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Repost: The Top Ten Ways to Tell that a Journal is Fake
0000-0002-8715-2896[PLOSBLOGS note: We’re republishing this popular post in light of recent coverage on the subject, “A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals,” by Gina Kolata...
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Opinion: Who should lead WHO? (Pt 1 of 3)
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Why Mentors Matter: Global Health Research Mentorship in LMICs...
0000-0002-8715-2896By Abraar Karan MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Mentorship in global health is severely lacking for young leaders who are from low and middle-income countries. As much...
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Trump wants deep cuts to international aid: the uncalculated costs of global...
0000-0002-8715-2896 By Ana Rita Sequeira In the last decade, the United States has played a leading funder role in the preparedness and responses to global infectious outbreaks and the delivery of...
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Opinion: Who should lead WHO (pt 2 of 3)? Why I support Pakistan’s “Great...
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#WorldMalariaDay: can nets and sprays keep the bugs away?
0000-0002-8715-2896By Abraar Karan MD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Many nights, I wondered what was worse: risking a bite from one of the many Anopheles mosquitos flying around my room,...
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Opinion: Who should lead WHO (Pt. 3 of 3)? Dr. David Nabarro, “a frontline...
0000-0002-8715-2896[Featured image above: New Guinea Ebola vaccine trials; WHO/S. Hawkey] The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the views of...
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Where do the (3) candidates for the WHO’s next Director General stand on the...
0000-0002-8715-2896As part of our commitment to the communication of global health research, PLOSBLOGS is pleased to host this Q&A with the three final candidates for the role of WHO Director...
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Silent killers: the scourge of noncommunicable diseases in Africa by Kofi Gunu
0000-0002-8715-2896 By Kofi Gunu When global health leaders gather in Geneva this month to elect a new head of the World Health Organization, President Trump’s shadow will hang over the conclave. His...
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News & Opinion: New W.H.O. Director General is Dr. Tedros of Ethiopia
0000-0002-8715-2896 In this post we offer the latest news on the election of a new Director General for The World Health Organization, beginning with this headline from today’s New York Times; followed...
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Helping countries transition from donor aid for health: recent experience at...
Dr. Robert Hecht and Rachel Wilkinson of Pharos Global Health Advisers comment on the role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in building sustainable funding structures for...
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Rex Tillerson shouldn’t cut global AIDS funding. Here’s why.
By Pranay Sinha “A model for us to look to as we’re thinking about other ways to project America’s values, project our compassion…” was how Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the President’s...
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Hurricane Maria: Appeal for help from Ciencia Puerto Rico
0000-0002-8715-2896 PLOSBLOGS is reposting the following appeal from Ciencia Puerto Rico to support Puerto Rican scientists and medical practitioners in their efforts to aid their people and preserve...
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World Prematurity Day: Kangaroo Mother Care in India is a game-changer, notes...
By Arin Kar Prematurity and low-birth weight has been a persistent and major killer of newborns. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), a low-cost intervention, makes a substantial impact in halting neonatal...
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How Can Africa Prevent the Next Haemorrhagic Fever Crisis? Invest in Research...
By Dr. Jenniffer Mabuka In 2014, West Africa encountered its worst recorded outbreak of Ebola with over 11,000 reported deaths. The memory of this crisis hadn’t faded yet when Ebola reared its ugly...
View ArticleCoronavirus: A glimmer of hope in the sea of tragedies
This post was written by Shujhat Khan, BSc, MBBS, a Junior doctor working in the NHS with interests in neurosurgery and global health and Areeb Mian, BSc, a medical student at Imperial College London...
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Coronavirus, Obesity and Undernutrition: The Triple Burden for Latin America
This post was written by Ada Cuevas, MD, MSc, from the Advanced Center for Metabolic Medicine and Nutrition (CAMMYN), in Santiago, Chile; and Claudia Batz, MPH, BSc, a Policy and Education Officer at...
View ArticleLanguage Matters: Is it Social or Physical Distancing to be followed during...
About the author: Dr. Sai Krishna Gudi is a Ph.D. research scholar at the College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada, whose current research looks at the...
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This blog was written by Dr. Roxanne Armstrong-Moore, Postdoctoral Research Associate MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge; and Dr. Rahul (Tony) Rao, Consultant and Visiting Lecturer in Old...
View ArticleRemote PhD Defense: Lessons Learned
This post was written by Aravin Sukumar, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Sciences. My PhD defense was something I was envisioning for many years throughout...
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