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As part of the 15th Anniversary celebration, Specialty Consulting Editor Lars Åke Persson discusses PLOS Medicine‘s impact in the field of maternal and child health, highlighting a pair of research articles on stunting. As parents and
Academic Editor Margaret Kruk celebrates 15 years of PLOS Medicine by discussing an article that described reductions in mortality rates following the expansion of family health services in Brazil. Ever since Julian Tudor Hart pointed
To kick off the celebration of PLOS Medicine‘s 15th Anniversary, Specialty Consulting Editor Sanjay Basu discusses the journal’s contributions to scientific communication and his favorite article from the past 15 years. It’s fitting that one
Representatives from Karolinska Institutet, the Knowledge to Policy Center and the McMaster Health Forum discuss the importance of citizen engagement in policy-making processes. Citizen engagement is important to make health and social policies more inclusive
PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein wonders if the controversial new World Bank president can provide effective leadership of the international agency especially around public health. Last week, David Malpass was approved to become next
0000-0003-1237-4846In part two of a two-part series from the 2018 meeting of the American Public Health Association, PLOS Medicine Chief Editor Larry Peiperl reports from sessions that discussed strategies for reducing gun violence Among high-income countries, the US
0000-0003-1237-4846In part one of a two-part series from the 2018 meeting of the American Public Health Association, PLOS Medicine Chief Editor Larry Peiperl discusses new evidence presented on racial disparities in firearm deaths in the United States “Health
Estrella Lasry, Tropical Diseases Advisor at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), describes the challenges of combating malaria in populations isolated by geography or violence. For this year’s World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has focused
Julien Potet of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses recent successes and presents suggestions for the next steps in the fight against NTDs. This week scientists, policy makers, and other global health actors will meet in Geneva for a
Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy, co-Editors in Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diaseases, contemplate the recent rises in various vector-borne NTDs around the world In 2013 both chikungunya and Zika virus infection are believed to have first