PLOS NTDs Editors-in-Chief Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss new research and the global effort towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis. One of the…
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Filariasis Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in Cameroon
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Access Malaria Prevention: Tackling the Gaps in Reaching the Hardest-to-Reach
Estrella Lasry, Tropical Diseases Advisor at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), describes the challenges of combating malaria in populations isolated by geography or violence…
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Global Health Combatting Neglected Tropical Diseases: Much Progress, but Millions of Neglected Patients Lack Access to Care
Julien Potet of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses recent successes and presents suggestions for the next steps in the fight against NTDs. This week scientists…
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Global Health Perspectives Toward the Elimination of Hepatitis B
Professor Guangxiang (George) Luo discusses recent advances in antiviral drug development and hepatitis B immunization which hold great promise for achieving the…
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Global Health Ending Tuberculosis in Afghanistan: working together towards a common goal
Mohammad Razai discusses the fight against TB in Afghanistan and the need to focus on new shorter treatment for MDR TB through involvement…
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Global Health Shorter Regimens Offer New Hope to Adults and Children with MDR TB by Halving Treatment Time
Leonardo Palumbo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), reflects on the new WHO guidelines for MDR-TB. Recent treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have resulted…
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Global Health Step up to Stop TB
Grania Brigden discusses the findings of the Out of Step report into national TB policies. The report will be launched on December…
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Conference news More people, more time, better data – what we need to ‘treat-all’ with HIV
On World AIDS Day 2015 and as the 18th International Conferences on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) is in full swing…
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Filariasis Filarial Diseases and the Nobel Prize for Medicine: Going Even Further for Neglected Patients
Claudia Pena Rossi of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative reflects on the Nobel Prize winning work of William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura and the…
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Global Health Health and the Sustainable Development Agenda: Leaving No One with Disability Behind
On the eve of the UN summit on Sustainable Development goals, Alarcos Cieza of the WHO reminds us that disability is part…
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Global Health Advocating for Equitable Access to Global Health Internship Opportunities
Kaleem Hawa, Oluwaseyi Owaseye, Tara Kedia, and Ashton Barnett-Vanes comment on unequal access to global health career training opportunities and announce a fundraising campaign to…
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Ebola Is Margaret Chan Really to Blame for the Delayed Ebola Response?
Sara Gorman (@saragorm) discusses recent criticism of WHO Director-General Margaret Chan and whether the focus should be on failures in preparation rather than…