To help celebrate 15 years of PLOS Medicine, Academic Editor Madhukar Pai discusses the advancement of cascades of care in tuberculosis, focusing…
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15th Anniversary If we are serious about ending TB, we must put quality on the agenda: PLOS Medicine 15th AnniversaryRead more
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General Progress in Peril: Stagnant Funding Could Lengthen the TB Elimination TimelineRead more
On World TB Day, Dr. Jay Achar (@dr_jay_a) of Médecins Sans Frontières (@MSFSci) explains how, despite encouraging innovation in the fight to…
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General ‘I didn’t plan to be an activist’ : perspectives on tuberculosis care from six survivorsRead more
Six survivors from diverse backgrounds describe how tuberculosis wreaked havoc on their lives and drove them to advocate at a local and…
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General Combatting MDR-TB: Bringing a Knife to a GunfightRead more
Animesh Sinha, a physician with Médecins Sans Frontières, describes how bedaquiline and delamanid changed the game for treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and stresses…
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General Inexcusable Excuses: Reluctance to Quickly Improve MDR-TB TreatmentRead more
It’s time to stop making excuses and start taking action and implement the new WHO guidance for treating MDR-TB, argue Helena Huerga…
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General Mobilizing the Research Community for TB – The Time Is NowRead more
Els Torreele, the Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s Access Campaign, suggests ways world leaders can use this week’s first ever…
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Call for Papers PLOS Medicine Special Issue: New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Care, and EliminationRead more
We’ve extended the submission deadline! The new deadline for research submissions is November 16th. The editors of PLOS Medicine together with guest…
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General WANTED! Leaders who will dare ask what tuberculosis patients really wantRead more
Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day, Bern-Thomas Nyang’wa of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses the importance of considering patients’ preferences when evaluating new…
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Cholera What’s coming for health science and policy in 2018? Global experts look ahead in their fieldRead more
Note: This PLOS Medicine Editorial appeared in Speaking of Medicine ahead of publication in the journal. The final version published on January…
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General Why Tuberculosis is an R&D priorityRead more
On World Tuberculosis Day 2017, Grania Brigden of the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease discusses the importance of developing new treatments…
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Collections Announcing the PLOS Tuberculosis ChannelRead more
Soumya Swaminathan and Madhukar Pai announce the launch of the PLOS Tuberculosis Chanel This post also appears on the PLOS Channels & Collections…
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Global Health Drug Regulation in the Age of Antimicrobial ResistanceRead more
On the eve of the Union World Conference on Lung Health, Bev Stringer of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses how unregulated access to…