Today PLoS Medicine launches a new series on the best ways to help people with mental health problems around the world. The series…
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Mental Health Call for papers: PLoS Medicine series on Global Mental Health PracticeRead more
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Global Health Happy International Women’s Day – two steps forward, one step back?Read more
March 8 is International Women’s Day and several global health organizations and advocates are celebrating the achievements of their women colleagues, but also…
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Collections Call for Papers: Quality of maternal health careRead more
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between PLoS Medicine and the Maternal Health Task Force that will assemble a Collection…
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Mental Health Mental health care in conflict zonesRead more
Sadly, the global burden of mental health is under-recognised and enormous: mental health conditions are the leading cause of DALYs worldwide, but…
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General What is Health Systems Strengthening?Read more
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop on Health System Strengthening organised by the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge…
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Maternal Newborn and Child Health Child deaths have fallen rapidly since 1990 but not enoughRead more
A new report released this morning by UNICEF and WHO says that deaths among children under 5 years of age between 1990…
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General Should films with smoking have adult-ratings?Read more
Two articles in this week’s PLoS Medicine address the question of whether films with smoking scenes should have “R” or “adult” ratings…
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General Ghostwriting – how does academic medicine justify it?Read more
We’re always interested at PLoS Medicine in different perspectives on the ghostwriting problem. Following considerable news coverage of our recent Stern and…
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General Dear Doctor: If you take credit for a ghostwritten article, you could be suedRead more
Ghostwriting is not only an unethical practice, but it may also constitute legal fraud, according to an article by University of Toronto…
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General Doctors’ lucrative relations with device companies revealedRead more
At PLoS Medicine we routinely examine conflicts of interest associated with the health influence of industries such as pharma, tobacco, and alcohol…
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General World Refugee Day—new PLoS Medicine articlesRead more
43 million people are forcibly displaced right now—fleeing from conflict, persecution, or threats of imprisonment, hoping for shelter and safety. What’s worse…