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2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine
2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine
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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has proved ineffective in treating patients hospitalised with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but uncertainty remains over its safety an...
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2014-04-22 • PLOS Medicine
2014-04-22 • PLOS Medicine
Martin Gerdin and colleagues argue that disaster health interventions and decision-making can benefit from an evidence-based approach Please see later in the article for the Editors' Sum...
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2013-11-05 • PLOS Medicine
2013-11-05 • PLOS Medicine
Andrea Minetti and colleagues compare measles outbreak responses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi and argue that outbreak response strategies should be tailored to lo...
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2005-02-01 • PLOS Medicine
2005-02-01 • PLOS Medicine
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2020-02-14 • PLOS Medicine
2020-02-14 • PLOS Medicine
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2019-04-05 • PLOS Medicine
2019-04-05 • PLOS Medicine
The prevalence of and mortality from HIV-associated tuberculosis (HIV/TB) in hospital inpatients in Africa remains unacceptably high. Currently, there is a lack of tools to identify thos...
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2007-11-06 • PLOS Medicine
2007-11-06 • PLOS Medicine
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2021-08-10 • PLOS Medicine
2021-08-10 • PLOS Medicine
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Nutritional status may play a role in infant immune development. To identify potential boosters of immunogenicity in low-income countries where oral vaccine efficacy is lo...
Nutritional status may play a role in infant immune development. To identify potential boosters of immunogenicity in low-income countries where oral vaccine efficacy is lo...
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2014-09-09 • PLOS Medicine
2014-09-09 • PLOS Medicine
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High early mortality in patients with HIV-1 starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa, compared to Europe and North America, is well documented. Longer-t...
High early mortality in patients with HIV-1 starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa, compared to Europe and North America, is well documented. Longer-t...
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2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
2021-04-01 • PLOS Medicine
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Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria...
Unrest in Myanmar in August 2017 resulted in the movement of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A large outbreak of diphtheria...
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2009-07-28 • PLOS Medicine
2009-07-28 • PLOS Medicine
Doris Schopper and colleagues describe the functioning of the Médecins Sans Frontières independent ethics review board and the framework used for ethics review, and discuss challenging e...
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2017-10-23 • PLOS Medicine
2017-10-23 • PLOS Medicine
The management of childhood infections remains inadequate in resource-limited countries, resulting in high mortality and irrational use of antimicrobials. Current disease management tool...
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2016-09-06 • PLOS Medicine
2016-09-06 • PLOS Medicine
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• Humanitarian organisations often have to innovate to deliver health care and aid to populations in complex and volatile contexts.
• Innovation projec...
• Humanitarian organisations often have to innovate to deliver health care and aid to populations in complex and volatile contexts.
• Innovation projec...
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2019-05-29 • PLOS Medicine
2019-05-29 • PLOS Medicine
In a Policy Forum, Peter Ehrenkranz and colleagues discuss the contribution of CD4 and viral load testing to outcomes for people with HIV in low- and middle-income countries.
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2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak, the World Health ...
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2006-10-01 • PLOS Medicine
2006-10-01 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND: The DOTS (directly observed treatment short-course) strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control is recommended by the World Health Organization globally. However, there are few st...
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2008-08-05 • PLOS Medicine
2008-08-05 • PLOS Medicine
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2022-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
2022-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
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Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) involves weekly or biweekly outpatient clinic visits for clinical surveillance and distribution of therapeuti...
Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) involves weekly or biweekly outpatient clinic visits for clinical surveillance and distribution of therapeuti...
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2019-04-30 • PLOS Medicine
2019-04-30 • PLOS Medicine
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Current guidelines recommend the use of the lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LAM) in HIV-positive, ambulatory patients with signs and symptoms of tuberculosis...
Current guidelines recommend the use of the lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LAM) in HIV-positive, ambulatory patients with signs and symptoms of tuberculosis...
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2015-04-07 • PLOS Medicine
2015-04-07 • PLOS Medicine
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-- Involving male partners in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV may improve programme coverage and infant outcomes.
-- Rates of male p...
-- Involving male partners in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV may improve programme coverage and infant outcomes.
-- Rates of male p...