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 What is Health Systems Strengthening?Read more
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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…
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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…