards implementing guidelines to reduce caesarean section rates in
- Nils Chaillet et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.039289
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The Chilean infant mortality decline: improvement for whom? Socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in infant mortality, 1990–2005
- Alexander Warren Hertel-Fernandez et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.041848
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Global Fund-supported programmes’ contribution to international targets and the Millennium Development Goals: an initial analysis
- Ryuichi Komatsu et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.038315
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PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS
A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context
- Lale Say & Rosalind Raine doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.035659
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LETTER
Addressing smoking cessation in tuberculosis control
- Nick K Schneider & Thomas E Novotny Full article text [HTML] | Full article text [pdf 93kb]
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