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				Pacific Health Dialog: Pacific Health Surveillance and Response, 
				 
				Vol. 12, No. 2 
				
				
				
				Guest Editorial 
				Tom Kiedrzynski 
				
				  
				
				
				Original papers 
				
				
				
				Disease Surveillance during the VII South Pacific Mini Games, 
				Palau 2005 - Lessons learnt 
				Karen Carter, Jennifer Chan, Stevenson Kuartei, Julie Alvarez 
				
				
				
				Risk factors for cholera in Pohnpei during an outbreak in 2000: 
				Lessons for Pacific Countries and Territories 
				Martyn D Kirk, Tom Kiedrzynski, Eliaser Johnson, Amato Elymore, 
				Iris Wainiqolo 
				
				
				
				Twenty years of HIV surveillance in the Pacific - what do the 
				data tell us and what do we still need to know? 
				Tim Sladden 
				
				
				
				Dengue fever larval control in New Caledonia: assessment of a 
				door-to-door health educators program 
				Martine Noel 
				
				
				
				Arboviruses and their Vectors in the Pacific - Status Report 
				Laurent Guillaumot 
				
				
				
				Laboratory-based Salmonella surveillance in Fiji, 2004-2005 
				John Dunn, Jan Pryor, Salanieta Saketa, Wasale Delai, Eka 
				Buadromo, Kamal Kishore, Shakila Naidu, Sharon Greene, Jay Varma, 
				Tom Chiller 
				
				
				
				Curbing the tide - Non-communicable disease in the Pacific 
				Tony Lower, Bootii Nauan, Myriam Abel, Malakai Ake, Viliami 
				Puloka, Kabwea Tiban 
				
				
				
				Nutrient Analysis of the Guamanian Diet: Acceptable Energy 
				Distribution with Inadequate Nutrient Quality 
				Rebecca S. Pobocik, Nancy S. Boudreau 
				
				
				
				An NGO approach for addressing the nutrition dilemma: Pohnpei 
				focuses on awareness, food analysis, conservation and food 
				processing 
				Lois Englberber, Adelino Lorens, Bill Raynor, Amy Levendusky, 
				Yumiko Paul, Weilsihter Hagilmai, Jim Currie, Penny Weilbacher, 
				Rufino Mauricio, Eliuel Pretrick, Willy Kostka, Ellen Ehsa, 
				Robert Andreas, Wehns Billen 
				
				
				
				The Kura Files: Qualitative Social Survey 
				Madhukar Pande, Mani Naiker, Graham Mills, Narendra Singh, 
				Tevita Voro 
				
				
				Case reports and short communications 
				
				
				
				Trial of email reporting for the Hospital Based Active 
				Surveillance System in the Pacific 
				Richard Duncan 
				
				
				
				An Outbreak of Dengue Fever in Yap State 
				Mark A Durand, Martin Bel, Ignathia Ruwey, Maria Marfel, 
				Laurence Yug, Victor Ngaden 
				
				  
				
				
				Review papers 
				
				
				
				Type 2 diabetes in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in 
				Hawaii 
				Jill K. Furubayashi, Mele A. Look 
				
				
				
				Dengue in the Pacific - an update of the current situation 
				Narendra Singh, Tom Kiedrzynski, Christelle Lepers, Elise 
				Kamisan Benyon 
				
				
				Viewpoints and perspectives 
				
				
				
				Disease surveillance in Guam: a historical perspective 
				Robert L. Haddock 
				
				
				
				Foodborne disease surveillance in the Pacific: perspectives for 
				the future 
				Tom Chiller, Hannah Yang, Nu'ualofa Tu'u'au-Potoi, Michael 
				O'Leary, Benoit Garin,  
				Narendra Singh, Theodora Magno, John Dunn, Tony Hazzard, Jan 
				Pryor 
				
				
				
				Implementing the New International Health Regulations in the 
				Pacific - Challenges and Opportunities 
				Hitoshi Oshitani, Li Ailan. Maria Concepcion Roces, Dato' Tee Ah 
				Sian, Chen Ken, Tom Kiedrzynski 
				
				
				
				Beyond mad, bad and sad: A case for considering community mental 
				health and the means to assess it 
				Roland F. Schultz 
				
				
				
				Health Care Plans and Dust Collection in the Pacific 
				Stevenson Kuartei 
				
				  
				
				
				Conference reports 
				
				
				
				Report on a Workshop on the Laboratory Diagnosis of Measles 
				Jennie Leydon, Shannon Curley, Theo Karapanagiotidis, Vicki 
				Stambos, Heath Kelly 
				
				  
				
				
				Book reviews 
				
				
				
				Spatial and Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health 
				Narendra Singh 
				
				
				
				SARS: How a Global Epidemic Was Stopped 
				Narendra Singh 
				
				
				
				Public Health Surveillance in the Pacific 
				Christelle Lepers 
				
				
				Abstracts 
				
				
				
				Abstracts and references 
				Tom Kiedrzynski 
				
				
				PHD Matters 
				
				
				
				From the Editorial Assistant 
				Setita Naqelevuki 
				
				
				
				From the Editor 
				Sitaleki A Finau 
  
				  
				
				Pacific Health Dialog: Health in Palau and Micronesia, Vol. 12, 
				No. 1 
				
				
				
				Guest Editorial 
				
				
				Victor Yano, Steven Kuartei, Greg Dever, Page 4-10 
				
				  
				
				
				Original Papers 
				
				
				
				A study of the effects of social change on health in the 
				Republic of Palau 
				
				
				S Kermode, J Tellei, Page 14-21 
				
				
				
				Helicobacter Pylori Infection Rates at a Family Practice In 
				Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia 
				
				
				B A Isaac, Page 47-51 
				
				
				
				Coral stone landscape and pterygia; is there an association? 
				
				
				B H Keni, Page 81-83 
				
				
				Case Reports and Short Communications 
				
				
				The Republic of Palau and the Pacific Island Health Care Project 
				(PIHCP) 
				
				
				Donald A Person, Page 132-140 
				
				
				
				The Use of Appropriateness Criteria for the Selection of 
				Clinical Preventive Services for a Pacific Island Health Service 
				
				
				AM Durand, K Dechenrong, J Ngirasowei, et al, Page 141-144 
				
				
				
				Cardiac Tamponade from Slingshot Metal Darts in Chuuk: A 
				retrospective Review of cases 
				
				
				Arsen JC, Rmit K, Yichiro O, Page 145-148 
				
				
				
				Viral diarrhoea epidemic - impact on a small island pharmacy 
				
				
				A Harding, Page 149-152 
				
				
				
				Oral Cancer Incidence Disparity Among Ethnic Groups on Guam 
				
				
				R Haddock, Page 153-154 
				
				
				
				Treatment of a Mild Chronic Case of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning 
				with Intravenous Mannitol, a Case Study 
				
				
				G Mitchell, Page 155-157 
				
				  
				
				
				Book Review 
				
				
				
				Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? - Educating Public Health 
				Professionals 
				
				
				K Gebbie, L Rosenstock, L M Hernandez, Page 163-166 
				
				
				Letters to the Editors 
				
				
				
				On Testifying at Senate Confirmation Hearings for a New Minister 
				of Health for Palau - Where are we going in health 
				S J Kuartei, Page 167 
				
				
				
				CDC Pacific Health Initiative: The Palau Community College 
				Center for Emergency Health 
				
				
				W Wally, J Tellei, G Dever, M Keim, Page 168 
				
				
				
				What the Heck is AHEC? 
				K Withy, Page 169-170 
				
				
				
				Training and Coordination for Pacific Island Health Services: 
				The Problem of Distance and the Peacesat Program 
				
				
				MarkMark M Durand, Page 171-172 
				
				  
				
				
				Abstracts 
				
				
				
				Abstracts on Palau and Micronesia from PubMed / MEDLINE 
				
				
				S Finau, S Naqelevuki, Page 173-191 
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