Estimates of malaria incidence derived from routine surveillance data suggest that 225 million episodes of malaria occurred worldwide in 2009. This estimate…
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General Media Release: Estimating Global Malaria IncidenceRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Cigarette additives; Sex-specific STI immunization; Incidence of malaria & moreRead more
Five new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine in a large publishing week ranging from toxins in cigarettes to human resource…
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General Obama’s bioethics commission reports on international research protectionsRead more
A US standing Presidential Commission, asked to assure “that current rules for research participants protect people from harm or unethical treatment, domestically…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Treatment and recovery for trachomatous trichiasis; Group dynamics in research consortiumsRead more
In a randomized, non-inferiority trial, Saul Rajak and colleagues compare epilation and surgery for the management of minor trichiasis in Ethiopia, the…
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General Reporting guidelines for systematic reviews that consider effects on health equityRead more
We would like to invite readers of Speaking of Medicine to complete a survey about which items should be reported in equity-oriented…
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General A potential system to protect health during armed conflictRead more
“The Iraqi Governments decision to allow doctors to carry guns to protect themselves after many doctors were killed during the US invasion…
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General Media release: UK burden of injury is 2.6 times higher than previously thoughtRead more
When using data and information derived from patient experiences, combined with additional morbidity data on patients treated in emergency departments and those…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Burden of injuries; Night shift & diabetes; Policing counterfeit drugsRead more
Four new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including a Perspective on a new Research Article. To read about the article…
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General What should the ethical protections be in cluster trials?Read more
This week I was delighted to listen in to a consensus conference of researchers, ethicists, editors and other interested parties, aiming to…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Maternal Health; How to Stop TB?; PLoS Medicine/UNAIDS CollectionRead more
Many new articles published this week, with our monthly editorial and a policy forum, followed by a sponsored collection: The PLoS Medicine…
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General From ‘No Health Without Research’ to ‘Research for Health’ – World Health Report 2012Read more
Guest blog by Tikki Pang, Director, Research Policy & Cooperation, World Health Organization. In a blog posted on January 25, 2011 I…
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General What is Health Systems Strengthening?Read more
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop on Health System Strengthening organised by the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge…