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PHD. 1998. Mar. Vol. 5 #1


Emerging and Re-emerging
Diseases in the Pacific



Issue Editors:
Dr. Michael O'Leary
  Dr. Sitaleki Finau
Title Author(s) pages
Guest Editorials
  Sang Tae Han, Marcus H. Samo, Michael J. O’Leary 004-007
Original Papers
Naked wire and naked truths: reproductive health risks faced by teenage girls in Honiara, Solomon Islands Fanou Burslem, Orapin Laohapensang, Josephine Sauvarin, Margaret Young, Ann Larson

008-015

HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and practices in the Cook Islands Neti Tamarua, Edwina Tangaroa, Michael J. O’Leary 016-021
HIV and AIDS knowledge among medical laboratory technologists in the Pacific Robert W. L. Siebers, Michael Lynch 022-025
The concept of empowerment in a traditional Fijian context Glenn Laverack 026-029
Animal leptospirosis in the Federated States of Micronesia James R. Simms 030-037
Diurnal sub–periodic Bancroftian filariasis in Dogura, Papua New Guinea Peter Sapak, Andrew Valley, Pamela Giurina, Conrad Maibani 038-040
The effectiveness of pertussis immunization during a pertussis outbreak in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands Thomas F. Wierzba, Christopher Chevalier, Bolton Hebala, Junilyn Pikacha  041-046
Sex industries and sexual networking in Papua New Guinea: public health risks and implications Lawrence Hammar  047-053
Sociocultural vectors and the evolution of virulence in diarrheal pathogens affecting Micronesian populations Vincent P. Diego 054-066
Case Reports and Short Communications
The prevalence of liver abscess in Pohnpei State, Micronesia Johnny Hedson 067-069
Lepromatous leprosy masquerading as neurofibromatosis A Mark Durand 070-071
Noncompliance to anti-tuberculosis medication in Pohnpei, Micronesia Mayleen Jack Ekiek 072-073
Prevalence of intestinal helminth infection in Fiji Elizabeth Mathai, Serupepeli Goneyali, Isoa Volavola 074-075
Prostitution in CNMI: political and economic aspects of emerging infectious diseases Seiji Yamada 076-078
Campylobacter and Vibrio infections on Guam Robert L. Haddock 079-082
Conference Reports and Papers
Voices from the community: a call to action for Asian and Pacific Island health in the new millennium Stevenson Kuartei 083-085
Today’s health – tomorrow’s wealth: the fourth annual PBMA conference, 1998 Kennedy Remit, Victor Yano 086-088
The Convention on the Rights of the Child: first call for Pacific children Ezekiel T. Nukuro 089-093
The Pacific Regional Consultation on the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Monitoring and Reporting, August 97 K. Chamberlain 094-095
South West Pacific Malaria Meeting: 14–17 July 1997 Joan Bryan, Kevin Palmer 096-098
The Fourth Pacific Conference of Community Health in Medical Education: 19 July 1997 May Okihiro 099-101
Can the Pacific get rid of filariasis by the year 2020? A conference report Peter Sapak 102-104
Review Papers
WHO response to resurgence of tuberculosis: the DOTS strategy for effective control Leopold J. Blanc 105-107
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: infection, maternal smoking and ethnic group C.C. Blackwell, D.M. Weir, A. Busuttil 108-118
Measles in Fiji, 1875: thoughts on the history of emerging infectious diseases David M. Morens 119-128
Dengue in the Pacific: an updated story Tom Kiedrzynski, Yvan Souarès, Tony Stewart 129-136
Cryptosporidiosis: an emerging microbial threat in the Pacific Nina Russell, Phil Weinstein, Alistair Woodward 137-141
Hepatitis B infection in the Pacific Elizabeth Mathai, Murli Krishna 142-146
Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis: dealing with a newly emerging disease David M. Morens 147-153
Dengue in French Polynesia : major features, surveillance, molecular epidemiology and current situation Eliane Chungue, Xavier Deparis, Bernadette Murgue 154-162
Reprint
Ciguatera: dilemmas in clinical recognition, presentation and management John Pearn 163-166
Viewpoints and Perspectives
Emerging infectious diseases: the Pacific at the crossroads Stephen M. Ostroff 167-170
The tuberculosis epidemic in the CNMI Jon Bruss, Artin Mahmoudi 171-175
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a prevention program for the Pacific Steven B. Auerbach 176-179
Healthy Islands: from concept to practice Jan Ritchie, Arie Rotem, Bronwyn Hine 180-186
Pacific Health Institutions
Climate, ENSO and health in the Pacific: research in progress Nancy Davis Lewis, Michael Hamnett, Usha Prasad, Liem Tran, Alan Hilton 187-190
The Field Epidemiology Training Program: responding to the challenge of current and emerging infections Mahomed Patel, Robert Douglas 191-194
Field epidemiology and public health surveillance training: proposals for new methods as part of the PPHSN Yvan Souarès, Tom Kiedrzynski 195-199
PPHSN and PACNET: the Pacific islands are now tuned into the 21st century Yvan Souarès 200-204
Book Reviews
205-213
Journal Abstracts
214-217
Obituary: Ngirakebou Dr. Polloi
218-218
Letters to the Editor
219-220
PHD Editor S A Finau 224-224


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