IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
In an editorial, Babak Pourbohloul & Marie Paule Kieny (242) discuss the emerging discipline of complex system analysis and its potential use in health systems management. In a second editorial, Michelle Kermode et al. (243) call for including opioid substitution therapy in programmes to prevent HIV transmission in resource-poor settings. Alice Ghent (246-247) reports on the growing trend towards using happiness as a measure of national progress. In an interview, Mercedes de Onis (250-251) talks to Gozde Zorlu about WHO's new child growth standards.
Does recession reduce global aid?
David Stuckler et al. (252-257) find that global aid for health has not decreased during previous economic recessions.
Cost of child survival
Liselore van Ekdom et al. (267-277) re-examine the global price tag for child survival interventions.
Assessing public health events
Thomas Haustein et al. (296-303) investigate the process of notifying potentially dangerous public health events under the International Health Regulations.