Those of you with more than a passing interest in publication bias and other threats to the integrity of the research literature…
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General Silent takedown of the pharma trials database…and moreRead more
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General Zero MDR-TB deaths in children in my lifetime?Read more
Global aspirations I like this year’s STOP TB partnership World TB Day campaign approach. It is ambitious, but I, for one, have…
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General Today is World Water Day (March 22, 2012)Read more
The United Nations General Assembly declared March 22, 1993 the first World Water Day. This year, the event is coordinated by FAO …
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General Geeks and primitive fieldworkers: a tale of two culturesRead more
As a project manager for MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders), a medical emergency humanitarian agency, I attended this year’s South by…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Publication bias; CD4 count in AIDS; Health Systems GuidanceRead more
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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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…