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 You can also consult our new 2007 Spring information products catalogue in pdf format from our e-commerce web site: Catalogue Spring 2007 We also wish to draw your attention to the following important products recently published: WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (41st report) This report includes guidelines of direct relevance to the United Nations Prequalification Programme for Priority Essential Medicines and for quality control laboratories Selection and Use of Essential Medicines (14th Model List) This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. Air Quality Guidelines: Global Update 2005 This book presents revised guideline values for the four most common air pollutants - particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide - based on a recent review of the accumulated scientific evidence. The Challenge of Obesity in the WHO European Region and the Strategies for Response In a brief, clear and easily accessible way, this summary illustrates the dynamics of the obesity epidemic and its impact on public health throughout the WHO European Region, particularly in eastern countries. European Tobacco Control Report 2007 This report describes the situation of tobacco control and the status of tobacco control policies in the WHO European Region as of late 2006. Well-being This collection of quotations - from Homer to the authors of books of the Bible to the drafters of the constitutions of the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization- attests to a universal understanding of health in its all-encompassing sense: "physical, mental and social well-being". WHO Drug Information WHO Drug Information communicates pharmaceutical information that is either developed and issued by WHO or transmitted to WHO by research and regulatory agencies throughout the world. Bulletin of WHO 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. Special theme issue on Tuberculosis. LIVRES EN FRANCAIS Comment eviter une crise cardiaque ou un accident vasculaire cerebral Ce petit livre explique comment une crise cardiaque ou un AVC survient et comment on peut l'eviter, et indique ce qu'il faut faire avant qu'il soit trop tard. BOOKS IN CHINESE Avoiding Heart Attacks and Strokes (Chinese) This booklet explains why heart attacks and strokes happen and how you can avoid them. BOOKS IN ARABIC Avoiding Heart Attacks and Strokes (Arabic) This booklet explains why heart attacks and strokes happen and how you can avoid them. BOOKS IN RUSSIAN Avoiding Heart Attacks and Strokes (Russian) This booklet explains why heart attacks and strokes happen and how you can avoid them.