Suerie Moon and John-Arne Røttingen from Harvard University call for WHO member states to embrace new approaches to governing the global research…
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Access Demonstrating Progress: Building a More Equitable Global R&D SystemRead more
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Neglected Diseases From What We Know to What We Do: Now is the Time for Governments to Fix a Failing System for Drug DevelopmentRead more
Kristine Husøy Onarheim and Johanne Helene Iversen from Universities Allied for Essential Medicines write about the broken system for drug development, and…
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General PLOS NTDs Launches New Collection Focusing on StrongyloidesRead more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases announces the launch of a new collection focusing on the human parasitic roundworm Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis). Containing…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Dengue and Pregnancy; Protection Against B. pseudomallei; Bacterial VOC Diagnostics; H1N1 Antigenic Change; and moreRead more
New articles publishing in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: The occurrence of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever has increased in Brazil, in…
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General Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS): Sub-Saharan Africa’s Secret Scourge of Girls and WomenRead more
PLOS NTDs editor-in-chief Peter Hotez highlights the subject of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Africa that continues to affect women there heavily, yet…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and Pathogens: Advancing Neurocysticercosis Research; Ivermectin vs. Onchocerciasis; Rhoptries Revealed; and HCV-Induced Liver DiseaseRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of adult acquired epilepsy…
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General Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical DiseasesRead more
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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Neglected Diseases Taking Down Cholera Means Raising Socioeconomically Depressed Populations UpRead more
International news was thick recently with reports of a cholera outbreak in Havana, Cuba that apparently stemmed from tainted concessions sold at…
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Neglected Diseases Neglected Tropical Diseases and the New PopeRead more
This week 115 cardinals will enter the papal conclave in order to select a new pope. Some newspaper accounts, including those in…
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General Buruli Ulcer in a Brave New WorldRead more
Daniel O’Brien from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders describes his recent visit to Cameroon and calls for research and action to tackle…
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Access Stuck in a time warp: WHO-brokered global R&D action plan shelvedRead more
Julien Potet and Katy Athersuch from Médecins Sans Frontières’ Access Campaign discuss a backward step for medical research & development. Ten years…
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General PLOS NTDs 5th Anniversary Tweetchat & Call for PapersRead more
As part of the journal’s ongoing fifth-anniversary celebration, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases invites readers and colleagues to join us for a tweet…