By guest contributors Matea Cañizares and Zahra Zeinali The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has recently published a report on its gender parity…
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Global Health Gender parity in Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health: a path to equality and an example for other government institutions
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Global Health Centering Health in a Just Transition – Paving Way for Health-based Climate Actions in Global Climate Negotiations
By guest contributors Shweta Narayan and Laalitha Surapaneni As the dust settles on the outcomes of the recently held international climate negotiations…
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Global Health The quest for Africa’s diagnostic self-sufficiency
By guest contributor Zibusiso Ndlovu Despite the undeniable public health progress in recent decades, the African continent continues to face significant health…
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Global Health ATACH or Detach? Health systems in the COP28 agenda
By guest contributors Renzo Guinto, Rudolf Abugnaba-Abanga, Susannah Mayhew, Karen Ceballos Our organization, Health Systems Global (HSG) – the international professional society…
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Global Health Behind the paper: Viral load monitoring in Côte d’Ivoire
In this post, we talk to the authors of HIV viral load testing and monitoring in Côte d’Ivoire: A survival analysis of…
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Thought Leadership Our Vision for PLOS Mental Health: Interview with Editors-in-Chief Charlene Sunkel and Rochelle Burgess
Following the launch of PLOS Mental Health earlier this year, we sat down with Editors-in-Chief to learn more about their vision for…
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Global Health An ode to Sisyphean challenges of a Global Surgeon
By guest contributor Dhananjaya Sharma I am/ was (the task is still on the anvil) writing a commentary/ opinion piece on many…
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HIV Accelerating progress towards UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals: Data-use lessons from Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Authors: Jenny Mwanza is a Senior Technical Advisor for the Data for Implementation (Data.FI) project. She leads Data.FI’s Data Use for Improvement…
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Global Health Rethinking Investments in Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Systems: Perspectives from Africa
By guest contributor Rudolf Abugnaba-Abanga The Climate and Health Network for Collaboration and Engagement (CHANCE) organized its second annual conference from the…
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Global Health One Health: Connecting People, Environments, Animals and Plants for Sustainable Health Futures
In a post-COVID world, the field of public health has had to become increasingly multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral, as the world recognizes that…
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Thought Leadership PLOS Genetics Meets ASHG: Spotlight on Dr. Sarah Tishkoff and Dr. Scott Williams
The world’s most brilliant minds in human genetics and genomics are converging in Washington, D.C., for the Annual Meeting of the American…
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Covid-19 Lessons learned from the rapid rollout of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for COVID-19 treatment in high-risk patients in Zambia
Authors: Shanti Narayanasamy, Mwaba Mulenga, Prudence Haimbe, Hilda Shakwelele, Lloyd Mulenga, Jessica Joseph, and Nellie Bristol on behalf of the COVID Treatment…