Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including the end to a series on Health Systems Guidance. A comparison…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Publication bias; CD4 count in AIDS; Health Systems GuidanceRead more
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Conference news Strengthening Rwandan Surgery: Surgical Residents’ PerspectiveRead more
Guest bloggers Gita Mody, Robin Petroze & Edmond Ntaganda discuss efforts to strengthen surgical care in Rwanda. In March 2011, the Rwanda…
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General #eyesonsyria or how to get eyes on the unwatchableRead more
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the news hurtling at us today – especially when we are all rather inured to…
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General Flu Debate Highlights Opacity of Public Health ResearchRead more
After weeks of debate, the decision was finally made in February to publish in full two studies that report the cultivation of…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: VBAC; DSM conflicts of interest; Health systems guidanceRead more
This week PLoS Medicine published 5 new articles, including a Perspective tying together two new Research Articles on VBAC. A UK case-control…
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General Putting the World in World Kidney DayRead more
This year, March 8th is World Kidney Day but kidney care for the vast majority of the world’s population remains a distant…
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Global Health Happy International Women’s Day – two steps forward, one step back?Read more
March 8 is International Women’s Day and several global health organizations and advocates are celebrating the achievements of their women colleagues, but also…
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General Pharmaceutical R&D’s Costly MythsRead more
PLoS Guest Bloggers Donald Light and Rebecca Warburton discuss myths surrounding the costs of developing new drugs. A recent article in Forbes…
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Access PLoS/HIFA2015 Webinar, 28th March 2012: Can Open Access publishing provide Healthcare Information For All by 2015?Read more
You are invited to attend the first HIFA2015 Webinar, supported by PLoS, the Public Library of Science, a HIFA2015 Supporting Organisation and…
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Mental Health What is a traumatic experience if you live in Mogadishu?Read more
The woman in front of me in the clinic looked worried. Her child, a small creature, was struggling to resist efforts to…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Cancer & contraceptives in South Africa; Neonatal care in LMICs; Pregnancy in smoke-free Scotland & moreRead more
Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including the beginning of a series on health systems guidance. A case-control…
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General Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Causal Link?Read more
Although injury and death define war, every war is unique in its predominant types of injury and causes of death. World War…