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Global Health Time to build back equal in global health leadership
By guest contributors Abhijit Dhillon*, Bhanupriya Rao*, Ruth Mbugua**, Lucy Wankuru**, Adepeju Adeniran***, and Oluwabukola Shaba*** (*Women in Global Health India; **Women…
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post Medicine and healthcare research at PLOS: Your publishing options, explained
Work of global societal importance deserves a global platform. We make medical and healthcare research accessible to read without fees, limits or…
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Global Health Navigating Ebola: Women’s Health in a Bloody Epidemic
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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Global Health Stopping Gun Violence in the Americas: A Preventable Pandemic
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 Stepping up to Address Global Breastfeeding Inequities: Reflections on World Breastfeeding Week 2022
By guest contributor Cecilia Tomori Breastfeeding saves lives and helps keep families and communities healthier. Each year approximately 600,000 infants and young…
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Pathogens PLOS Pathogens announces a refreshed journal scope statement.
PLOS Pathogens is delighted to announce that we have refreshed our journal scope statement to reflect the growing and changing fields that…
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post Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: Avoiding the availability bias and developing healthcare resilience
By guest contributors Akhil Bansal and Stephen Luby The availability bias, introduced by Nobel Laureates Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in 1973…
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Covid-19 Living with COVID-19 in Ecuador: a “building blocks” perspective
By guest contributor Irene Torres, PhD There are many ways to describe the impact of COVID-19 in a small country such as…
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Climate Change Caribbean Climate Change Reparation through a Planetary Health Lens
By guest contributors Dr. Sandeep Bhupendra Maharaj BSc. Pharmacy MBA DBA; Dr. Darleen Y Franco MBBS PG. Dip Family Medicine; and Professor…