There’s a lot of nay-saying about peer review out there – it’s messy, inadequate, timeconsuming, boring, and nobody knows what it’s supposed…
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Peer review How can we improve peer review: the impact of reporting guidelinesRead more
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Collections Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) – a cost-effective HIV prevention measure in eastern and southern Africa: a UNAIDS and PEPFAR collectionRead more
Today PLoS Medicine is delighted to announce the publication of a sponsored Collection, in conjunction with the Joint United Nations Programme on…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Maternal Health; How to Stop TB?; PLoS Medicine/UNAIDS CollectionRead more
Many new articles published this week, with our monthly editorial and a policy forum, followed by a sponsored collection: The PLoS Medicine…
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General From ‘No Health Without Research’ to ‘Research for Health’ – World Health Report 2012Read more
Guest blog by Tikki Pang, Director, Research Policy & Cooperation, World Health Organization. In a blog posted on January 25, 2011 I…
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General What is Health Systems Strengthening?Read more
Last week I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop on Health System Strengthening organised by the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Micronutrients & malaria; Gender & HIV stigma; Research governanceRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two research articles: Hans Verhoef and colleagues report findings from their randomized…
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General Celebrate World Toilet Day, November 19, 2011Read more
The world is facing a widespread water and sanitation crisis. About 2.6 billion people – 40% of the global human population &ndash…
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General World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic VictimsRead more
Sunday 20th November is this year’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The day is not only an opportunity to remember those…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: PrEP strategies for HIV prevention; WHO mhGAPRead more
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 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…