By guest contributor Yaw Bediako, PhD The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and unprecedented impact on the lives of people all…
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Global Health African biotech holds the key to transforming not just the health of African people, but our economies as wellRead more
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Research Highlight Can smartphones predict mortality risk?Read more
This week in Research Highlights, a monthly PLOS blog series exploring recent noteworthy research from across the journals, we explore a new PLOS…
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Global Health Making Health Insurance Work for the Most Vulnerable in NigeriaRead more
By guest contributors Omokhudu Idogho, Kenneth Okoineme, Yusuf H. Wada, Isibhakhomen Y. Ikhimiukor, Mogbonjubade Adesulure, and Jennifer Anyanti In 2020, the Minister…
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Global Health Can co-design promote equity in global health?Read more
By guest contributor Rachel Hall-Clifford Maya Health Alliance | Wuqu’ Kawoq staff and midwives co-designing the safe+natal toolkit in Guatemala. Several years…
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Global Health The Right to Flee – looking after the wellbeing of people who are forcibly displacedRead more
By guest contributors Sylvia Garry, Clare Shortall, Rita Issa, Aula Abbara, Sarah Walpole Every day, people choose to move within countries and…
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Global Health Improving the global clinical trials ecosystem – a World Health Assembly resolutionRead more
By guest contributors Vasee Moorthy, John Reeder, Soumya Swaminathan When Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) answer relevant research questions, employing robust scientific methodology…
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Global Health Navigating Ebola: Women’s Health in a Bloody EpidemicRead more
By guest contributor Benjamin Black Ebola epidemics summon the world’s attention. Newspapers and reporters are quick to remind their audiences of the…
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Climate Change PLOS supports the call for urgent, immediate action to address health impacts of climate change in AfricaRead more
PLOS stands in support of the more than 250 journals calling for urgent action on climate change for Africa and for the…
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Global Health “If you are uncomfortable in the room then you are in the right place” – Reflections on anti-racism and decolonizing global health from the International AIDS Conference in MontrealRead more
By guest contributors Ayoade Alakija, Winnie Byanyima, Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, Madhukar Pai; Christine Stegling, Steve Letsike, Lazenya Weekes-Richemond, Lola Abayomi, Leigh-Anne-Agnew, Divya…
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Global Health Day of the Girl Child: Let’s Aim for A World Free of Cervical CancerRead more
By guest contributors Jessica Posner and Nicole Castle “The HPV vaccine has a vital role to play in preventing cervical cancer. We…
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Global Health Stopping Gun Violence in the Americas: A Preventable PandemicRead more
By guest contributors Rashi Jhunjhunwala, MD MA; Arturo Cervantes Trejo MD MPH DrPH; Pablo Tarcisio Uribe-Leitz MD MPH; John Lindsay-Poland, Keith Martin…
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Global Health How to lead an African public health institute through a pandemicRead more
By guest contributor Professor Stanley Okolo The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) faced numerous challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic but was ultimately…