Editor's choice Open your eyes to Africa Jocalyn Clark BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.0-g [Full text]1562 [PDF]329 [extra: Thanks]90   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]313 [PDF]232 Misoprostol helps anaemic women in childbirth [Full text]921   What works for malaria [Full text]1219   Educational outreach improves TB control [Full text]368   User fees should be dropped in sub-Saharan Africa [Full text]429   Approaches for improving health in Africa need rethinking [Full text]398   Women's empowerment may improve HIV prevention [Full text]521   Editorials Addressing inequalities in research capacity in Africa Jimmy Volmink, Lola Dare BMJ  2005;331:705-706, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.705 [Extract]84 [Full text]848 [PDF]379   Antimalarial treatment with artemisinin combination therapy in Africa Grace Malenga, Ayo Palmer, Sarah Staedke, Walter Kazadi, Theonest Mutabingwa, Evelyn Ansah, Karen I Barnes, Christopher JM Whitty BMJ  2005;331:706-707, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.706 [Extract]152 [Full text]1324 [PDF]507   Meeting millennium development goals 3 and 5 Bertha Nhlema Simwaka, Sally Theobald, Yaa Peprah Amekudzi, Rachel Tolhurst BMJ  2005;331:708-709, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.708 [Extract]80 [Full text]645 [PDF]282   Medicines supply in Africa Jonathan D Quick, Nana-Adjoa Boohene, James Rankin, Romuald J Mbwasi BMJ  2005;331:709-710, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.709 [Extract]84 [Full text]1037 [PDF]290   Road safety in Africa Meleckidzedeck Khayesi, Margie Peden BMJ  2005;331:710-711, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.710 [Extract]100 [Full text]737 [PDF]185   Tackling cardiovascular disease in Africa S Kadiri BMJ  2005;331:711-712, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.711 [Extract]108 [Full text]610 [PDF]315   News FDA chief resigns without warning Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2005;331:713, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.713 [Extract]299 [Full text]1924 [PDF]184   Writers join experts to campaign to save NHS from privatisation Sophie Arie BMJ  2005;331:713, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.713-a [Extract]128 [Full text]1017 [PDF]92   In brief BMJ  2005;331:714, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.714 [Extract]73 [Full text]513 [PDF]61   US teenager's parents sue school over depression screening test Jeanne Lenzer BMJ  2005;331:714, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.714-a [Extract]287 [Full text]2968 [PDF]234 [extra: Longer version]582   Psychological therapy must accompany antidepressants in young people Susan Mayor BMJ  2005;331:714, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.714-b [Extract]141 [Full text]1274 [PDF]268 [extra: Longer version]157   US is accused of jeopardising HIV prevention in Uganda Ozge Tuncalp BMJ  2005;331:715, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.715 [Extract]94 [Full text]830 [PDF]172 [extra: Longer version]110   US state rejects federal funding for abstinence only sex education Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2005;331:715, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.715-a [Extract]101 [Full text]1010 [PDF]113 [extra: Longer version]130   GP is disciplined for willingness to help friend commit suicide Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:717, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.717-c [Extract]166 [Full text]1300 [PDF]109   Global Fund toughens stance against corruption Lynn Eaton BMJ  2005;331:718, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.718 [Extract]40 [Full text]288 [PDF]77 [extra: Longer version]62   Africa theme issue: Making up for lost time Pat Sidley BMJ  2005;331:719, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.719 [Extract]48 [Full text]278 [PDF]106   Africa theme issue: Providing nomadic people with health care Deborah Cohen BMJ  2005;331:720, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.720 [Extract]48 [Full text]380 [PDF]108   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] NICE plans faster guidance on drugs for the NHS Susan Mayor BMJ  2005;331:716, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.716 [Extract]92 [Abridged PDF]108 [Full text]781   European Commission calls for changes to reduce deaths from air pollution Rory Watson BMJ  2005;331:716, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.716-a [Extract]87 [Abridged PDF]76 [Full text]521   Cancer cells on the move Susan Mayor BMJ  2005;331:716, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.716-b [Extract]234 [Abridged PDF]141 [Full text]1099   Charity did not break law in giving information about late abortions Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:716, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.716-c [Extract]56 [Abridged PDF]33 [Full text]573   NHS trusts urge caution over BMA finance survey Lynn Eaton BMJ  2005;331:716, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.716-d [Extract]50 [Abridged PDF]32 [Full text]491   Study finds that costly new antipsychotics offer few benefits over traditional drugs Fred Charatan BMJ  2005;331:717, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.717 [Extract]160 [Abridged PDF]224 [Full text]1411   Patients who are given self help books are no less likely to see their doctor Roger Dobson BMJ  2005;331:717, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.717-a [Extract]90 [Abridged PDF]71 [Full text]829   Woman takes fight over frozen embryos to European court Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:717, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.717-b [Extract]47 [Abridged PDF]45 [Full text]562   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Loss of Unicef post raises concern among child nutrition pressure groups Owen Dyer BMJ  2005;331:720, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.720-a [Extract]79 [Full text]779   Tackling mental health in Sierra Leone Joe Asare, Lynne Jones BMJ  2005;331:720, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.720-b [Extract]38 [Full text]380   Zimbabwe says the proportion of HIV positive adults has fallen from a third to a fifth Pat Sidley BMJ  2005;331:720, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.720-c [Extract]52 [Full text]421   Bureau urges continuity in antiepilepsy treatment Faye van Emmerik BMJ  2005;331:720, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.720-d [Extract]62 [Full text]446   Papers Effect of sublingual misoprostol on severe postpartum haemorrhage in a primary health centre in Guinea-Bissau: randomised double blind clinical trial Lars Høj, Placido Cardoso, Birgitte Bruun Nielsen, Lone Hvidman, Jens Nielsen, Peter Aaby BMJ  2005;331:723, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.723 [Abstract]435 [Abridged PDF]80 [Full text]1955 [PDF]519   Cluster randomised trial of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in area of high, seasonal transmission in Ghana Daniel Chandramohan, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Ilona Carneiro, Timothy Awine, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Nathan Mensah, Shabbar Jaffar, Rita Baiden, Abraham Hodgson, Fred Binka, Brian Greenwood BMJ  2005;331:727-733, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.727 [Abstract]238 [Full text]2352 [PDF]527 [extra: Figure and 3 tables]72   Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: cross sectional study Dejan Zurovac, Mickey Ndhlovu, Alexander K Rowe, Davidson H Hamer, Donald M Thea, Robert W Snow BMJ  2005;331:734, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.734 [Abstract]158 [Abridged PDF]39 [Full text]358 [PDF]311   Healer shopping in Africa: new evidence from rural-urban qualitative study of Ghanaian diabetes experiences Ama de-Graft Aikins BMJ  2005;331:737, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.737 [Abstract]181 [Abridged PDF]25 [Full text]508 [PDF]206   Randomised controlled trials in Africa of HIV and AIDS: descriptive study and spatial distribution Nandi Siegfried, Mike Clarke, Jimmy Volmink BMJ  2005;331:742, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.742 [Abstract]222 [Abridged PDF]43 [Full text]476 [PDF]351 [extra: Additional details]164   Impact on child mortality of removing user fees: simulation model Chris James, Saul S Morris, Regina Keith, Anna Taylor BMJ  2005;331:747-749, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.747 [Abstract]174 [Full text]880 [PDF]365 [extra: Appendix]55   Short cuts What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2005;331:721-722, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.721 [Full text]2144 [PDF]335   Primary care Effect of educational outreach to nurses on tuberculosis case detection and primary care of respiratory illness: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial Lara R Fairall, Merrick Zwarenstein, Eric D Bateman, Max Bachmann, Carl Lombard, Bosielo P Majara, Gina Joubert, Rene G English, Angeni Bheekie, Dingie van Rensburg, Pat Myers, Annatjie C Peters, Ronald D Chapman BMJ  2005;331:750-754, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.750 [Abstract]179 [Full text]758 [PDF]312 [extra: The guideline and desk blotter are]63 [extra: Revised acknowledgement]   Education and debate Confronting Africa's health crisis: more of the same will not be enough D M Sanders, C Todd, M Chopra BMJ  2005;331:755-758, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.755 [Extract]67 [Full text]604 [PDF]425   Health systems financing: putting together the "back office" Lola Dare, Anne Reeler BMJ  2005;331:759-762, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.759 [Extract]46 [Full text]1347 [PDF]340   Removing user fees for primary care in Africa: the need for careful action Lucy Gilson, Di McIntyre BMJ  2005;331:762-765, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.762 [Extract]46 [Full text]639 [PDF]485   System and market failures: the unavailability of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in Mozambique and Zimbabwe E Sevene, S Lewin, A Mariano, G Woelk, A D Oxman, S Matinhure, J Cliff, B Fernandes, K Daniels BMJ  2005;331:765-769, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.765 [Extract]43 [Full text]1394 [PDF]232 [extra: Further details]44   Gaining a foothold: tackling poverty, gender inequality, and HIV in Africa Julia C Kim, Charlotte H Watts BMJ  2005;331:769-772, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.769 [Extract]43 [Full text]784 [PDF]303   Patients' readiness to start highly active antiretroviral treatment for HIV Hirut T Gebrekristos, Koleka P Mlisana, Quarraisha Abdool Karim BMJ  2005;331:772-775, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.772 [Extract]29 [Full text]387 [PDF]202   Achieving food security in vulnerable populations Deborah Cohen BMJ  2005;331:775-777, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.775 [Extract]39 [Full text]472 [PDF]185   Letters This week's letters [PDF]124 A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: Results from Ugandan programme preventing maternal transmission of HIV Marina Giuliano, Michele Magoni, Luciana Bassani, Pius Okong, Praxedes Kituka Namaganda, Saul Onyango BMJ  2005;331:778, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.778 [Extract]23 [Full text]177   A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: New injecting practice increases HIV risk among drug users in Tanzania Sheryl A McCurdy, Mark L Williams, Michael W Ross, Gad P Kilonzo, M T Leshabari BMJ  2005;331:778, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.778-a [Extract]18 [Full text]318   A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: Palliative care and antiretroviral treatment can be integrated Catherine Senyimba, Edmund Mwebesa, Siobhan Kennelly, Karen Frame, Richard Harding BMJ  2005;331:778-779, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.778-b [Extract]10 [Full text]93   A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: Maternal mortality in rural Burkina Faso Issiaka Sombie, Nicolas Meda, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, Simon Cousens BMJ  2005;331:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.779 [Extract]19 [Full text]119   A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: Collaborative work between Nigeria and UK on breast cancer has been successful Isaac D Gukas, Barbara A Jennings, Samuel J Leinster, Ian Harvey BMJ  2005;331:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.779-a [Extract]15 [Full text]83   A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: Tackling the challenge of diabetes David Beran, John S Yudkin BMJ  2005;331:779-780, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.779-b [Extract]21 [Full text]139   A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: South Africa is still blighted by trauma Douglas M Bowley, Euan J Dickson, Nigel Tai, Jacques Goosen, Kenneth D Boffard BMJ  2005;331:780, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.780 [Extract]15 [Full text]103   Africa's medical brain drain: Brain gain and brain circulation result when drain is reversed Joseph N Ana BMJ  2005;331:780, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.780-a [Extract]28 [Full text]198   Africa's medical brain drain: Why I want to stay in Africa Emmanuel Makasa BMJ  2005;331:780, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.780-b [Extract]45 [Full text]340   Africa's medical brain drain: Summary of responses to recent editorial on stopping Africa's brain drain Birte Twisselmann BMJ  2005;331:780-781, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.780-c [Extract]28 [Full text]461   Issues arising from lobby of UN to outlaw circumcision George Hill, John V Geisheker BMJ  2005;331:781, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.781 [Extract]52 [Full text]578   Making dirty water drinkable: Kitchen garden scheme is alternative... Frank J Leavitt, Mrinalinee Vanarase BMJ  2005;331:781, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.781-a [Extract]52 [Full text]532 [extra: Additional references]27   Making dirty water drinkable: ...as is the drumstick tree Arunachalam Kumar, C Jairaj Kumar BMJ  2005;331:781, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.781-b [Extract]41 [Full text]356 [extra: References]37   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]117 Press: A different picture of Africa Gillian Baker, Petra Boynton BMJ  2005;331:782, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.782 [Extract]34 [Full text]308   TV: Africa Live Leslie Lee BMJ  2005;331:783, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.783 [Extract]40 [Full text]190   Book: As They See It: The Development of the African AIDS Discourse Dunstan Raphael Bishanga BMJ  2005;331:783, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.783-a [Extract]21 [Full text]267   PERSONAL VIEWS: Africa does not need aid, but the opportunity for fair trade Inwani Malweyi BMJ  2005;331:784, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.784 [Extract]29 [Full text]482   Hit parade BMJ  2005;331:784, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.784-a [Extract]49 [Full text]296   PERSONAL VIEWS: Western and traditional African medicine—working together on AIDS Neil Andersson BMJ  2005;331:785, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.785 [Extract]33 [Full text]365   SOUNDINGS: Out of Africa Imre Loefler BMJ  2005;331:785, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.785-a [Extract]37 [Full text]405   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2005;331:786, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.786 [Full text]1314 [PDF]191   Fillers POEM*: Statins are not associated with decreased risk of dementia BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.0-f [Full text]654 [PDF]166   BMA and BMJ Information Fund BMJ  2005;331:712, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.712 [Full text]107 [PDF]26   Profiles of local African organisations doing research BMJ  2005;331:758, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7519.758 [Full text]173 [PDF]73 [extra: Profiles of local African organisations doing research]199

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