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 News & Opinion: New W.H.O. Director General is Dr. Tedros of EthiopiaRead more
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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
[Featured image above: New Guinea Ebola vaccine trials; WHO/S. Hawkey] The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author…
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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…
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post Why Mentors Matter: Global Health Research Mentorship in LMICs #WorldHealthDay2017Read more
By Abraar Karan MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Mentorship in global health is severely lacking for young leaders who…
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post Opinion: Who should lead WHO (Pt 1 of 3)? Dr. Tedros, nominee of the Government of Ethiopia.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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Open Access Repost: The Top Ten Ways to Tell that a Journal is FakeRead more
[PLOSBLOGS note: We’re republishing this popular post in light of recent coverage on the subject, “A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’…
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Autism Researcher ‘First Person’: Why Context Matters When Assessing Autistic TraitsRead more
PLOSBLOGS Editor’s Note: From time to time we feature “first person” blog posts by PLOS journal authors, particularly when their newly published…
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post Ending a Global Epidemic: Tuberculosis in Children #UnitetoEndTBRead more
“When my daughter got sick, I took her to a clinic in my neighborhood. They gave her cough syrup for seven days…