In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper, Behind the Paper: Beyond the pill: Understanding barriers and enablers…
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Behind the Paper Behind the Paper: Beyond the pill: Understanding barriers and enablers to oral and long-acting injectable PrEP among women in sex work in Zambia
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Global Health Malaria Is Evolving—Our Response Should Too
By guest contributors Christine M. Bachman and Dr. Kavitha Saravu In the past decade, we’ve seen real progress in malaria control. New…
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Mental Health Journeys in Mental Health: When you shine a light on a shadow, it disappears – my experience of PTSD
On PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) Awareness Day, PLOS Mental Health is sharing the latest ‘Journeys in Mental Health’ blog, which comes from…
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Global Health Addressing reductions in US global health funding: An opportunity for a rethink, or more of the same?
By guest contributors Garrett Wallace Brown, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; and David Bell, Independent Global Health Consultant, Lake Jackson, USA. Introduction…
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Global Health Adolescent Pregnancy in Zambia: Dissecting Context to Drive Structural Change, Rights-Based Action, and Youth-Led Solutions
By guest contributors Gift Malunga and Luchuo Engelbert Bain Adolescent pregnancy in Zambia remains one of the most urgent yet under-addressed public…
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Mental Health Community as a Superpower: A call for inclusion and mentorship on World Refugee Week 2025
June 20th is World Refugee Day and the theme this year is ‘solidarity with refugees’. It is also Refugee Week, for which…
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Meet Your Editor Getting to know PLOS Mental Health: Digital Mental Health
We continue our ‘Getting to know PLOS Mental Health‘ blog series with Section Editor Professor S. Craig Watkins. Professor Watkins, who is…
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Global Health The WHO Pandemic Agreement: An essential catalyst for global health equity and preparedness
By guest contributor Blondy Kayembe-Mulumba While some countries can quickly mobilize public health responses to pandemics, others struggled with limited access to…
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Global Health Reimagining Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) financing for Africa amid global funding crises
By guest contributors Sherin Paul and Mirfin Mpundu Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a silent pandemic, widens health inequalities in Africa by disproportionately affecting the…
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LGBTQ+ Taking pride in our content and communities: Understanding the mental health needs and barriers for LGBTQ+ communities across the globe.
***Content Warning: Some of the topics discussed below may be triggering for some readers, including discussion of suicidality and abuse. Please use…
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Behind the Paper Behind the Paper: Indigenous perspectives navigating concurrent public health emergencies from the Cedar Project in British Columbia
In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper, Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the…
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Global Health Urgent need for increasing access to TB diagnosis – what can we learn from HIV and COVID-19
By guest contributors Gopal Panta, Lisa Stevens, and Irinn Vinaiphat Too many people continue to die from tuberculosis (TB) every year, the…