IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

In editorials, Ala Din Alwan et al. (546) and Dermot Maher & Nathan Ford (547) discuss the growing importance of noncommunicable diseases and their expectations for the upcoming United Nations high-level meeting in New York. In an interview, director of the department of food safety at the World Health Organization, Maged Younes (554–555), talks about the recent E. coli outbreak in Germany.

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Achieving the 2015 target

Philippe Glaziou et al. (573–582) predict global targets of halving tuberculosis deaths from 1990 to 2015 can be achieved.

Antibiotics for severe malnutrition

Marzia Lazzerini & David Tickell (594–607) review the evidence for giving broad-spectrum antibiotics to children with severe acute malnutrition.

Engaging civil society

Haileyesus Getahun & Mario Raviglione (616–618) discuss how civil society should play a greater role in tuberculosis prevention and care.

Maternal depression and child growth

Pamela J Surkan et al. (608–615) investigate the relationship between maternal mental health and childhood stunting and underweight.