By guest contributors Helen Walls, Silvia Pastorino, Busiso Moyo and Donald Bundy The impact of climate change on food security is emerging…
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Global Health Climate change, food system resilience and the need for social protection strategies that protect the next generation
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Global Health Health for All Begins at the First Bar of the Patient Care Cascade
By guest contributor Reeti Desai Hobson Antimicrobial pathogens take center stage this September as the world convenes to counter its growing threat…
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Book Review A book review of Sabina Rashid’s “Poverty, gender and health in the slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows”
By guest contributors Hilary Standing and Sally Theobald Depth and detail – meeting the women whose lives you get to know intimately…
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Global Health Kindness costs – The hidden sacrifices nurses make for patients with TB
By guest contributor Carmen S. Christian, PhD “I buy stuff for them to eat or to drink… We’re always having a sandwich…
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Global Health Gender Pari(s)ty Olympics & Paralympics: Three Small Steps for Gender Equality and One Giant Leap for Global Health
By guest contributors Dr. Jennifer S. Martin, Dr. Bismah Nayyer, and Dr.Frances Brill In a world exercising poly-crises, the Olympic and Paralympic…
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Global Health Unveiling Colonial Legacies in Epidemic Responses: A book review of Lioba Hirsch’s Anti-Blackness and Global Health – A response to Ebola in the Colonial Wake
By guest contributor Yasmine M. Elmi The legacy of colonialism is not just a historical footnote; it is a persistent force that…
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Global Health What Africa needs to do in response to the outbreak of clade 1b MPXV
By guest contributor Misaki Wayengera Once again, Africa is faced with a regional emergency driven by an infectious agent, reminding us of…
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Global Health Medical Oxygen is a Clinical Priority
By guest contributors Andrew Johnston, Britta Johnston, Dr. Christine Mutaganzwa, and David Acolatse Declared essential medicine by the World Health Organization, medical…
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Global Health PLOS Mental Health Community Case Studies: Mental Health & Neglected Tropical Diseases
In the latest ‘Community Case Studies’ blog from PLOS Mental Health, we speak to Dr. Anil Fastenau, an author on a recent…
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Global Health From COVID-19 pandemic to mpox emergency: The power of community in protecting public global health
By guest contributor Francesco Branda The COVID-19 pandemic marked a pivotal moment in the history of global public health, challenging health systems…
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Global Health Mpox Declares to Africa that Global Health is in Fact, Not Global
By guest contributor Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, MD, CTropMed., University of Minnesota, USA; Institute of Human Virology Nigeria; and University of Cape Coast…
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Ebola PLOS Global Public Health – explore our Ebola research
In our latest blog post, contributor Krutika Kuppalli reflects on the decade that has passed since Ebola Virus Disease was declared an…