Other Titles

Highlights • Cognitive impairment in a north Indian population • Package of essential noncommunicable disease intervention in Bhutan • IMCI implementation in Indonesia

Contents

Contents Editorial Measles elimination by 2020: a feasible goal for the South-East Asia Region?...........................123 Review Overcoming access barriers to health services through membership-based microfinance organizations: a review of evidence from South Asia Somen Saha, Peter Leslie Annear............................................................................................................................125 Original research Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in a north Indian elderly population Paramita Sengupta, Anoop I Benjamin, Yashpal Singh, Ashoo Grover ...................................................................135 Prevalence and risk factors for psychological distress and functional disability in urban Pakistan Nusrat Husain, Nasim Chaudhry, Farhat Jafri, Barbara Tomenson, Ishaq Surhand, Ilyas Mirza, Imran B Chaudhry...............................................................................................................................144 Package of essential noncommunicable disease (‎PEN)‎ interventions in primary health-care settings of Bhutan: a performance assessment study Dukpa Wangchuk, Navkiran Kaur Virdi, Renu Garg, Shanthi Mendis, Nani Nair, Dorji Wangchuk, Rajesh Kumar..............................................................................................................................154 Challenges to the implementation of the integrated management of childhood illness (‎IMCI)‎ at community health centres in West Java province, Indonesia CR Titaley, H Jusril, I Ariawan, N Soeharno, T Setiawan, MW Weber.....................................................................161 Benefits and costs of alternative health-care waste management: an example of the largest hospital of Nepal Shiva R Adhikari, Siripen Supakankunit..................................................................................................................171 Clustered tuberculosis incidence in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia Dyah WSR Wardani, Lutfan Lazuardi, Yodi Mahendradhata, Hari Kusnanto...........................................................179 Psychoactive substance use by psychiatric patients in the National Referral Hospital, Bhutan: a retrospective analysis Sonam Choki, Tashi Dorji, Thinley Choden............................................................................................................186 Research brief Assessment of cold-chain maintenance in vaccine carriers during Pulse Polio National Immunization Day in a rural block of India Abhijit P Pakhare, Surya Bali, Radhakishan B Pawar, Ganesh S Lokhande..............................................................190 Letter Helpline facility to assist reporting of adverse drug reactions in India Vivekanandan Kalaiselvan, Prabhakar Mishra, Gyanendra N Singh........................................................................194 Recent WHO Publications ........................................................................................................................195

ISSN

2224-3151

Language

English