The October 2012 issue (.pdf) of the Global Health Diplomacy Network’s (GHD-NET) Health & Foreign Policy Bulletin is now available online. Among other topics, the issue examines the “challenge of providing the public with actionable information during a pandemic,” discusses the integration of interventions on maternal mortality and HIV, looks at the impact of trade and investment treaties on public health in Asia, summarizes a political economy analysis for tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries, and highlights a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report outlining the U.S. Department of Defense’s global health work (October 2012).