World Health Organization WHO Press NEW PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY WHO - JANUARY 2008 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: Rabies and Envenomings The aim of this Consultative Meeting was to discuss strategies for improving the quality and quantity of therapeutic antisera, essential drugs for the effective treatment of suspected rabid dog bites and envenoming by snake bites and scorpion stings. Assessing Financing, Education, Management and Policy Context for Strategic Planning of Human Resources for Health This book contains a method for assessing the financial, educational and management systems and policy context, essential for strategic planning and policy-development for human resources for health. Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Palliative care This fifth module on Palliative Care is a practical guide for programme managers on how to implement effective palliative care for cancer, with a particular focus on community-based care. Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Early Detection This third module on Early Detection is a practical guide for programme managers on how to implement effective early detection of major types of cancer that are amenable to early diagnosis and screening. Human Papillomaviruses This volume of the IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans considers human papillomaviruses (HPVs), which were evaluated by a previous Working Group (IARC, 1995). The monograph in the present volume incorporates new data that have become available during the past decade. People at the Centre of Health Care This book calls for a bold transformation of health care and health systems in the 21st century. Assessing Tuberculosis Prevalence Through Population-based Surveys This publication provides countries with practical guidelines for planning population-based surveys to estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) at a national level. Selection and Use of Essential Medicines. 15th List This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO List of Essential Medicines. Bulletin of WHO, Vol. 86, No. 01, 2008 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. BOOKS IN FRENCH Comité OMS d'experts des problèmes liés à la consommation d'alcool Ce présent rapport de l'OMS examine les conséquences sanitaires et sociales de la consommation d'alcool et la charge de morbidité imputables à l'alcool dans le contexte des méfaits de l'alcool et des tendances récemment enregistrées au niveau de la consommation d'alcool dans le monde. BOOKS IN SPANISH Comité de expertos de la OMS en problemas relacionados con el consumo de alcohol En el presente informe de un Comité de Expertos de la OMS se examinan las consecuencias sanitarias y sociales del consumo de alcohol y la carga de morbilidad atribuible a esta sustancia en el contexto de los perjuicios relacionados con el alcohol y las tendencias recientes del consumo de alcohol en todo el mundo. BOOKS IN RUSSIAN WHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption (Russian) This report reviews a range of public health problems attributable to alcohol consumption, as well as scientific and empirical evidence of effectiveness of different policy options, and provides technical recommendations on effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm. BOOKS IN ARABIC The World Health Report 2007 (Arabic) The World Health Report 2007 marks a turning point in the history of public health, and signals what could be one of the biggest advances in health security in half a century.