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Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Major Killer in HIV/AIDS Programmes in...
Daniel O’Brien reflects on the challenges of treating cryptococcal meningitis in developing countries. Being a doctor in the era of bringing antiretroviral treatment (ART) to HIV-infected populations...
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Telling Toilet Tales—Celebrating the Eleventh Annual World Toilet Day,...
What would it be like if you had no toilet and no running water in your home? Not only for a brief time for a power outage, say, or while you’re remodeling your bathroom, but
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Stuck in a time warp: WHO-brokered global R&D action plan shelved
Julien Potet and Katy Athersuch from Médecins Sans Frontières’ Access Campaign discuss a backward step for medical research & development. Ten years backwards. This was the journey through time...
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PLOS NTDs Fifth Anniversary Q&A
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PLOS NTDs Fifth Anniversary Q&A
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Buruli Ulcer in a Brave New World
Daniel O’Brien from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders describes his recent visit to Cameroon and calls for research and action to tackle Buruli ulcer disease. My recent visit to the...
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PLOS NTDs Launches New Collection Focusing on Strongyloides
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases announces the launch of a new collection focusing on the human parasitic roundworm Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis). Containing nearly twenty research...
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From What We Know to What We Do: Now is the Time for Governments to Fix a...
Kristine Husøy Onarheim and Johanne Helene Iversen from Universities Allied for Essential Medicines write about the broken system for drug development, and how governments are given an opportunity to...
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How Access to Life-Saving Antisera is Dwindling Fast, and What to do About it
Julien Potet from MSF describes the underlying causes limiting access to antisera in low- and middle-income countries. What do snakebites, tetanus and rabies have in common? Answer: Treating patients...
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The Elderly: A neglected population with neglected tropical diseases
According to the World Health Organization, many of the world’s developed countries consider 65 years as the chronological age when people are considered “elderly,” while the United Nations uses the...
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