Three new articles on HIV treatment were published this week in PLoS Medicine, and an accompanying Health in Action article on the…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Clinic treatment of HIV; Pre-ART treatment; African First Aid MaterialsRead more
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General Aid access to Somalia: there must be no hidden agenda to humanitarianismRead more
In the past few days, al-Shabab, the armed faction that controls south and central Somalia, has lifted its ban on the delivery…
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Conference news African Conference on Sanitation MDG 19-21 July 2011Read more
AfricaSan 3, the Third African Conference on Hygiene and Sanitation, currently being held (19-21 July) in Kigali, Rwanda, is being attended by…
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Conference news The science of outcomes: how far have we come?Read more
UPDATE 1 AUGUST: The COMET website has now launched. Its database lists the outcomes standardisation efforts that are going on across clinical…
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General WHO guidance on household water treatment publishedRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS, Senior Production Editor at PLoS continues her series of posts on water and sanitation. WHO has just announced…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Tuberculosis diagnostics; LED-FM microscopy; Incremental cost-effective ratiosRead more
Three new articles publish this week in PLoS Medicine, including two related studies on tuberculosis by Luis Cuevas and colleagues. Luis Cuevas…
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General Do all roads lead to ROME (Research Oriented Medical Education) in India?Read more
Research is a massively neglected part of undergraduate medical training in India. Students join undergraduate medical courses straight after high school, but…
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General TB & Me: The personal experiences of patients living with MDR-TBRead more
Guest post by Dr. Philipp du Cros, Head of the Manson Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders), London, UK. What…
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Conference news Eliminate the Neglect: U.S. Support Needed to Expand Assault on Neglected DiseasesRead more
Guest post by Bernard Pecoul and Peter Hotez If you asked the average American if they’ve ever heard of sleeping sickness, river…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Statistical prediction of flu; Risk outcomes of severe flu; PharmacovigilanceRead more
This week in PLoS Medicine, three new articles were published, with two research articles and a new piece from our magazine section…
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General Patient Voices: A digital library of healthcare storiesRead more
It is not always necessary to conduct a randomized controlled trial in order to improve health outcomes, sometimes all you need to…
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General Doctors’ lucrative relations with device companies revealedRead more
At PLoS Medicine we routinely examine conflicts of interest associated with the health influence of industries such as pharma, tobacco, and alcohol…