Chagas disease is a silent killer. Throughout the Americas, an estimated 8–10 million people, most of whom are predominantly poor and marginalized…
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Chagas Declaration of the Global Chagas Disease Coalition
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General Why Infectious Diseases Still Matter
Sara Gorman explores the interconnectedness of infectious and chronic diseases. The headlines are everywhere. “Non-communicable diseases outsmart infectious diseases.&rdquo…
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Global Health Why Maternal Mental Health Should be a Priority
Dr. Sara Gorman from Columbia University discusses the importance of treating maternal mental illness. As 2015 quickly approaches, the global health community…
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General The Long Road to Repair: A U.S. National Post-doc for Science Education and Advocacy
Placing young scientists at the front lines with the American public and honoring the legacy of Dr. Richard Feynman This week PLOS…
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Policy Why Mental Illness-Focused Gun Control May Be More Harmful Than Helpful
Dr. Sara Gorman examines the risks involved with mental illness-focused gun control. In the aftermath of the mass shooting earlier this year…
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Policy Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials: A Creative Approach to a Public Good; Now a Creative Approach to Implementation is Needed
Margaret A. Winker, MD, Senior Research Editor, PLOS Medicine, and Virginia Barbour, MD, Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine, on behalf of the PLOS…
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General Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLOS NTDs Editor-in-Chief, Peter Hotez, highlights progress in the elimination of neglected tropical diseases through mass drug administration and other measures. This…
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Policy Is Disease Eradication Always the Best Path?
Sara Gorman from Harvard University discusses the pitfalls of disease eradication efforts. There is no question that the eradication of smallpox, a…
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General Facing Up to the US Gun Problem: Steps in the Right Direction
The United States has a gun problem, but if the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has any silver lining, perhaps the US…
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General The infelicities of quarantine
In 2009, as panic struck global health systems confronted with the H1N1 flu epidemic, a familiar strategy was immediately invoked by health…
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General Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease can become a global public good only if the data are made public
As most of the global health community may be aware, today the long-awaited findings of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD2010)…
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Collections No More Guesstimation: How to Reliably Estimate Trends in Child Mortality
Reliable estimates of child mortality are critical for monitoring progress toward Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG-4), so I asked Dr. Kenneth Hill…