By guest contributor Elburg van Boetzelaer “When an older person dies, it is a library that burns down.” With these words by…
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Global Health Symposium on ageing in crisis: Advancing the overlooked healthcare rights and needs of older people in humanitarian crisesRead more
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Global Health World Polio Day 2025 – explore articles from PLOS Global Public HealthRead more
Every World Polio Day (observed on October 24) is a time to pause and reflect on one of the greatest public-health achievements…
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Behind the Paper Behind the paper: Japanese Contact Patterns during the COVID-19 PandemicRead more
In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper, Continuing to be cautious: Japanese Contact Patterns during the…
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Global Health PLOS Global Public Health Editor Spotlight: Tsitsi MasvawureRead more
Tsitsi Masvawure is a medical anthropologist, global health researcher and feminist scholar, whose research focuses on issues of gender, sexuality and health…
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Global Health MSF Scientific Days 2025: evidence as resistanceRead more
By guest contributors Madeleine Baxter and Holly Baker “If we don’t conduct – or at least stimulate – certain types of research to…
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Global Health In Haiti, HIV Treatment Is a Daily Gamble. Long-Acting Injections Could Change That.Read more
By guest contributor Cassange BITERE In 2024, Haiti accounted for 38% of all new HIV infections in the Caribbean, and although an…
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Behind the Paper Behind the Paper: Beyond the pill: Understanding barriers and enablers to oral and long-acting injectable PrEP among women in sex work in ZambiaRead more
In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper, Behind the Paper: Beyond the pill: Understanding barriers and enablers…
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Global Health Malaria Is Evolving—Our Response Should TooRead more
By guest contributors Christine M. Bachman and Dr. Kavitha Saravu In the past decade, we’ve seen real progress in malaria control. New…
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Global Health Addressing reductions in US global health funding: An opportunity for a rethink, or more of the same?Read more
By guest contributors Garrett Wallace Brown, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; and David Bell, Independent Global Health Consultant, Lake Jackson, USA. Introduction…
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Global Health Adolescent Pregnancy in Zambia: Dissecting Context to Drive Structural Change, Rights-Based Action, and Youth-Led SolutionsRead more
By guest contributors Gift Malunga and Luchuo Engelbert Bain Adolescent pregnancy in Zambia remains one of the most urgent yet under-addressed public…
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Global Health The WHO Pandemic Agreement: An essential catalyst for global health equity and preparednessRead more
By guest contributor Blondy Kayembe-Mulumba While some countries can quickly mobilize public health responses to pandemics, others struggled with limited access to…
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Global Health Reimagining Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) financing for Africa amid global funding crisesRead more
By guest contributors Sherin Paul and Mirfin Mpundu Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a silent pandemic, widens health inequalities in Africa by disproportionately affecting the…