Nathan Ford has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 1998, and is currently the medical coordinator for MSF’s International Campaign for…
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MSF MSF on World Malaria Day: Improving treatment for severe malariaRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Rotavirus vaccines in Brazil; Exercise for Chilean elderly; IHR and antimicrobial resistanceRead more
Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including a Perspective on a research article. A time series analysis by…
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General Tackling the Global Epidemic of Non-Communicable DiseasesRead more
Guest student blog by Fiona Rae, third year medical student at the University of Edinburgh [fionaelizabethrae@gmail.com]. In September 2011 the issue of…
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General Cambodia’s Doomed PREP Trial: What Happened Next?Read more
Guest blog by Gavin Yamey, lead, Evidence to Policy Initiative, Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco Remember the doomed PREP…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Private health foundations; Private vs public ambulatory care; Mosquito net useRead more
Four new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including a Perspective on a research article. David Stuckler and colleagues examine…
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General A City of Joy in the midst of hellRead more
In 2009 we published a harrowing and compelling paper on the work done by the Panzi hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo…
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General Accountable Care Organizations in the U.S.Read more
Original post by Benjamin Geisler, posted on Health Care Value Strategies In the U.S. everybody is talking about Accountable Care Organizations or ACOs…
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General World Health Day: Combating antimicrobial resistanceRead more
Today is World Health Day, an event held on the 7th April every year since 1950 to mark the founding of the…
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General Patent pool party highlights lack of access to HIV drugsRead more
Guest student blog by Harriet Gliddon, third year Biochemistry undergraduate, Imperial College London [harrietgliddon@googlemail.com] Student campaigners promoting access to affordable HIV…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: PCV7 vaccination; Clinical training; Off-label pharmaceuticals & moreRead more
Today, PLoS Medicine published four new articles on a range of topics, and announced an update to the World Health Report 2012…
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General Meeting rural water and sanitation needs in Yunnan, China.Read more
Guest blog by Angela Ni, a Fulbright Fellow (2010-2011) studying rural water and sanitation conditions in Yunnan, China. (angela.ni@fulbrightmail.org) Last month the…
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Neglected Diseases Poverty, Infections and Inequality in the World’s Richest CountryRead more
In a compelling editorial published this week in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Peter Hotez draws attention to the infections of poverty as…