Two new articles posted this week in PLoS Medicine – Timothy Hallett and colleagues use a mathematical model to examine the long-term…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: PrEP strategies for HIV prevention; WHO mhGAPRead more
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General World Pneumonia Day: Saturday 12th NovemberRead more
Pneumonia kills more children under five than AIDS, malaria and measles combined – one child every 20 seconds, to be exact. Many…
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General WHO: what is the truth about the current situation?Read more
The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently ended a three-day special session to discuss radical WHO reforms. The…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: 4ABC & malaria; Xpert diagnosis; Preterm birth outcomes; Global health educationRead more
Four new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: The Four Artemisinin-Based Combinations (4ABC) Study Group reports a randomized, non-inferiority trial comparing…
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Conference news A rollercoaster of emotions at Union World Lung Health conferenceRead more
Guest post by Bern-Thomas Nyang’wa, a Malawian public health doctor working as a TB Implementer for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Bern provides…
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Conference news Being bold on a budget at LilleRead more
Guest post by Beverly Collin, Programmes Advisor Health Policy and Practice at MSF UK After the initial orientation to the vast Union…
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Conference news Paediatric tuberculosis: out of the darkRead more
Guest post by Grania Brigden, the TB advisor to the MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. For too long, children with…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Physical activity and obesity risk; Towards an Equity-Focused Health Research AgendaRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: Ruth Loos and colleagues report findings from a meta-analysis of multiple studies examining…
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General How to Use PLoS’s Advanced Search FunctionRead more
Michael Morris is a Publications Assistant for PLoS Medicine with a Master of Library Science degree. His previous experience in the library…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Rapid diagnostics; Heart health & diabetes; Follow-up in HIV treatment & moreRead more
At the close of October, PLoS Medicine published 5 new articles, including the monthly editorial: The PLoS Medicine editors reflect on recent…
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Road Traffic Crashes Over 1 Million Dead in Road Traffic Crashes This YearRead more
A few weeks ago the number of people killed in road traffic crashes this year passed the one million mark. In fact…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Predicting polio outbreaks; Community-wide vaccination; Scale-up in medical educationRead more
This week PLoS Medicine publishes three new articles, with a pair of new research articles and policy forum focused on education. Using…