By guest contributors Garrett Wallace Brown, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; and David Bell, Independent Global Health Consultant, Lake Jackson, USA. Introduction…
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Global Health Addressing reductions in US global health funding: An opportunity for a rethink, or more of the same?Read more
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Global Health Adolescent Pregnancy in Zambia: Dissecting Context to Drive Structural Change, Rights-Based Action, and Youth-Led SolutionsRead more
By guest contributors Gift Malunga and Luchuo Engelbert Bain Adolescent pregnancy in Zambia remains one of the most urgent yet under-addressed public…
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Mental Health Community as a Superpower: A call for inclusion and mentorship on World Refugee Week 2025Read more
June 20th is World Refugee Day and the theme this year is ‘solidarity with refugees’. It is also Refugee Week, for which…
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Meet Your Editor Getting to know PLOS Mental Health: Digital Mental HealthRead more
We continue our ‘Getting to know PLOS Mental Health‘ blog series with Section Editor Professor S. Craig Watkins. Professor Watkins, who is…
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Global Health The WHO Pandemic Agreement: An essential catalyst for global health equity and preparednessRead more
By guest contributor Blondy Kayembe-Mulumba While some countries can quickly mobilize public health responses to pandemics, others struggled with limited access to…
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Global Health Reimagining Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) financing for Africa amid global funding crisesRead more
By guest contributors Sherin Paul and Mirfin Mpundu Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a silent pandemic, widens health inequalities in Africa by disproportionately affecting the…
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LGBTQ+ Taking pride in our content and communities: Understanding the mental health needs and barriers for LGBTQ+ communities across the globe.Read more
***Content Warning: Some of the topics discussed below may be triggering for some readers, including discussion of suicidality and abuse. Please use…
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Behind the Paper Behind the Paper: Indigenous perspectives navigating concurrent public health emergencies from the Cedar Project in British ColumbiaRead more
In this post, we talk to the authors of the recently published paper, Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the…
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Global Health Urgent need for increasing access to TB diagnosis – what can we learn from HIV and COVID-19Read more
By guest contributors Gopal Panta, Lisa Stevens, and Irinn Vinaiphat Too many people continue to die from tuberculosis (TB) every year, the…
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Author Tips PLOS Mental Health Author Tips Part 3/3: Effective RevisionsRead more
PLOS Mental Health has been sharing a series of author tips with the aim of providing some support to those who are…
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Global Health Breaking Barriers: Strengthening Maternal Healthcare to Prevent Congenital Heart Disease in AfghanistanRead more
By guest contributors Massoma Jafari, Ilja Ormel, Samira Shahzad, Faiza Rab, Carla Taylor, and Salim Sohani Every Afghan mother dreams of a…
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Global Health What is taking us so long? Structural Inequities in the rollout of Maternal Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS)Read more
By guest contributors Dr Javeria Bilal Qamar; Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas; Dr Fyezah Jehan Quietly prescribed, universally accepted, and utterly uncontroversial, prenatal vitamins…