By Dr. Jenniffer Mabuka In 2014, West Africa encountered its worst recorded outbreak of Ebola with over 11,000 reported deaths. The memory…
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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…
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post News & Opinion: New W.H.O. Director General is Dr. Tedros of EthiopiaRead more
In this post we offer the latest news on the election of a new Director General for The World Health Organization, beginning…
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post Silent killers: the scourge of noncommunicable diseases in Africa by Kofi GunuRead more
By Kofi Gunu When global health leaders gather in Geneva this month to elect a new head of the World Health…
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post Where do the (3) candidates for the next WHO Director General stand on the most challenging global health issues of the decade?Read more
As part of our commitment to the communication of global health research, PLOSBLOGS is pleased to host this Q&A with the three final…
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post Opinion: Who should lead WHO (Pt. 3 of 3)? Dr. David Nabarro, “a frontline clinician and global health leader”Read more
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post #WorldMalariaDay: can nets and sprays keep the bugs away?Read more
By Abraar Karan MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Many nights, I wondered what was worse: risking a bite from…
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post Opinion: Who should lead WHO (pt 2 of 3)? Why I support Pakistan’s “Great Reformer”Read more
The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the views of PLOS or…
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post Trump wants deep cuts to international aid: the uncalculated costs of global health insecurityRead more
By Ana Rita Sequeira In the last decade, the United States has played a leading funder role in the preparedness and…