Yesterday, the presidents of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a statement warning that interrupting funding for World Health Organization (WHO) would be a critical failure for our global health security. Category Archives: who
PLOS Stands with the National Academies on Continuing WHO Funding
Yesterday, the presidents of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a statement warning that interrupting funding for World Health Organization (WHO) would be a critical failure for our global health security. Posted by in covid 19, Global Health, who
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo ends
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo ends post-info PLOS will no longer actively triage Ebola content for expedited review, but will continue to update the Ebola Channel with new content. The WHO announcedNew WHO policy briefs: common drivers and solutions to undernutrition and obesity
0000-0002-8715-28960000-0002-1767-4576 This week the World Health Organization in Geneva released two new policy briefs focused on the Double Burden of Malnutrition and Double-duty actions for nutrition. The global double burden of malnutrition (WHO, 2017) DefinedNews & Opinion: New W.H.O. Director General is Dr. Tedros of Ethiopia
0000-0002-8715-2896In 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 by excerpts from a 2016 PLOSPosted by in Dr. Tedros, featured, Global Health, PLoS Medicine, who
Progress and Challenges for Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Anniversary Assessment
0000-0002-8715-28960000-0001-7318-5892 This year PLOS celebrates the 10th anniversary of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs). The festivities are off to an impressive start with a strong presence at the 2017 NTD Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, aCombatting Neglected Tropical Diseases: Much Progress, but Millions of Neglected Patients Lack Access to Care
0000-0002-8715-2896 Combatting Neglected Tropical Diseases: Much Progress, but Millions of Neglected Patients Lack Access to Care post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above Julien Potet of Médecins Sans Frontières discusses recent successes and presents suggestions for the nextPosted by in featured, Global Health, MSF, Neglected Diseases, policy, Public, Trypanosomiasis, who
Opinion: Who should lead WHO?
0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Opinion: Who should lead WHO? 0000-0002-8715-2896 The views expressed in this blog post belong solely to its author and do not necessarily reflect the views of PLOS or the PLOS journals. By ZaeemPosted by in africa, ethiopia, featured, Global Health, The World Health Organization, who
Repost: Where Does Ebola Come From? Communicating Science as a Matter of Life and Death – Part 1 of 2 By Ida Jooste | PLOS SciComm
AddThis Sharing Buttons above Editor’s note: In light of yesterday’s confirmation by the Liberian Health Ministry of the death from Ebola of a thirty year-old woman, the first such death since January (2016) when the country was againPosted by in ebola, featured, Ida Jooste, Internews, Liberia, outbreak, science communication, who
Reflections on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
By Jennifer Dias As social animals, humans often coordinate their lives around cultural norms, formally sanctioned rules that prescribe or proscribe certain behavior. Typically, when a large majority of people are dissatisfied with an existingPosted by in africa, Colombia, conference, education, featured, female circumcision, Female Genital Mutilation, footbinding, Global Health, human rights, indonesia, International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital mutilation, MDGs, PLOS One, RedditScience, SDGs, The Student Blog, UNFPA, who, women's rights
Cold comfort this Christmas for Refugee crisis
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and a practicing emergency physician, Chis Tedeschi examines the added medical challenges a harsh winter will bring to already vulnerable refugee populations across Europe and the Middle East. AcrossPosted by in 2015SVP, christmas, crisis, development, emergency medicine, featured, Global Health, globalhealth, Health, healthcare, humanitarianism, refugees, UN, who