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Note: This PLOS Medicine Editorial appeared in Speaking of Medicine ahead of publication in the journal. The final version published on January 30. As the calendar turns to 2018, the PLOS Medicine Editors ask global health
PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein urges the WHO to act in response current cholera outbreak in Yemen According to Oxfam/BBC the current cholera outbreak in Yemen has caused more cases and deaths
In the wake of the recent devastating earthquakes, PLOS Medicine Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein visited Nepal to assess outbreak risks. Lorenz travelled with Anuj Bhattachan, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea and guidance from Deepak
Just when the oppressive summer heat and humidity in South Asia seem no longer tolerable, especially to this Northern expatriate new to Bangladesh, the rains come, bringing relief in the form of cooler temperatures, fresh
The PLOS medical journals reflect on Haiti’s cholera epidemic, and the value of moving forward with an emphasis on holistic practice and research. Almost three years ago, in May of 2011, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The following new articles are publishing this week in PLOS NTDs: Two safe and effective oral cholera vaccines are recommended by the World Health Organization for cholera prevention and control; however, concerns about the acceptability,
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: One potential method for controlling African sleeping sickness relies on releasing genetically modified tsetse that are resistant to carrying the trypanosomiasis parasite. For this