Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume 93, Number 11, November 2015, 741-816
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/93/11/en/

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EDITORIALS
Gender, health and the Sustainable Development Goals
Veronica Magar

RESEARCH
An insecticide-treated bed-net campaign and childhood malaria in Burkina Faso
Valérie R Louis, Anja Schoeps, Justin Tiendrebéogo, Claudia Beiersmann, Maurice Yé, Marie R Damiba, Guang Y Lu, André H Mbayiha, Manuela De Allegri, Albrecht Jahn, Ali Sié, Heiko Becher & Olaf Müller
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.147702

POLICY & PRACTICE
Evidence on global medical travel
Kai Ruggeri, Ladislav Záliš, Christopher R Meurice, Ian Hilton, Terry-Lisa Ly, Zorana Zupan & Saba Hinrichs
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.146027
Abstract
The potential benefits of travelling across national borders to obtain medical treatment include improved care, decreased costs and reduced waiting times. However, medical travel involves additional risks, compared to obtaining treatment domestically. We review the publicly-available evidence on medical travel. We suggest that medical travel needs to be understood in terms of its potential risks and benefits so that it can be evaluated against alternatives by patients who are seeking care. We propose three domains –quality standards, informed decision-making, economic and legal protection – in which better evidence could support the development of medical travel policies.