Category Archives: Policy

Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Peter Hotez
Posted: April 23, 2013
Category: General, Global Health Metrics, Neglected Diseases, Policy | 3 Comments

Is Disease Eradication Always the Best Path?

By Sara Gorman
Posted: March 20, 2013
Category: Policy | Tagged , , | 11 Comments

Facing Up to the US Gun Problem: Steps in the Right Direction

By Margaret Winker
Posted: January 18, 2013
Category: General, Policy | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The infelicities of quarantine

By Sara Gorman
Posted: January 15, 2013
Category: General, Policy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease can become a global public good only if the data are made public

By Emma Veitch
Posted: December 14, 2012
Category: General, Global Health Metrics, Policy, Public | 2 Comments

No More Guesstimation: How to Reliably Estimate Trends in Child Mortality

By Cecy Marden
Posted: August 28, 2012
Category: Authors, Collections, General, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Policy | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Is it time to start evaluating social policy using randomised trials?

By PLOS Guest Blogger
Posted: August 13, 2012
Category: General, Policy | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Getting a gender agenda into HIV/AIDS research

By Emma Veitch
Posted: July 25, 2012
Category: AIDS2012, Conference news, Policy, Public | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Should Deworming Policies in the Developing World be Reconsidered?

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: July 18, 2012
Category: General, Neglected Diseases, Policy | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Exploring the Possibility of HIV Treatment as Prevention: Interview with Timothy Hallett

By Cecy Marden
Posted: July 10, 2012
Category: Authors, Collections, General, Policy | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment