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30 September 2000 (Vol 321, No 7264)
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This week in the BMJ [Full text]

No "quick fixes" for health inequity [Full text]
Developing countries should lead own research [Full text]
Successful technology transfer takes time [Full text]
Unity needed to tackle global health threats [Full text]
Routine antiviral treatment for herpes zoster unnecessary [Full text]
Abnormal semen characteristics increase risk of testicular cancer [Full text]

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Strengthening governance for global health research
Kelley Lee, Anne Mills
BMJ  2000;321:775-776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.775
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Global information flow
Fiona Godlee, Richard Horton, Richard Smith
BMJ  2000;321:776-777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.776
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The ethics of international biomedical research
M A Lansang, F P Crawley
BMJ  2000;321:777-778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.777
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The management of post-herpetic neuralgia
Anthony L Cunningham, Robert H Dworkin
BMJ  2000;321:778-779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.778
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Why the human rights act matters to doctors
Barbara Hewson
BMJ  2000;321:780-781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.780
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Testicular cancer and infertility
DM de Kretser
BMJ  2000;321:781-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.781
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The separating of conjoined twins
Alexander McCall Smith
BMJ  2000;321:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.782
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Knowledge can flow from developing to developed countries
Cindy L K Lam
BMJ  2000;321:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.830
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Let's consider ethics of medical practice first
Samiran Nundy
BMJ  2000;321:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.830/a
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Information gaps have the same causes as wealth gaps
Robin Stott
BMJ  2000;321:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.831
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Improving access to reliable information in developing countries
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
BMJ  2000;321:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.831/a
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Don't forget traditional medical care
Laura Cao-Romero, Alina Bishop
BMJ  2000;321:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.831/b
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Asking "how?" rather than "what, why, where, and who?"
M Chopra, D Sanders
BMJ  2000;321:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.832
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Let's start helping our neighbour
Diego Santana-Hernández
BMJ  2000;321:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.832/a
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Research on a shoestring in Colombia
Rafael Vasquez
BMJ  2000;321:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.832/b
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Community participation is essential in clinical trials
Caroline Wills, Villas Tyeku
BMJ  2000;321:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.833
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Disaster relief and development could be twinned in health research
George Kernohan, Pat Deeny
BMJ  2000;321:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.833/a
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Effect of drug patents in developing countries
Michael Schull
BMJ  2000;321:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.833/b
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Vaccines and medicines for the world's poorest
Subhash C Arya, Rhona MacDonald
BMJ  2000;321:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.834
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When public health may not be public health
Gregory Rose
BMJ  2000;321:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.834/a
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Accurate figures would help to assess countries' needs better
Gerald Danaher
BMJ  2000;321:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.835
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Maternal mortality and mothers' deaths as development indicators
Bruce Currey
BMJ  2000;321:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.835/a
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US prescription drug sales boosted by advertising
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2000;321:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.783
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Conjoined twins should be separated
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;321:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.783/a
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Laparoscopic surgery: two thirds of injuries initially missed
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2000;321:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.784
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Shipman inquiry to be held in public
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;321:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.784/a
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In brief
BMJ  2000;321:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.784/b
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Mammography is no better than physical examination, study shows
Deborah Josefson
BMJ  2000;321:785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.785
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Public criticism makes paediatric surgeon's job too difficult
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;321:785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.785/a
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New sweet potato could help combat blindness in Africa
Claire Wallerstein
BMJ  2000;321:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.786
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Government policies set to narrow "health gap"
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2000;321:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.786/a
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Global health agencies are accused of incompetence
Gavin Yamey
BMJ  2000;321:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.787
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WHO links with consumers on reproductive health information
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2000;321:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.787/a
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AIDS vaccine research focuses on subtypes in developed world
Rohit Sharma
BMJ  2000;321:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.787/b
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Toiling in tough times
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788
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£7m to be spent on European research into diabetes
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788/a
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Gender inequality remains a global problem
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788/b
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All-Ireland health conference discusses cross border cooperation
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788/c
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Laparoscopic surgery: two thirds of injuries initially missed
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788/d
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Mammography no better than physical breast examination, study shows
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788/e
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Conjoined twins should be separated
BMJ  2000;321:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.788/f
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Disseminating health information in developing countries: the role of the internet
Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer
BMJ  2000;321:797-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.797
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Science, medicine, and the future: Leishmaniasis
Lynden J Roberts, Emanuela Handman, Simon J Foote
BMJ  2000;321:801-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.801
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ABC of colorectal cancer: Epidemiology
Peter Boyle, J S Langman
BMJ  2000;321:805-808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.805
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Prevalence of postherpetic neuralgia after a first episode of herpes zoster: prospective study with long term follow up
Sigurdur Helgason, Gunnar Petursson, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Johann A Sigurdsson
BMJ  2000;321:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.794
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What not to do
George Dunea
BMJ  2000;321:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.841/a
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My part in the "brain drain"
Luis Gabriel Cuervo Amore
BMJ  2000;321:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.841
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Why has so little changed in maternal and child health in south Asia?
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
BMJ  2000;321:809-812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.809
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Strengthening health research capacity in developing countries: a critical element for achieving health equity • Commentary: Health research and human development in Papua New Guinea • Commentary: Does strengthening research capacity improve health equity?
Chitr Sitthi-amorn, Ratana Somrongthong, John C Reeder, Jonathon Simon
BMJ  2000;321:813-817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.813
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Health technology transfer
Eva Harris, Marcel Tanner
BMJ  2000;321:817-820, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.817
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Coordinating health research to promote action: the Tanzanian experience
Andrew Y Kitua, Yohana J S Mashalla, Joseph K Shija
BMJ  2000;321:821-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.821
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A new look at international research ethics
Solomon R Benatar, Peter A Singer
BMJ  2000;321:824-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.824
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Moving to research partnerships in developing countries
Anthony Costello, Alimuddin Zumla
BMJ  2000;321:827-829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.827
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Minerva
BMJ  2000;321:842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.842
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Endpieces: Wise words
BMJ  2000;321:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.792/a
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Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
BMJ  2000;321:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.794/a
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A memorable patient: Addressing men's health issues
Alexander Williams
BMJ  2000;321:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.800
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A memorable congress: Tulips for sale
John Zorab
BMJ  2000;321:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.804
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Endpiece: The greater miracle
BMJ  2000;321:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.826/c
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Effect of 1995 pill scare on rates of venous thromboembolism among women taking combined oral contraceptives: analysis of General Practice Research Database
BMJ  2000;321:826
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Birth characteristics of women who develop gestational diabetes: population based study
BMJ  2000;321:826
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Systematic review of studies of patient satisfaction with telemedicine
BMJ  2000;321:826
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Doctors and nurses
BMJ  2000;321:835
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TV: Innocents
Sean A Spence
BMJ  2000;321:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.840
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Book: Promoting Community Health: From Pholela to Jerusalem
John Horder
BMJ  2000;321:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.838
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Book: Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countries
Matthew Jowett
BMJ  2000;321:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.838/a
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Book: Safe Motherhood Initiatives: Critical Issues
Veena S Raleigh
BMJ  2000;321:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.839
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Book: Nothing About Us Without Us: Developing Innovative Technologies for, by and with Disabled Persons
Christopher Newell
BMJ  2000;321:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.839/a
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Engaging with global health
BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.0
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Engaging with global health
BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.0/a
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Website of the week: Health care in developing countries
Rhona MacDonald
BMJ  2000;321:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.840/a
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Lord Butterfield of Stechford • Allan William Abramson • Harry Bentley • Gerald Frederick Bond • John Comyn • Alfred George Hounslow • Thomas Richardson ("Dick") Maurice • David Muttu • Peter Colin Richardson • Michael Stewart Rees Hutt
Harry Keen, J P McClure, I S Ruthven, Philip Bentley, J C Watts, John P Barham, Andrew Randall, Stephen Lock, Suditi Muttu, J R Milne
BMJ  2000;321:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.836
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Risk of testicular cancer in men with abnormal semen characteristics: cohort study
Rune Jacobsen, Erik Bostofte, Gerda Engholm, Johnni Hansen, Jørgen H Olsen, Niels E Skakkebæk, Henrik Møller
BMJ  2000;321:789-792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.789
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Towards evidence based circumcision of English boys: survey of trends in practice
A M K Rickwood, S E Kenny, S C Donnell
BMJ  2000;321:792-793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7264.792
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