Messages from the Middle East
	Tessa Richards, Christiane Rehwagen
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Health burden of genetic disorders is high in the Arab world [Full text] FREE

	Neurological presentation of malaria in Yemen has poor prognosis [Full text] FREE

	Child mortality is high in Eastern Mediterranean countries [Full text] FREE

	Learning more about responding to conflict and disaster [Full text] FREE

	Sexual and reproductive health of young Arab people needs to be improved [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Health in the Middle East
	Wasim Maziak
	BMJ  2006;333:815-816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39006.478796.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual and reproductive health of women
	Mahmoud F Fathalla, Hoda Rashad
	BMJ  2006;333:816-817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39002.655000.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Humanitarian aid: some political realities
	Richard J Brennan, Egbert Sondorp
	BMJ  2006;333:817-818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39002.408808.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box] FREE

	Genetic disease in the Arab world
	Riad A Bayoumi, Anne Yardumian
	BMJ  2006;333:819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39002.350405.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lessons in tackling chronic disease
	Sania Nishtar
	BMJ  2006;333:820, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39003.517731.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

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	Obstacles to health in the Arab world
	J Makhoul, F El-Barbir
	BMJ  2006;333:859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.859 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reforming Egypt's health system: is it that simple?
	Wael Fayek Saleh
	BMJ  2006;333:859-860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.859-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Road traffic deaths in the Middle East: call for action
	Emily Christensen-Rand, Adnan A Hyder, Timothy Baker
	BMJ  2006;333:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.860 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cancer prevention and control in Eastern Mediterranean region
	Salman Rawaf, Elizabeth Dubois, Oussama M N Khatib, Sherif Omar
	BMJ  2006;333:860-861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.860-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between mental health care and general development
	Alex Souter, R Srinivasa Murthy, Ahmad Mohit
	BMJ  2006;333:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.861 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cause of death of Sri Lankan migrant workers employed in the Middle East
	D M P Samarakkody, Pushpa Jayawardana, Chrishantha Abeysena
	BMJ  2006;333:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.861-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Child labour in Arab countries: call for action
	Basema Saddik, Iman Nuwayhid
	BMJ  2006;333:861-862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.861-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors
	Arash Etemadi, Akbar Fotouhi, Asieh Golozar, Jane Nicholson
	BMJ  2006;333:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.862 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lessons learnt from the front line in Israel
	Shmuel C Shapira
	BMJ  2006;333:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.862-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

	NHS chief admits to errors in costing of pay reform
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	More than half a million Iraqis have been killed since invasion
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.821-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.822 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Southall faces further hearing—on secret medical records
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.822-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Violence against children is widespread
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.822-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Failed vaccine campaigns may lead to polio resurgence, experts warn
	John Zaracostas
	BMJ  2006;333:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.823 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Israeli doctors are arrested in investigation
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.823-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Government launches campaign to cut alcohol related deaths
	BMJ  2006;333:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.825-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Victory for women's rights in Kuwait reawakens hope
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.826 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Decline in smoking accounts for 40% of fall in US male cancer mortality
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.824 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Epilepsy is misdiagnosed in 90 000 people a year in England and Wales
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.824-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	One in four autopsy reports in UK is substandard, report finds
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.824-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US eases its restrictions on prescription drugs from Canada
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2006;333:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.824-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	SSRI use during pregnancy is associated with fetal abnormalities
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.824-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New gonorrhoea strains are resistant to antibiotics
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;333:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.825 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	South Africa acts to curb spread of lethal strain of TB
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;333:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.825-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

Research

	Severe malaria in children in Yemen: two site observational study
	Abdullah Al-Taiar, Shabbar Jaffar, Ali Assabri, Molham Al-Habori, Ahmed Azazy, Nagiba Al-Mahdi, Khaled Ameen, Brian M Greenwood, Christopher J M Whitty
	BMJ  2006;333:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38959.368819.BE [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Practice

	Genetic disorders in the Arab world
	Lihadh Al-Gazali, Hanan Hamamy, Shaikha Al-Arrayad
	BMJ  2006;333:831-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38982.704931.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:835-836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.835 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Analysis and Comment

	Can action on health achieve political and social reform?
	Samer Jabbour, Abbas El-Zein, Iman Nuwayhid, Rita Giacaman
	BMJ  2006;333:837-839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38980.664074.94 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Child health and survival in the Eastern Mediterranean region
	Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Asim Belgaumi, Mohammad Abdur Rab, Zein Karrar, Mohamed Khashaba, Nezha Mouane
	BMJ  2006;333:839-842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38979.379641.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Learning from conflict and disaster in the Eastern Mediterranean region
	BMJ  2006;333:843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.843 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preparedness for humanitarian crises needs to be improved
	Altaf Musani, Irshad Shaikh
	BMJ  2006;333:843-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38994.548125.94 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hope and despair over health in Gaza
	Allan G Hill, Cari Jo Clark, Ismail Lubbad, Claude Bruderlein
	BMJ  2006;333:845-846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.390822.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Darfur—dependent population at risk of another catastrophe
	Remco van de Pas
	BMJ  2006;333:846-847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38986.426354.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Iraq lacks facilities and expertise in emergency medicine
	Bassim Irheim Mohammed Al Sheibani, Najah R Hadi, Tariq Hasoon
	BMJ  2006;333:847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38986.476782.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Can Lebanon conjure a public health phoenix from the ashes?
	Abla-Mehio Sibai, Kasturi Sen
	BMJ  2006;333:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.466678.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reproductive health of Arab young people
	Jocelyn DeJong, Golda El-Khoury
	BMJ  2006;333:849-851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.460197.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Action points] FREE

	HIV in the Middle East
	Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
	BMJ  2006;333:851-854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38994.400370.7C [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Tackling social determinants of health through community based initiatives
	M Assai, S Siddiqi, S Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:854-856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38988.607836.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information] FREE

	Regional collaboration in the Middle East to deal with H5N1 avian flu
	Alex Leventhal, Assad Ramlawi, Adel Belbiesi, Ran D Balicer
	BMJ  2006;333:856-858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38994.420926.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

Reviews

	Web: Games without frontiers
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2006;333:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.863 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Web: Net gain for Arab health?
	Yasser Shehata, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2006;333:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.863-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: Keeping alive the "jazba"
	Murad M Khan
	BMJ  2006;333:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.864 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: Soldiering on
	Ora Paltiel
	BMJ  2006;333:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.865 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: All Russian to me
	James OwenDrife
	BMJ  2006;333:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.865-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.866 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:gp149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.sgp149, (Published 21 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hear all about it
	Sangeeta Kapur Maini
	BMJ  2006;333:gp151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.sgp151, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have MRCOG (membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) Part 1 and DRCOG (diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists). I have some years' experience in obstetrics and gynaecology, and I now want to switch to general practice. I'm in Ireland. Can you advise me?
	Judith Harvey
	BMJ  2006;333:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s152, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a chartered physiotherapist who regrets not pursuing my original career choice to become a doctor. Do I have to attend the full five years of medical school in order to qualify as a GP, or can I just do the clinical years? Also, I have a first degree in human biology obtained at King's College, London where some subjects were taken with the medical school
	Ruth Chambers
	BMJ  2006;333:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s152-a, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am keen to pursue a surgical career, but with the proposed changes in surgical training and the reduced availability and length of SHO training programmes, I am unsure which direction to take. Which posts should I be applying for?
	Faisal Hanif
	BMJ  2006;333:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s152-b, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have just passed my membership and have applied for a locum job as a staff grade (as an NHS locum, paying monthly). If I continue to work for up to three months at this job, will my basic salary be protected as an SpR?
	Adam Harrison
	BMJ  2006;333:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s152-c, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I want to know the career prospects of a doctor who is HBsAg positive, and what the implications are for a future job and specialisation in paediatrics. Will it be possible for an overseas trained doctor with hepatitis B to pursue a career as a paediatrician?
	Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi
	BMJ  2006;333:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s152-d, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s153, (Published 21 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surviving your first international conference
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2006;333:s153-s154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s153-a, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A career as a Canadian psychiatrist
	Amin Muhammad Gadit
	BMJ  2006;333:s155-s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s155, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Coping with exam failure
	Shreekar Yadthore
	BMJ  2006;333:s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s156, (Published 21 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors and disciplinary action
	Umesh Prabhu
	BMJ  2006;333:s157-s158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s157, (Published 21 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Some do's and don'ts
	BMJ  2006;333:s158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s158, (Published 21 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cynical Acumen: The Anarchic Guide to Clinical Medicine
	Patrick Hutt
	BMJ  2006;333:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s159, (Published 21 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Learning for Health Improvement: a practical guide for the workplace
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2006;333:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7573.s159-a, (Published 21 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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