Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two research articles: Hans Verhoef and colleagues report findings from their randomized…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Micronutrients & malaria; Gender & HIV stigma; Research governanceRead more
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General Celebrate World Toilet Day, November 19, 2011Read more
The world is facing a widespread water and sanitation crisis. About 2.6 billion people – 40% of the global human population &ndash…
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General World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic VictimsRead more
Sunday 20th November is this year’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The day is not only an opportunity to remember those…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: PrEP strategies for HIV prevention; WHO mhGAPRead more
Two new articles posted this week in PLoS Medicine – Timothy Hallett and colleagues use a mathematical model to examine the long-term…
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General World Pneumonia Day: Saturday 12th NovemberRead more
Pneumonia kills more children under five than AIDS, malaria and measles combined – one child every 20 seconds, to be exact. Many…
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General WHO: what is the truth about the current situation?Read more
The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently ended a three-day special session to discuss radical WHO reforms. The…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: 4ABC & malaria; Xpert diagnosis; Preterm birth outcomes; Global health educationRead more
Four new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: The Four Artemisinin-Based Combinations (4ABC) Study Group reports a randomized, non-inferiority trial comparing…
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Conference news A rollercoaster of emotions at Union World Lung Health conferenceRead more
Guest post by Bern-Thomas Nyang’wa, a Malawian public health doctor working as a TB Implementer for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Bern provides…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Physical activity and obesity risk; Towards an Equity-Focused Health Research AgendaRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: Ruth Loos and colleagues report findings from a meta-analysis of multiple studies examining…
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General How to Use PLoS’s Advanced Search FunctionRead more
Michael Morris is a Publications Assistant for PLoS Medicine with a Master of Library Science degree. His previous experience in the library…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Rapid diagnostics; Heart health & diabetes; Follow-up in HIV treatment & moreRead more
At the close of October, PLoS Medicine published 5 new articles, including the monthly editorial: The PLoS Medicine editors reflect on recent…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Predicting polio outbreaks; Community-wide vaccination; Scale-up in medical educationRead more
This week PLoS Medicine publishes three new articles, with a pair of new research articles and policy forum focused on education. Using…