Confidence: achievements and way forward

Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniosis: Achievements from the past 10 years and the way forward

1 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, 2 Centre for Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 3 Department of Neurology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 4 Unit of Veterinary Helmintholog...

Lady health workers programme in Pakistan: challenges, achievements and the way forward.

OBJECTIVES To review the Lady Health Workers programme and critically explore various aspects of the process to extract tangible implications for other similar situations. METHODS A descriptive study was carried out over a period of one year (2007-08). A detailed desk review of project documents, interaction with relevant stakeholders, performance validation and extensive feedback from the co...

Containing artemisinin resistance of Plasmodium falciparum in Myanmar: achievements, challenges and the way forward.

Artemisinin resistance is a major threat to global malaria control and elimination efforts. Myanmar detected the first indication of the resistance in 2009 in the eastern part of the country, bordering Thailand. Since 2010, WHO has played a vital role in ensuring that a comprehensive programme on the containment of the resistance is in place. This paper documents achievement made in terms of ou...

The Way Forward Is the Way Back

“T viewer should see the object as I saw it, but with a lot of room for his own interpretation....The painting is like a very clear mirror which is barely visible but unmistakably there,” reflects Spanish painter Antonio López García (b. 1936) (1). “I am nostalgic for an art of our times in which a greater number of people can participate” (1). Part of a contemporary movement rooted in the trad...

Thalidomide--the way forward.