Guest blog by David M. Olson, MD, Medical Advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), New York, NY, USA This week I…
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MSF MSF: Cholera epidemics: emergency response in Haiti and beyondRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Costs & funding for public health; Path to universal health coverageRead more
Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, focusing on funding and policy analysis. An economic analysis of different screening…
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General Chocolate, water pipes and PLoS Medicine – report from the Cambridge Humanitarian CentreRead more
A couple of days ago I attended the launch of a report – Cambridge and International development – published by the Humanitarian…
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Policy MDG 7c: The Sanitation Goal Is in the ToiletRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS 2.6 billion people around the world have no access to “improved sanitation.&rdquo…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Water and Sanitation; Improving definitions; Road crashes and traumaRead more
This is a big publishing week for PLoS Medicine, as we publish the final two pieces of our collection on Water and…
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Conference news Walk-in TB testing and self-testing for HIVRead more
I’m currently at the 41st Union World Conference in Berlin, Germany and this morning enjoyed an interactive session debating whether walk-in testing…
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General Can the Republicans Repeal Health Reform?Read more
Guest blog by Gavin Yamey, lead, Evidence to Policy Initiative, Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, Last week’s US mid-term…
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Global Health Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water (HSW): Neglected Problems, Lagging SolutionsRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS, Senior Production Editor at PLoS continues her series of posts on water and sanitation. For a huge proportion…
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General Biogas toilets in a Chinese villageRead more
Guest blog by Angela Ni, Fulbright Fellow 2010-2011, Yunnan, China (angela.ni@fulbrightmail.org) Angela’s second instalment from the field in rural China Here in…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Engaging trial participants; Water and sanitationRead more
This week in PLoS Medicine, three new articles are published, including the beginning of our series on water and sanitation. Patrina Caldwell…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Flu treatment combo; eHealth evaluation; Pharmaceutical promotion perspectiveRead more
Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including a perspective on an article from our October issue. Analysis of…
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Policy Publication Duty for big Pharma?Read more
Guest blog by Benjamin P. Geisler, MD MPH, Senior Consultant, originally posted here A recent case of publication bias has fuelled the…