The third UN World Food Summit assembles this week. But despite the fact that more than one billion people go hungry every…
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General A billion living in hunger: governments must rise to the challengeRead more
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General HIV and homosexuality – Uganda’s Turn Toward HateRead more
Guest blog by Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins…
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Access Diving into the patent poolRead more
When it comes to treating HIV in low and middle income countries (LMICs), there are two crises—the first garners much attention, but…
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General StaRs of child healthRead more
What are the problems with paediatric trials, and how can we make the evidence base in child health bigger, more reliable, and…
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General Counting the global burden of foodborne diseaseRead more
Foodborne diseases include diarrhea due to foodborne pathogens, peanut allergies, poisoning from chemical contamination and emergent diseases such as avian ‘flu and…
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General Drug Companies and Patient Groups: Uneasy BedfellowsRead more
A couple of weeks ago, I was on This American Life, a weekly show on US national public radio, talking about screening…
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General New tools to improve access to healthcare services for Africa’s worst-offRead more
Guest blog by Valéry Ridde, from the Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Centre de recherche du CHUM-Unité de Santé Internationale…
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General Last call for abstracts for the Geneva Health Forum 2010Read more
The Geneva Health Forum is a biannual event organized by the Geneva University Hospitals and the Faculty of Medicine of the University…
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General Telegraph feature on scaling up mosquito netsRead more
Over this past summer, I took a short sabbatical after being awarded a mini-fellowship in global health reporting. For my fellowship, I…
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General PLoS Medicine is 5 this weekRead more
It’s five years this week since PLoS Medicine‘s inaugural issue. We’ve taken this opportunity to reflect on the past five years and…
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Public Mental health in KenyaRead more
On Sept 8 2009 I blogged about Kenya’s science cafés, and on October 13 2009 I blogged about the launch of PLoS…
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General Protecting hospitals from natural disastersRead more
Today is the UN’s International Day for Disaster Reduction. This year the UN is dedicating the day to highlighting the need to…