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Covid-19 Language Matters: Is it Social or Physical Distancing to be followed during the COVID-19 Pandemic?Read more
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Global health Coronavirus, Obesity and Undernutrition: The Triple Burden for Latin AmericaRead more
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Global health How Can Africa Prevent the Next Haemorrhagic Fever Crisis? Invest in Research and DevelopmentRead more
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post World Prematurity Day: Kangaroo Mother Care in India is a game-changer, notes from implementation research for scaling up KMCRead more
By Arin Kar Prematurity and low-birth weight has been a persistent and major killer of newborns. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), a low-cost…
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post Help Your Fellow Scientists: Appeal from Ciencia Puerto RicoRead more
PLOSBLOGS is reposting the following appeal from Ciencia Puerto Rico to support Puerto Rican scientists and medical practitioners in their efforts to aid their people…
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Global health Rex Tillerson shouldn’t cut global AIDS funding. Here’s why.Read more
By Pranay Sinha “A model for us to look to as we’re thinking about other ways to project America’s values, project our…
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Global health Helping countries transition from donor aid for health: recent experience at the Global FundRead more
Dr. Robert Hecht and Rachel Wilkinson of Pharos Global Health Advisers comment on the role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS…