Bulletin of WHO Vol. 92 No. 06 2014.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (84 pages)
BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - June 2014 -- MASTHEAD -- In this month's Bulletin -- Editorials -- 386-386A=BLT.14.140889 -- 387-387A=BLT.14.140566 -- 388-388=BLT.14.141051 -- 389-389A=BLT.14.139139 -- News -- Public health round-up -- BRICS seek value for money as health-care costs rise -- The BRICS countries: a new force in global health? -- Research -- Relative health performance in BRICS over the past 20 years: the winners and losers -- Socioeconomic inequalities and mortality trends in BRICS, 1990-2010 -- Time series analysis of the impact of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence among Australian adults, 2001-2011 -- Policy & -- practice -- BRICS: opportunities to improve road safety -- Progress towards universal health coverage in BRICS: translating economic growth into better health -- Impact of BRICS' investment in vaccine development on the global vaccine market -- Lessons from the field -- Progress and challenges of the rural cooperative medical schemein China -- Perspectives -- BRICS' role in global health and the promotion of universal health coverage: the debate continues -- Tracking the flow of health aid from BRICS countries -- erculosis in BRICS: challenges and opportunities for leadership within the post-2015 agenda -- BRICS in the response to neglected tropical diseases -- BRICS' contributions to the global health agenda -- JUST PUBLISHED! -- Back cover.
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948 the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. As the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization (WHO) the Bulletin draws on WHO experts as editorial advisers reviewers and authors as well as on external collaborators. In this month's issue: BRICS and global health; Commodities for better health in Africa - time to invest locally; BRICS cooperation in strategic health projects; Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage; Relative health performance in BRICS over the past 20 years: the winners and losers; Socioeconomic inequalities and mortality trends in BRICS 1990-2010; Time series analysis of the impact of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence among Australian adults 2001-2011; BRICS: opportunities to improve road safety; Progress towards universal health coverage in BRICS: translating economic growth into better health; Impact of BRICS’ investment in vaccine development on the global vaccine market; Progress and challenges of the rural cooperative medical scheme in China; BRICS’ role in global health and the promotion of universal health coverage: the debate continues; The economic and social benefits of childhood vaccinations in BRICS; Tracking the flow of health aid from BRICS countries; Tuberculosis in BRICS: challenges and opportunities for leadership within the post-2015 agenda; BRICS in the response to neglected tropical diseases; BRICS’ contributions to the global health agenda.