03 April 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7443)

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Editor's Choice

Towards a global social contract

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 1 April 2004)

News

Bush accused of blocking access to cheap AIDS drugs

BMJ 2004;328:783.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

New watchdog given power to overturn GMC acquittals

BMJ 2004;328:783.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:784.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Medical charity criticises shortcomings of DOTS in management of tuberculosis

BMJ 2004;328:784.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

US study shows wide variation in approach to ductal carcinoma in situ

BMJ 2004;328:785.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Canadian doctors welcome public health initiatives in wake of SARS

BMJ 2004;328:785.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

Every breath you take

BMJ 2004;328:787 (Published 1 April 2004)

The great technological divide

BMJ 2004;328:788 (Published 1 April 2004)

No mean feet

BMJ 2004;328:789 (Published 1 April 2004)

Karachi's quiet revolutionary

BMJ 2004;328:790.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Editorials

Is there hope for South Asia?

BMJ 2004;328:777 (Published 1 April 2004)

Marketing of medicines in India

BMJ 2004;328:778 (Published 1 April 2004)

Postgraduate medical education in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:779 (Published 1 April 2004)

Tobacco related harm in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:780 (Published 1 April 2004)

Cardiovascular and infectious diseases in South Asia: the double whammy

BMJ 2004;328:781 (Published 1 April 2004)

Surgery in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:782 (Published 1 April 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:837.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:837.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:837.3 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:838.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:838.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:838.3 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:838.4 (Published 1 April 2004)

Letters - continued

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:838.5 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:839.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:839.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:839.3 (Published 1 April 2004)

South Asian health: what is to be done?

BMJ 2004;328:839.4 (Published 1 April 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Sarwar Jehan Zuberi

BMJ 2004;328:840.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Minoo S Shroff

BMJ 2004;328:840.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

Maternal and child health vital to progress of South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:0.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Three days of amoxicillin are enough for non-severe pneumonia

BMJ 2004;328:0.5 (Published 1 April 2004)

The double burden of diseases in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:0.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

Acetazolamide is better than ginkgo biloba for mountain sickness

BMJ 2004;328:0.4 (Published 1 April 2004)

Who smokes in India?

BMJ 2004;328:0.6 (Published 1 April 2004)

In Pakistan, one in three people are anxious or depressed

BMJ 2004;328:0.3 (Published 1 April 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:844 (Published 1 April 2004)

Fillers

Half of wrist ganglions resolve spontaneously

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 1 April 2004)

On healing

BMJ 2004;328:799 (Published 1 April 2004)

A house call in Nepal's Himalayas

BMJ 2004;328:806 (Published 1 April 2004)

Spiritual relief

BMJ 2004;328:815 (Published 1 April 2004)

Hindu mythology and medicine

BMJ 2004;328:819 (Published 1 April 2004)

A 66 year old with breathlessness

BMJ 2004;328:836 (Published 1 April 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:807 (Published 1 April 2004)

Burden of infectious diseases in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:811 (Published 1 April 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Trials of two microbicides to be launched in Africa

BMJ 2004;328:786.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Surgeon wins £815 000 from BMA

BMJ 2004;328:786.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Three quarters of young UK adults risk skin cancer by seeking suntan

BMJ 2004;328:786.3 (Published 1 April 2004)

US healthcare lobbyists outspend other pressure groups

BMJ 2004;328:786.4 (Published 1 April 2004)

Data collection is poor because staff don't see the point

BMJ 2004;328:786.5 (Published 1 April 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

UK academy wants neuroscience research to benefit patients more quickly

BMJ 2004;328:790.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

Kosovans should not be sent home before mental health needs are assessed

BMJ 2004;328:790.3 (Published 1 April 2004)

Community based teams can transform mental health services, says report

BMJ 2004;328:790.4 (Published 1 April 2004)

Doctors question government's prediction of an end to premature heart deaths

BMJ 2004;328:790.5 (Published 1 April 2004)

UK recommends adoption of international guidelines on exposure to electromagnetic fields

BMJ 2004;328:790.6 (Published 1 April 2004)

Papers

Three day versus five day treatment with amoxicillin for non-severe pneumonia in young children: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;328:791 (Published 1 April 2004)

Risk factors, prevalence, and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in Pakistan: systematic review

BMJ 2004;328:794 (Published 1 April 2004)

Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled comparison of ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for prevention of acute mountain sickness among Himalayan trekkers: the prevention of high altitude illness trial (PHAIT)

BMJ 2004;328:797 (Published 1 April 2004)

India versus Pakistan and the power of a six: an analysis of cricket results

BMJ 2004;328:800 (Published 1 April 2004)

Primary care

Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: cross sectional multilevel evidence from the 1998-9 national family health survey

BMJ 2004;328:801 (Published 1 April 2004)

Education and debate

Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?

BMJ 2004;328:816 (Published 1 April 2004)

Effect of maternal mental health on infant growth in low income countries: new evidence from South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:820 (Published 1 April 2004)

Role of gender in health disparity: the South Asian context

BMJ 2004;328:823 (Published 1 April 2004)

Importance of health research in South Asia

BMJ 2004;328:826 (Published 1 April 2004)

Community development and its impact on health: South Asian experience

BMJ 2004;328:830 (Published 1 April 2004)

Integrating health care for mothers and children in refugee camps and at district leve

BMJ 2004;328:834 (Published 1 April 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Munnabhai M.B.B.S.

BMJ 2004;328:841 (Published 1 April 2004)

Evidence based medicine

BMJ 2004;328:842.1 (Published 1 April 2004)

Websites on South Asian health

BMJ 2004;328:842.2 (Published 1 April 2004)

Is cricket the magic glue that unites South Asia?

BMJ 2004;328:843 (Published 1 April 2004)