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 A rollercoaster of emotions at Union World Lung Health conferenceRead more
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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…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Antibiotic-resistant BSIs; Raw vegetables & heart health; Child contacts of TB casesRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: Marlieke de Kraker and colleagues calculate excess mortality, excess hospital stay, and related…
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Global Health Medical assistance and crisis mapping: is the hype justified?Read more
Guest post by Sierra Williams Popular data visualization tools and crisis mapping software are increasingly relied upon to better equip on-the-ground medical…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Serologic data on flu infection; HIV self-testing; Disparities in DNA databasesRead more
Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including a Research Article and Perspective on an HIV self-test method. Joseph…
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Conference news Mobile treatment teams and new drugs: the fight against sleeping sicknessRead more
Bamako, Mali. Leopard-print chairs, a rather dark conference room filled mainly with African men dressed in either dark suits or colourful long…