This post was written by Azan Z. Virji MPH, Jean Claude Mugunga MSc MD, Daniel Palazuelos MD, MPH In early April, the…
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Covid-19 African countries set the tone in technological innovation to fight COVID-19
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Covid-19 Remote PhD Defense: Lessons Learned
This post was written by Aravin Sukumar, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Sciences. My PhD…
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Covid-19 Alcohol use during the COVID-19 outbreak: learning from the evidence on retirement
This blog was written by Dr. Roxanne Armstrong-Moore, Postdoctoral Research Associate MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge; and Dr. Rahul (Tony) Rao…
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Covid-19 Language Matters: Is it Social or Physical Distancing to be followed during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
About the author: Dr. Sai Krishna Gudi is a Ph.D. research scholar at the College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences…
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Global health Coronavirus, Obesity and Undernutrition: The Triple Burden for Latin America
This post was written by Ada Cuevas, MD, MSc, from the Advanced Center for Metabolic Medicine and Nutrition (CAMMYN), in Santiago, Chile…
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Global health How Can Africa Prevent the Next Haemorrhagic Fever Crisis? Invest in Research and Development
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 Rex Tillerson shouldn’t cut global AIDS funding. Here’s why.
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 Fund
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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Global health The U.S. Needs a Lesson in Food Policy from Mexico by Daniel Taber, PhD, MPH
What do you tell people when you’re an invited “expert,” yet in some ways you’re the dumbest person in the room? That…
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Global health From the archives: A Story of 20,000 Healthy Mothers and Babies by Dr. Nosakhare Orobaton
[Originally published as a PLOS BLOGS Network guest post on December 10, 2013] By Dr. Nosakhare Orobaton To mark Year Three of the…
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Global health Known Knowns and Unknowns of U.S. Drug Pricing
By Joshua P. Cohen Research Associate Professor, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (Full bio below this post) Media scrutiny…
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ethics Talking drug prices, Pt 6: Openness vs. secrecy in drug development By Mat Todd
Welcome to the sixth and final post in a PLOS BLOGS series, Talking about Drug Prices & Access to Medicines. To borrow a phrase from one of…