Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume 94, Number 4, April 2016, 233-308
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/4/en/

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EDITORIALS
Best practices for sharing information through data platforms: establishing the principles
Vasee S Moorthy, Cathy Roth, Piero Olliaro, Christopher Dye & Marie Paule Kieny
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.172882

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Addressing the health of vulnerable populations: a call for papers
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra, Rebekah Thomas, James Headen Pfitzer & Paige Whitney
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.172783

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Knowledge sharing during public health emergencies: from global call to effective implementation
Sophie Delaunay, Patricia Kahn, Mercedes Tatay & Joanne Liu
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.172650
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In February 2016, the issue of data sharing during emergencies made headlines around the world after leading research funders, academic journals and nongovernmental organizations signed a joint declaration of commitment to rapidly share data relevant to the Zika virus outbreak.1 This action followed repeated calls from some of the same constituencies for sharing data from clinical trials2,3 conducted in the context of public health emergencies4,5 and public health in general.6,7
While the Zika open data initiative is a positive step, it also highlights the shortcomings of calling for knowledge sharing after an outbreak has already begun. To improve epidemic emergency response and to accelerate related research, health authorities in potentially exposed countries must put in place the necessary frameworks for collecting, managing and swiftly making available good-quality, standardized data and for safely securing and sharing biomaterial¬ – such as patient samples – collected during the outbreak…

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Assessment of universal health coverage for adults aged 50 years or older with chronic illness in six middle-income countries
Christine Goeppel, Patricia Frenz, Linus Grabenhenrich, Thomas Keil & Peter Tinnemann
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.163832

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An approach for setting evidence-based and stakeholder-informed research priorities in low- and middle-income countries
Eva A Rehfuess, Solange Durão, Patrick Kyamanywa, Joerg J Meerpohl, Taryn Young, Anke Rohwer, on behalf of the CEBHA+ & consortium
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.162966