In this post, author Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo reflects on the process of the newly published PLOS Global Public Health Essay, Health systems collaboration…
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Behind the Paper Behind the paper: Health systems collaboration can strengthen climate change resilience: Insights from Indigenous knowledges in the Latin American regionRead more
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Behind the Paper Why research struggles in the places where it is needed most—and what TIMER-2C helps us see differentlyRead more
By guest contributors Beryne Odeny*,1 Ucheoma Nwaozuru,2 Dorothy Mangale,3 Nadia A. Sam-Agudu,4,5,6 Dhananjaya Sharma5,6,7 1Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis…
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Global Health From metrics to meaning: using performance pathways to make health system performance assessment speak for policyRead more
By guest contributors Dheepa Rajan, Nathan Shuftan Health system performance assessment (HSPA) has long relied on quantitative indicators to describe how health…
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Global Health Diplomacy is not peripheral to public health—it is how public health gets doneRead more
By guest contributor Kathy Bunka As a career diplomat with an educational background in international public health, I have come to see…
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Global Health Beyond Periods and Patriarchy: The Intersections of Reproductive Health, Agricultural Work, and Climate Change in IndiaRead more
By guest contributors Phoebe Han, Seleena Jarligo, Steewa Philip, and Alyssa Victorino On January 30th 2026, the Supreme Court of India made…
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Global Health Global health: the long road from saviorism to justiceRead more
Image credit: original artwork from the authors, Evelyn Rogan and Madhukar Pai, free to reuse (CC BY 4.0). Download a higher resolution…
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Global Health World TB Day and PLOS Global Public HealthRead more
By Julia Robinson, Executive Editor, PLOS Global Public Health Each year on March 24, World TB Day calls global attention to one…
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Behind the Paper World TB Day 2026: A whole-of-society approach to end TB – sure, but how?Read more
By guest contributors Tra Vu, Ashna Ashesh, and Luan Vo Every year on March 24—the day of the discovery of the bacteria…
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Behind the Paper Behind the papers: The burden and potential of women’s water accessRead more
By guest contributors Bethany Caruso (Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University) and Emily Ogutu (Gangarosa Department…
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Global Health From rhetoric to practice: the EQUIP Network model for equity-focused implementation science in global healthRead more
By guest contributors Gabriela Fernando*1; Michelle Gooey*2; Callie Walsh-Bailey*3; Chisom Obiezu-Umeh3; Angela Melder4; Ahlia Griffiths2; Ngozi Idemili-Aronu5, 6; ; Haimanot Hailu2; Sharuna…
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Mental Health Journeys in Mental Health: The Free Mind and the RestraintsRead more
In this ‘Journeys in Mental Health’ blog, we hear from Dr Xiaofan Yue at Huangshan University who shares their experience since 2023—encompassing…
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Mental Health PLOS Mental Health Collection: The Power of Peers in Times of CrisesRead more
At the end of last year, the 7th Global Mental Health Summit asked ‘What has changed? What needs to change?’ when it…