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665 BackgroundLandmines and unexploded ordnance result in significantmusculoskeletal injuries throughout the world In every conflict since 1938 antipersonnel mines have been used extensively often. For rights of reproduction or translation of WHO publications in part or in toto application should be made to the Office of Publications World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland The World Health Organization welcomes such applications The desig The associated health care costs are growing in parallel with increases in elderly populations and it is expected that the number of osteoporotic fractures wil double over the next 50 years The best way to address osteoporosis is prevention Some int News 583 Overcoming migrants’ barriers to health With increasing numbers of people on the move, migrant health has become a key global public-health issue. Alice Ghent reports. 867 | November 2007, 85 (11) Abstract Much biomedical research is observational. The reporting of such research is often inadequate, which hampers the assessment of its strengths and weaknesses and 600 | August 2008, 86 (8) Abstract Most scarcities that underpin health disparities within and among countries are not natural; rather, they result from policy choices and the operation of social i 282 | April 2008, 86 (4) Objective The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association 63 | January 2008, 86 (1) Abstract Estimates of the prevalence of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004 have been determined at regional and global levels for people age News 829 Devolved power: key for health care in India India’s colonial past, embedded caste system and uneven approach to decentralizing services have impeded universal access to health care. Pro 4 | January 2008, 86 (1) Breaking a law: tuberculosis disobeys Styblo’s rule Christopher Dye a a Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Co 594 | August 2008, 86 (8) Abstract Governments, international agencies and corporations are increasingly investing in traditional herbal medicine research. Yet little literature addresses ethical c 242 | April 2008, 86 (4) Steps towards achieving skilled attendance at birth Cynthia Stanton a Editorials a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. 390 | May 2008, 86 (5) Indoor air pollution from unprocessed solid fuel use and pneumonia risk in children aged under ve years: a systematic review and meta-analysis Mukesh Dherani, a Daniel Pope Abstract Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, affecting millions of people worldwide. The associated health care costsdouble over the next 50 years. The best way to address osteoporosis is p News823has that much money on hand plus the hospital won146t treat you if you don146t have enough money for the deposit148However once the reimbursements were exhausted her husband146s treatment came