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 Autumn information products catalogue in pdf format from our e-commerce web site: Catalogue Autumn 2007 We also wish to draw your attention to the following important products recently published: Atlas Global Resources for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities 2007 The main aim of Atlas-ID is to improve evidence-based knowledge and awareness on the global and regional disparities through essential and needed information on resources and services for persons with ID at country level. This global report includes information from 147 countries, representing 95% of the world population. Chemical Safety of Drinking-water The objective of this publication is to help users at national or local level to establish which chemicals in a particular setting should be given priority in developing strategies for risk management and monitoring of chemicals in drinking-water. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Children and Youth version. ICF-CY This classification is designed to record characteristics of the developing child and the influence of environments surrounding the child. Verbal Autopsy Standards The purpose of this manual is to disseminate new standard data collection and cause-of-death assignment resources for verbal autopsy, and to provide some general guidelines for their use. WHO Child Growth Standards. Volume 2 This report presents the second set of growth standards (head circumference-for-age, arm circumference-for-age, triceps skinfold-for-age and subscapular skinfold-for-age). WHO Expert Committee on Problems related to Alcohol Consumption The main objectives of this report is to review a range of public health problems attributable to alcohol consumption, as well as scientific and empirical evidence of effectiveness of different policy options, and to provide technical recommendations on effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm. Global Age-friendly Cities The purpose of this Guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity. WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region. SOFT COVER This book has been prepared in an effort to address the pressing need for a common language, i.e. international standard terminology and technical terms to be used in traditional medicine. WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region. HARD COVER This book has been prepared in an effort to address the pressing need for a common language, i.e. international standard terminology and technical terms to be used in traditional medicine. The effectiveness of Health Impact Assessment The book provides a detailed map of the use of HIA in Europe across a large range of sectors, including transport, environment, urban planning and agriculture, and at national, regional and local levels. The Challenge of Obesity in the WHO European Region and the Strategies for Response. FULL REPORT Using a wide range of evidence drawn from countries across and beyond the WHO European Region, this book illustrates the dynamics of the epidemic and its impact on public health throughout the Region, particularly in eastern countries. Bulletin of WHO, Vol. 85, No. 10, 2007 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. LIVRES EN FRANCAIS Guide mondial des villes-amies des aînés Le présent Guide a pour objectif d'inciter les villes à mieux s'adapter aux besoins des aînés de façon à exploiter le potentiel que représentent les personnes âgées pour l'humanité.