Saturday, June 25, 2005

New blood-pressure guidelines pay off — for drug companies

Treatment guidelines endorsed by the World Health Organization have worldwide impact. Here, Aldo Argola, a WHO librarian in Geneva, loads treatment guidelines and medical books into a trunk that will be sent to a health center that lacks up-to-date information. The WHO has sent these portable medical libraries to more than 1,400 health centers in 60 nations.