Cover -- BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - MARCH 2014 -- In this month's Bulletin -- Editorials -- The difficulty of making healthy choices and "health in all policies" -- References -- From concept to measurement: operationalizing WHO's definition of unsafe abortion -- References -- News -- Public health round-up -- Measles vaccination in the Central African Republic -- Global measles deaths at record low -- Medical supplies air-lifted to Syrian north-east -- Countries need cancer prevention -- Social media campaign for storm ravaged communities -- New leaders at WHO -- Preserving pyrethroids -- Evidence-based medicine vital for health and medical progress in China -- Research -- The incremental cost of switching from Option B to Option B+ for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Estimating the measles effective reproduction number in Australia from routine notification data -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Determining health-care facility catchment areas in Uganda using data on malaria-related visits -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Effect of Chiranjeevi Yojana on institutional deliveries and neonatal and maternal outcomes in Gujarat, India: a difference-in-differences analysis -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- A comparison of two visual inspection methods for cervical cancer screening among HIV-infected women in Kenya -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes and their risk factors among Bangladeshi adults: a nationwide survey -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Policy & -- practice.

Compulsory patent licensing and local drug manufacturing capacity in Africa -- International patent law and access to medicines -- African disease burden and TRIPS -- Pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity -- Economic collaboration -- The case for an African regional trade agreement -- Conclusion -- References -- Lessons from the field -- Monitoring polio supplementary immunization activities using an automated short text messaging system in Karachi, Pakistan -- Background -- Problem -- Approach -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Perspectives -- Disability weights in the global burden of disease 2010 study: two steps forward, one step back? -- General concerns and how they were addressed -- Remaining concerns -- Conclusion -- References.

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: Persuading people to make healthy choices; How WHO defines unsafe abortion; Insecticide resistance threatens recent gains in malaria control; Evidence-based medicine in China: an interview with Youping Li; Comparison of methods for cervical cancer screening; Impact of a public-private partnership on institutional deliveries in India; Improving access to essential medicines in the African Region; The use of text messages to track polio vaccinations in Pakistan.

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