Last Tuesday we published a Policy Forum article discussing the “remarkable” decline of HIV in Zimbabwe. It drew upon three primary studies…
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General US and Zimbabwean press weigh in on PLoS Medicine articleRead more
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General Tobacco industry again in the firing lineRead more
This week the government of Newfoundland & Labrador filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen tobacco manufacturers to recover the costs…
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Global Health Monitoring International Diplomacy and Global HealthRead more
This month’s Health Diplomacy Monitor—a regular, open access compendium of key international negotiations that have a significant impact on global health—includes a…
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General Candy-charity partnerships are “sugar washing”Read more
Just after Halloween this year, The Lancet called out UNICEF Canada for partnering with a candy company, Cadbury, whose high fat, high…
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General Can We Count on Global Health Estimates?Read more
This blog by Jocalyn Clark is cross-posted from the Healthy Newborn Network, an international resource that connects advocates around the world and…
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General Ghostwriting Overpromoted HRTRead more
This week PLoS Medicine published an unprecedented analysis of the Wyeth Ghostwriting Archive – a collection of documents uncovered during recent litigation…
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Conference news The Toronto Charter on Physical Activity: A Global Call for ActionRead more
The 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health concluded today with the release of The Toronto Charter on Physical Activity…
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Conference news Big Food learns from Big TobaccoRead more
So I wasn’t the only one who thought it was odd that the Coca Cola Company was the lead corporate sponsor of this…
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General PLoS Medicine Series on Global Health DiplomacyRead more
In April PLoS Medicine launched a series on Global Health Diplomacy examining the growing interface between foreign policy and global health. Scholars…
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Ghostwriting Mining the ghostwriting documents results in university investigationRead more
In what appears to be the first report by an investigative journalist who mined the ghostwriting archive created by PLoS Medicine last…
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General Daily Click: Water bottles have stigmaRead more
Yesterday PLoS Medicine published an article by Daniel Maeusezahl and colleagues on their trial in Bolivia of SODIS, a solar disinfection method…
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General Daily Click: Shine the light on rape in warRead more
The use of rape as a tool of war persists, but attention to it does not. The current Africa tour of US…