World Health Organization WHO Press NEW PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY WHO We are pleased to provide you with the list of WHO information products recently released. Please click on Just published Please also view the new WHO Information Products Catalogue Autumn 2006. We also wish to draw your attention to the following important products: The Health of the People The African Regional Health Report is the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. This fully-illustrated 196-page report provides expert analysis of all the key areas of public health in Africa. It also contains the most comprehensive annex of health statistics on the region to date. Diagnostics for Tuberculosis: Global Demand and Market Potential This report, drafted with extensive input from experts in tuberculosis and public health as well as from private industry, provides essential data and knowledge to dispel common myths and inform investment decisions by industry, foundations, government organizations and world health and financial organizations. Preventive Chemotherapy in Human Helminthiasis This manual is intended to guide the coordinated implementation of regular, systematic, large-scale interventions that provide anthelminthic drug treatment as a core component of the joint and synergic control of helminthic diseases such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. WHO Guidelines on Tissue Infectivity Distribution in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies These guidelines provide evidence-based information to national regulatory authorities, especially to those where Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has not yet been reported and where surveillance systems for BSE and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD, the human disease caused by infection with the BSE agent) may not be in place. Physical Activity and Health in Europe This booklet is written for European policy-makers and leaders from different sectors that can promote physical activity, including health, sports and recreation, transport, employment, urban planning, education and the mass media. Health Financing This guide focuses on health economics and financing with the objectives of providing readers with a basic vocabulary and understanding of the most important issues. Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals Although poverty and gender significantly influence health and socioeconomic development, health professionals are not always adequately prepared to address such issues in their work. This publication aims to improve the awareness, knowledge and skills of health professionals in the Region on poverty and gender concerns. Heptachlor This Concise International Assessment Document (CICAD) evaluates the scientific literature on the health and environmental effects of heptachlor, providing an update of the information previously considered by international bodies. Transgenic Animal Mutagenicity Assays The aim of this publication is to introduce newcomers in this field to transgenic mutagenicity assays and to assess the possible role of these assays in toxicology testing and mechanistic research. Safety Evaluation of Certain Contaminants in Food The monographs in this volume summarize the data on the risks associated with intakes of six food contaminants or groups of contaminants (acrylamide, cadmium, ethyl carbamate, inorganic tin, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Frequently Asked Clinical Questions about Medical Abortion Provision of safe abortion to the full extent of the law is an important component of reproductive health services. This booklet provides answers to frequently asked questions, based on a review of available evidence. Bulletin of WHO Vol.84, No. 12 2006 The WHO Bulletin aims to give public health policy and practice guidance based on the best evidence available, while also encouraging closer links between scientific investigation and the art of helping populations to lead healthier lives. WHO Drug Information, Vol. 20, No. 3 2006 WHO Drug Information provides an overview of topics relating to drug development, regulation, quality and safety. The journal includes lists of INN, ACT/DDD, prequalified products and International Pharmacopoeia monographs. LIVRES EN FRANCAIS La Sante des populations (La) : rapport sur la sante dans la region africaine Le Rapport sur la sante dans la Region africaine est le premier rapport consacre a la sante des 738 millions de personnes vivant dans la Region africaine de l'Organisation mondiale de la Sante. Ce rapport de 196 pages entierement illustre contient une analyse approfondie de tous les domaines cles de la sante publique en Afrique, ainsi que l'annexe la plus complete jamais publiee jusqu'ici sur les statistiques sanitaires de la Region. Ulcere de Buruli Le present manuel a ete redige pour aider les administrateurs des programmes de lutte contre l'ulcere de Buruli, les responsables politiques, les agents de sante, les travailleurs sociaux et d'autres acteurs sur le terrain intervenant dans le domaine de la prevention des incapacites (POD) et de la readaptation, a appliquer les mesures permettant de diminuer les souffrances et les incapacites dues a l'ulcere de Buruli.