Health systems related journals
- Effectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: systematic review
- E. Masset;L. Haddad;A. Cornelius;J. Isaza-Castro / British Medical Journal , 2012
- This systematic review's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of agricultural interventions in improving the nutritional status of children indeveloping countries.The review included 23 stud...
- Impact of Stepping Stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: cluster randomised controlled trial
- R. Jewkes;M. Nduna;J. Levin / British Medical Journal , 2008
- Stepping Stones, a 50 hour programme, aims to improve sexual health by using participatory learning approaches to build knowledge, risk awareness, and communication skills and to stimulate critical re...
- Are condoms the answer to rising rates of non-HIV sexually transmitted infections? Yes
- M. J. Steiner;W. Cates / British Medical Journal , 2008
- This short article in the British Medical Journal argues that condoms are the answer to reducing other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Condoms can and should play a central role in haltin...
- The writing is on the wall for UNAIDS
- Roger England / British Medical Journal , 2008
- This paper written by the chair of Health Systems Workshop and published in the BMJ states that too much international aid money is being spent on HIV compared with other diseases which kill more peop...
- Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict
- Z. Bhutta / British Medical Journal , 2002
- This article explores the origin of the current Afghan crisis and describes the impact of a quarter of a century of incessant conflict on Afghan children.The author concludes that: the rise...
- Armed conflict as a public health problem
- C. Murray; G. King; A. Lopez; N. Tomijima; E. Krug / British Medical Journal , 2002
- Although conflict obviously causes deaths and injuries on the battlefield, serious health implications also result from factors such as population displacement, the breakdown of health and social ser...
- Relation between burden of disease and randomised evidence in sub-Saharan Africa: survey of research
- P. Isaakidis; G. A. Swingler; E. Pienaar; J. Volmink; J. P. A. Ioannidis / British Medical Journal , 2002
- This study evaluates whether the amount of randomised clinical research on various medical conditions is related to the burden of disease and health needs of the local populations in sub-Saharan Afric...
- First trial of the HIV-1 vaccine in Africa: Ugandan experience
- R.D. Mugerwa / British Medical Journal , 2002
- The first trial of a candidate HIV-1 vaccine in Africa was completed in Uganda in 2001. It involved a randomised, placebo controlled trial of a vaccine in healthy volunteers at low risk of HIV infect...
- The impact of HIV and AIDS on Africa's economic development
- S. Dixon; S. McDonald; J. Roberts / British Medical Journal , 2002
- Reviews the evidence for the economic impacts of AIDS in Africa and considers how economic theory can contribute to an effective response to the pandemic.Argues that: Economic research hel...
- The search for an HIV vaccine
- M.W. Makgoba; N. Solomon; T.J.P. Tucker / British Medical Journal , 2002
- Short paper argues that an effective, affordable, and accessible HIV vaccine is within reach . Equitable public-private partnerships between researchers, manufacturers, and distributors and partnersh...
