Original post by Benjamin Geisler, posted on Health Care Value Strategies In the U.S. everybody is talking about Accountable Care Organizations or ACOs…
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General Accountable Care Organizations in the U.S.Read more
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MSF MSF: Discussing Alex – dilemmas in tuberculosis treatmentRead more
Guest post from Rebecca Welfare, who is a TB specialist nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) The weekly multidisciplinary committee on drug-resistant…
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Policy Encouraging best practice in systematic reviewsRead more
The PLoS Medicine editorial this month focuses on initiatives ensuring best practice in the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews. This editorial…
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Policy What is PLoS Medicine’s policy on trials registration?Read more
It’s now well over five years since the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors announced a policy requiring that clinical trials considered…
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General Is funding into Neglected Diseases being misdirected?Read more
Yesterday I attended the launch of the third G-FINDER report on Global Funding of Research and Development into Neglected Diseases. The report…
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General The future of US health reform lies in the hands of one manRead more
Guest blog by Gavin Yamey, lead, Evidence to Policy Initiative, Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco It has become increasingly…
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Policy A new resolution on health protection during armed conflictRead more
Dr Rhona MacDonald, freelance editor, [email protected] A new resolution that stresses the importance of health protection during armed conflict has recently been launched…
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Global Health Monitoring International Diplomacy and Global HealthRead more
This month’s Health Diplomacy Monitor—a regular, open access compendium of key international negotiations that have a significant impact on global health—includes a…
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Access New European policy – greater transparency and access to data from drug regulatorRead more
The European Medicines Agency (EMA – the public body carrying out the centralised review and approval of new medicines across Europe) has…
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General MSF: World AIDS Day – Flying in the face of evidenceRead more
Guest blog by Nathan Ford, who has worked with Medicine Sans Frontieres (MSF) since 1998 and is currently the medical coordinator for…
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Policy MDG 7c: The Sanitation Goal Is in the ToiletRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS 2.6 billion people around the world have no access to “improved sanitation.&rdquo…
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Global Health Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water (HSW): Neglected Problems, Lagging SolutionsRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS, Senior Production Editor at PLoS continues her series of posts on water and sanitation. For a huge proportion…