Monthly Archives: April 2011

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Torture at Guantánamo Bay; MSF in Haiti

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 26, 2011

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged field surgery, Guantánamo Bay, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, torture | Leave a comment

MSF on World Malaria Day: Improving treatment for severe malaria

By Nathan Ford
Posted: April 25, 2011

Category: MSF, Public | Tagged malaria, MSF, severe malaria, therapy, treatment guidelines | 1 Comment

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Rotavirus vaccines in Brazil; Exercise for Chilean elderly; IHR and antimicrobial resistance

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 20, 2011

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged antimicrobial drugs, CENEX, diarrhea, exercise program, International Health Regulations, pneumonia, rotavirus, vaccine | Leave a comment

Tackling the Global Epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases

By plosmedstudent
Posted: April 15, 2011

Category: General, Students | Tagged NCDs, noncommunicable diseases, UAEM, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines | 1 Comment

Cambodia’s Doomed PREP Trial: What Happened Next?

By Gavin Yamey
Posted: April 14, 2011

Category: General | Tagged Cambodia, HIV, Kimberley Page, pre-exposure prophylaxis trial, PREP | Leave a comment

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Private health foundations; Private vs public ambulatory care; Mosquito net use

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 12, 2011

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged ambulatory care, global health, insecticides, malaria, mosquito nets, systematic reviews | Leave a comment

A City of Joy in the midst of hell

By Virginia Barbour
Posted: April 11, 2011

Category: General | Tagged developing world, Rape, war, Women's health | 1 Comment

World Health Day: Combating antimicrobial resistance

By Andrew Hyde
Posted: April 7, 2011

Category: General, PLoS Medicine's Daily Click | Tagged antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial drugs, World health day | Leave a comment

Accountable Care Organizations in the U.S.

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: April 7, 2011

Category: General, Policy, Public | Tagged Accountable Care Organizations, ACO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Healthcare, Medicaid, U.S. | 5 Comments

This Week in PLoS Medicine: PCV7 vaccination; Clinical training; Off-label pharmaceuticals & more

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 5, 2011

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged Africa, clinical practice, hospitals, millennium development goals, off-label pharmaceutical use, pneomonia, vaccine, whistleblowers | Leave a comment

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