Towards a global social contract
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Maternal and child health vital to progress of South Asia [Full text] FREE

	The double burden of diseases in South Asia [Full text] FREE

	In Pakistan, one in three people are anxious or depressed [Full text] FREE

	Acetazolamide is better than ginkgo biloba for mountain sickness [Full text] FREE

	Three days of amoxicillin are enough for non-severe pneumonia [Full text] FREE

	Who smokes in India? [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Is there hope for South Asia?
	Zulfiqar Bhutta, Samiran Nundy, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;328:777-778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.777 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Marketing of medicines in India
	Chandra M Gulhati
	BMJ  2004;328:778-779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.778 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postgraduate medical education in South Asia
	Lalitha Mendis, B V Adkoli, R K Adhikari, M Muzaherul Huq, Asma Fozia Qureshi
	BMJ  2004;328:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.779 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tobacco related harm in South Asia
	Diyanath Samarasinghe, Colvin Goonaratna
	BMJ  2004;328:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.780 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cardiovascular and infectious diseases in South Asia: the double whammy
	Buddha Basnyat, Lalini Chandika Rajapaksa
	BMJ  2004;328:781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.781 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surgery in South Asia
	Musthaq Ahmed, Asad Raja, Samiran Nundy
	BMJ  2004;328:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.782 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Amalgamation of South Asia's medical community will benefit all
	K C Mahajan
	BMJ  2004;328:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.837 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: SAARC: regional cooperation for sustainable health
	Sania Nishtar
	BMJ  2004;328:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.837-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Initiative is exciting fantasy
	Sanjay Mansukhbhai Rajpara
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	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Peace is a must
	Malvinder S Parmar
	BMJ  2004;328:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.838 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: With peace, enter diseases of old age
	Ediriweera B R Desapriya
	BMJ  2004;328:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.838-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Poverty is an acquired problem
	Antony R Charles
	BMJ  2004;328:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.838-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Educated people should be champions
	R N Srivastava
	BMJ  2004;328:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.838-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Egalitarianism is the key to improvement
	Anuruddha M Abeygunasekera
	BMJ  2004;328:838-839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.838-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Skills of evidence based medicine need to be taught
	Evangelia Chryssafidou, Theodoros N Arvanitis, Khalid S Khan, Aravinthan Coomarasamy
	BMJ  2004;328:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.839 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Better understanding is achievable
	Buddha Basnyat
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	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Who cares about superspecialisation?
	Shah A Khan, Azra S Hasan
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	South Asian health: what is to be done?: Teach people how to fish
	Majid Jalil
	BMJ  2004;328:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.839-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Bush accused of blocking access to cheap AIDS drugs
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.783 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New watchdog given power to overturn GMC acquittals
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.783-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.784 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Medical charity criticises shortcomings of DOTS in management of tuberculosis
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2004;328:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.784-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US study shows wide variation in approach to ductal carcinoma in situ
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.785 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Canadian doctors welcome public health initiatives in wake of SARS
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
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	South Asian theme issue: Every breath you take
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2004;328:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.787 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	South Asian theme issue: The great technological divide
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2004;328:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.788 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	South Asian theme issue: No mean feet
	Dinesh Singhal, Samiran Nundy
	BMJ  2004;328:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.789 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	South Asian theme issue: Karachi's quiet revolutionary
	Khabir Ahmad
	BMJ  2004;328:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.790 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Trials of two microbicides to be launched in Africa
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.786 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Surgeon wins £815 000 from BMA
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.786-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Three quarters of young UK adults risk skin cancer by seeking suntan
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.786-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	US healthcare lobbyists outspend other pressure groups
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
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	Data collection is poor because staff don't see the point
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.786-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

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This week's News extra

	UK academy wants neuroscience research to benefit patients more quickly
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;328:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.790-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Kosovans should not be sent home before mental health needs are assessed
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.790-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Community based teams can transform mental health services, says report
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;328:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.790-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors question government's prediction of an end to premature heart deaths
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2004;328:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.790-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	UK recommends adoption of international guidelines on exposure to electromagnetic fields
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.790-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's 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, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38049.490255.DE, (Published 16 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk factors, prevalence, and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in Pakistan: systematic review
	Ilyas Mirza, Rachel Jenkins
	BMJ  2004;328:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.794 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	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)
	Jeffrey H Gertsch, Buddha Basnyat, E William Johnson, Janet Onopa, Peter S Holck
	BMJ  2004;328:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38043.501690.7C, (Published 11 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	India versus Pakistan and the power of a six: an analysis of cricket results
	Kamran Abbasi, Khalid S Khan
	BMJ  2004;328:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.800 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: cross sectional multilevel evidence from the 1998-9 national family health survey
	S V Subramanian, Shailen Nandy, Michelle Kelly, Dave Gordon, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:801-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.801 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia
	Abdul Ghaffar, K Srinath Reddy, Monica Singhi
	BMJ  2004;328:807-810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.807 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Burden of infectious diseases in South Asia
	Anita K M Zaidi, Shally Awasthi, H Janaka deSilva
	BMJ  2004;328:811-815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.811 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?
	Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Indu Gupta, Harendra de'Silva, Dharma Manandhar, Shally Awasthi, S M Moazzem Hossain, M A Salam
	BMJ  2004;328:816-819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.816 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and table] FREE

	Effect of maternal mental health on infant growth in low income countries: new evidence from South Asia
	Vikram Patel, Atif Rahman, K S Jacob, Marcus Hughes
	BMJ  2004;328:820-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.820 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Role of gender in health disparity: the South Asian context
	Fariyal F Fikree, Omrana Pasha
	BMJ  2004;328:823-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.823 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Importance of health research in South Asia
	Ritu Sadana, Carol D'Souza, Adnan A Hyder, A Mushtaque R Chowdhury
	BMJ  2004;328:826-830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.826 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information] FREE

	Community development and its impact on health: South Asian experience
	S M Moazzem Hossain, Abbas Bhuiya, Alia Rahman Khan, Iyorlumun Uhaa
	BMJ  2004;328:830-833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.830 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Integrating health care for mothers and children in refugee camps and at district level
	Assad Hafeez, Rubina Riaz, Samin Ullah Shah, Javed Pervaiz, David Southall
	BMJ  2004;328:834-836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.834 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Sarwar Jehan Zuberi
	N A Jafarey
	BMJ  2004;328:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.840 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Minoo S Shroff
	Nazli Siddiqui
	BMJ  2004;328:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.840-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Film: Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
	Sanjai Pai
	BMJ  2004;328:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.841 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Evidence based medicine
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2004;328:842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.842 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Website of the week: Websites on South Asian health
	Chibuzo Osdigwe
	BMJ  2004;328:842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.842-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Is cricket the magic glue that unites South Asia?
	Saad Shafqat, Nadir Bharucha
	BMJ  2004;328:843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.843 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.844 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Half of wrist ganglions resolve spontaneously
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	Endpiece: On healing
	Neesav Goyal
	BMJ  2004;328:799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.799 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable call: A house call in Nepal's Himalayas
	Puncho Gurung
	BMJ  2004;328:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.806 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Spiritual relief
	Sarah Hull
	BMJ  2004;328:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.815 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hindu mythology and medicine
	R Raveendra Varma
	BMJ  2004;328:819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.819 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interactive case report: A 66 year old with breathlessness
	BMJ  2004;328:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.836 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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