Today’s new estimates of maternal mortality from the United Nations’ Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) are good news – but not…
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General Maternal Mortality Falling – But Still Too High
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General Short-Term Surgical Mission: A Vehicle for Sustainable Surgical Care Delivery?
Guest bloggers Gita Mody, JaBaris Swain and Maurice Musoni discuss sustainable surgical care delivery and their experience in Rwanda with Team Heart…
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General Increased Information Transparency is Needed to Fight Air Pollution in China
Guest blogger Mike Frick from Asia Catalyst discusses the problem of air pollution in China and the need for better information. One…
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Access Why Do We Create Clinical Practice Guidelines?
Guest blogger, Jessie McGowan, ponders why there are so many barriers to using, adapting and implementing clinical practice guidelines. I have been…
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Conference news Strengthening Rwandan Surgery: Surgical Residents’ Perspective
Guest bloggers Gita Mody, Robin Petroze & Edmond Ntaganda discuss efforts to strengthen surgical care in Rwanda. In March 2011, the Rwanda…
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General Flu Debate Highlights Opacity of Public Health Research
After weeks of debate, the decision was finally made in February to publish in full two studies that report the cultivation of…
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General Putting the World in World Kidney Day
This year, March 8th is World Kidney Day but kidney care for the vast majority of the world’s population remains a distant…
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General Pharmaceutical R&D’s Costly Myths
PLoS Guest Bloggers Donald Light and Rebecca Warburton discuss myths surrounding the costs of developing new drugs. A recent article in Forbes…
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General Pathogens and People: Reflections from Haiti
PLoS Pathogens Deputy Editor Grant McFadden reflects on his recent trip to Haiti as part of a volunteer medical team. It is…
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Collections New collection of articles explores the science, application, and regulation of genetically modified insects for disease control
Author: Renata Santillan The current issue of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases presents a new collection of articles on the use of genetically…
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General Why is Research Critical to Stop Tuberculosis?
Guest blogger Dr Christian Lienhardt discusses the International Roadmap for Tuberculosis Research a framework outlining priority areas for investment in TB research. With…
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General Treating Trichiasis
Guest blogger Dr Michael Ekuoba Gyasi discusses trachoma, and the implications of two trials recently published in PLoS Medicine evaluating the treatment…