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We welcome studies across maternal and child health, global health security, infectious and non‑communicable diseases, and environmental health.
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We welcome studies across maternal and child health, global health security, infectious and non‑communicable diseases, and environmental health.
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In this recent study, researchers discuss declining trends in global acceptability of intimate partner violence and its link with declining prevalence in certain countries.
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Trends in the acceptability and prevalence of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys, 1999–2024
Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major global public health problem. Social norms that accept IPVAW are a key correlate of its prevalence, and recent research has documented a…
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October 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
In this recent study, researchers discuss declining trends in global acceptability of intimate partner violence and its link with declining prevalence in certain countries.
Learn more: plos.io/4y2DyJu
Learn more: plos.io/4y2DyJu
Researchers with @internationalmidwives.org and @who.int review updates to the EU Directive concerning midwifery practice, explaining how aligning the Directive with evidence-based standards is essential to ensuring high-quality care and strengthening European health systems.
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Updates to the EU Directives on Professional Qualifications must align with global standards
The European Union (EU) Directive on Minimum Professional Qualifications: Midwife is under review as part of an ongoing regulatory update. This revision presents a critical opportunity to modernise…
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October 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Researchers with @internationalmidwives.org and @who.int review updates to the EU Directive concerning midwifery practice, explaining how aligning the Directive with evidence-based standards is essential to ensuring high-quality care and strengthening European health systems.
🔗 plos.io/47ufpAK
🔗 plos.io/47ufpAK
Researchers examine the spatial inequalities in breastfeeding initiation (BFI) in the United States, and share three cost-effective strategies to improving BFI that focus on community support, healthcare infrastructure , and education.
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Spatial inequalities in breastfeeding initiation in the United States: A multiscale analysis of county-level determinants
Deepening our understanding of geographic variations in breastfeeding initiation (BFI) remains an important element in developing a comprehensive snapshot of maternal and infant health. Identifying…
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October 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Researchers examine the spatial inequalities in breastfeeding initiation (BFI) in the United States, and share three cost-effective strategies to improving BFI that focus on community support, healthcare infrastructure , and education.
🔎 Learn more: plos.io/4xTfqsG
🔎 Learn more: plos.io/4xTfqsG
How are digital tools influencing #MentalHealth perceptions in older adults? This recent study from researchers at @york-university.bsky.social suggests that not all forms of digital communication have the same impact. Read the full study and see the findings at plos.io/4hwL1dN.
The association between digital communication tool use and perceived mental health among older adults in Canada
This study examines the association between digital communication tool use and perceived mental health among older adults aged 55 years and older in Canada, using data from the 2022 Canadian Internet…
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September 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
How are digital tools influencing #MentalHealth perceptions in older adults? This recent study from researchers at @york-university.bsky.social suggests that not all forms of digital communication have the same impact. Read the full study and see the findings at plos.io/4hwL1dN.
Take a look at #GlobalHealth research shaping public policy: This article, cited in a recent @who.int policy brief, explores how corporations tied to products such as alcohol, ultra-processed foods, social media, fossil fuels, and more may influence mental health outcomes.
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Commercial determinants of mental ill health: An umbrella review
Mental ill health has complex and interrelated underlying causes, with wider determinants of health often overlooked as risk factors. The ‘commercial determinants of health’ are gradually receiving…
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September 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Take a look at #GlobalHealth research shaping public policy: This article, cited in a recent @who.int policy brief, explores how corporations tied to products such as alcohol, ultra-processed foods, social media, fossil fuels, and more may influence mental health outcomes.
🔎 plos.io/4he0P6f
🔎 plos.io/4he0P6f
Legionnaire's disease incidence has risen significantly in the United States over the last two decades, with warming temperatures, precipitation, sunlight levels, and road traffic exposure to the soil-dwelling Legionella bacteria likely driving this increase.
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Evolution and main causes of the rising legionellosis incidence in the United States
Legionellosis is an acute respiratory infection caused by the environmental bacteria Legionella pneumophila and other Legionella species upon inhalation of aerosolized bacteria. The legionellosis…
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September 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Legionnaire's disease incidence has risen significantly in the United States over the last two decades, with warming temperatures, precipitation, sunlight levels, and road traffic exposure to the soil-dwelling Legionella bacteria likely driving this increase.
🔗 Learn more: plos.io/4jpm5r3
🔗 Learn more: plos.io/4jpm5r3
Researchers Helen Walls and @martinmckee.bsky.social with @lshtm.bsky.social discuss the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition – taking a closer look at corporate power and wealth inequality.
💡 Read the essay: plos.io/46HCPCo
💡 Read the essay: plos.io/46HCPCo
Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition
The world produces enough food for all, yet it falls short of providing a nutritionally balanced diet, and what it produces is extremely unevenly distributed, with high levels of undernourishment and…
plos.io
September 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Researchers Helen Walls and @martinmckee.bsky.social with @lshtm.bsky.social discuss the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition – taking a closer look at corporate power and wealth inequality.
💡 Read the essay: plos.io/46HCPCo
💡 Read the essay: plos.io/46HCPCo
Recent research has linked US abortion restrictions to lower female medical school applicants in certain states.
The authors note: “Trends like this tend to compound over time, and could meaningfully reshape who practices medicine, and where.”
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The authors note: “Trends like this tend to compound over time, and could meaningfully reshape who practices medicine, and where.”
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Abortion restrictions and female medical school applicants: A retrospective study
Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, U.S. states enacted divergent abortion policies that may influence women’s educational and career decisions. This study examined whether these policy…
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September 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Recent research has linked US abortion restrictions to lower female medical school applicants in certain states.
The authors note: “Trends like this tend to compound over time, and could meaningfully reshape who practices medicine, and where.”
🔗 Learn more: plos.io/4yeKKn2.
The authors note: “Trends like this tend to compound over time, and could meaningfully reshape who practices medicine, and where.”
🔗 Learn more: plos.io/4yeKKn2.
Practicing yoga could potentially help people with overweight or obesity improve their cardiometabolic health, suggests a meta-analysis of 30 studies showing that yoga reduced both systolic and diastolic blood pressure 🧘
🔗 Read the full study: plos.io/4yB9MMB
🔗 Read the full study: plos.io/4yB9MMB
Impact of yoga on cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
This systematic review examined the effects of yoga interventions on various cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity. Seven major electronic databases and two clinical…
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September 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Practicing yoga could potentially help people with overweight or obesity improve their cardiometabolic health, suggests a meta-analysis of 30 studies showing that yoga reduced both systolic and diastolic blood pressure 🧘
🔗 Read the full study: plos.io/4yB9MMB
🔗 Read the full study: plos.io/4yB9MMB
Ready to switch to silicone toothbrushes? 🪥
A scoping review published in PLOS Global Public Health by Cummins et al. suggests they are effective and environmentally-friendly, yet under-researched and under-utilized.
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A scoping review published in PLOS Global Public Health by Cummins et al. suggests they are effective and environmentally-friendly, yet under-researched and under-utilized.
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Silicone toothbrushes: A scoping review of an underutilized tool in global oral health
Oral diseases are the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide, affecting 3.5 billion people, with a disproportionate impact on those living in low- and middle-income countries. Despite…
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September 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ready to switch to silicone toothbrushes? 🪥
A scoping review published in PLOS Global Public Health by Cummins et al. suggests they are effective and environmentally-friendly, yet under-researched and under-utilized.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/GJrWIYY
A scoping review published in PLOS Global Public Health by Cummins et al. suggests they are effective and environmentally-friendly, yet under-researched and under-utilized.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/GJrWIYY
What is the media's role in the narrative around childlessness?
In this PLOS Global Public Health article by Julia Schröders and colleagues, the authors investigated over 130 news articles mentioning childlessness across 86 countries from 2015-2025.
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In this PLOS Global Public Health article by Julia Schröders and colleagues, the authors investigated over 130 news articles mentioning childlessness across 86 countries from 2015-2025.
Read more: buff.ly/MmE2lOV
Framing reproductive narratives: A thematic discourse analysis of news representations of childlessness in 86 countries (2015–2025)
Childlessness is an increasingly visible phenomenon. Once predominantly associated with high-income settings, it now spans diverse cultural, economic, and political contexts, including the Global…
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September 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
What is the media's role in the narrative around childlessness?
In this PLOS Global Public Health article by Julia Schröders and colleagues, the authors investigated over 130 news articles mentioning childlessness across 86 countries from 2015-2025.
Read more: buff.ly/MmE2lOV
In this PLOS Global Public Health article by Julia Schröders and colleagues, the authors investigated over 130 news articles mentioning childlessness across 86 countries from 2015-2025.
Read more: buff.ly/MmE2lOV
Ending #Tuberculosis (TB) is about more than diagnosis and treatment. This Opinion article calls for a whole-of-society approach that engages policymakers, funders, and communities to close critical gaps in TB care and recovery.
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Pursuing policymakers, payors and public – expanding the beginning and end of the tuberculosis care cascade to reflect whole-of-society ambitions
PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing…
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September 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Ending #Tuberculosis (TB) is about more than diagnosis and treatment. This Opinion article calls for a whole-of-society approach that engages policymakers, funders, and communities to close critical gaps in TB care and recovery.
buff.ly/onpVZIS
buff.ly/onpVZIS
NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health:
The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
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The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
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The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
Access to valid and reliable quality of life measures is of the utmost importance when evaluating how effective interventions targeting vulnerable children are.. The aim of this project was to develop...
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September 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health:
The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
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The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
plos.io/3UJyOut
Recent research published in PLOS Global Public Health:
Almost 1-in-3 American adolescents has #diabetes or #prediabetes, with waist-to-height ratio the strongest independent predictor of prediabetes/diabetes, reveals survey of 1,998 adolescents (10-19 years) from 2021-2023.
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Almost 1-in-3 American adolescents has #diabetes or #prediabetes, with waist-to-height ratio the strongest independent predictor of prediabetes/diabetes, reveals survey of 1,998 adolescents (10-19 years) from 2021-2023.
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Prevalence and predictors of prediabetes/type 2 diabetes mellitus among adolescents in the United States: NHANES (2021–2023)
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are emerging public health concerns among adolescents in the United States (U.S.), with early onset increasing the risk of lifelong complications. This…
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September 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Recent research published in PLOS Global Public Health:
Almost 1-in-3 American adolescents has #diabetes or #prediabetes, with waist-to-height ratio the strongest independent predictor of prediabetes/diabetes, reveals survey of 1,998 adolescents (10-19 years) from 2021-2023.
🔗 buff.ly/GtDJau7
Almost 1-in-3 American adolescents has #diabetes or #prediabetes, with waist-to-height ratio the strongest independent predictor of prediabetes/diabetes, reveals survey of 1,998 adolescents (10-19 years) from 2021-2023.
🔗 buff.ly/GtDJau7
What happens when lived experience is overlooked in health research?
This Opinion article by Nisreen A. Alwan examines the stigma surrounding self-reported health data and argues for a more inclusive approach to understanding disease burden.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/46FRk9M
This Opinion article by Nisreen A. Alwan examines the stigma surrounding self-reported health data and argues for a more inclusive approach to understanding disease burden.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/46FRk9M
The Stigma of self-report in health research: Time to reconsider what counts as “Objective”
PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing…
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September 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
What happens when lived experience is overlooked in health research?
This Opinion article by Nisreen A. Alwan examines the stigma surrounding self-reported health data and argues for a more inclusive approach to understanding disease burden.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/46FRk9M
This Opinion article by Nisreen A. Alwan examines the stigma surrounding self-reported health data and argues for a more inclusive approach to understanding disease burden.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/46FRk9M
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🧵1/ The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet 733 million people are undernourished. Meanwhile, obesity is rising worldwide. Helen Walls and I argue @plosglobalpublichealth.org that the problem isn't food supply, but who has power and resources to access it.
September 4, 2026 at 7:51 AM
🧵1/ The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet 733 million people are undernourished. Meanwhile, obesity is rising worldwide. Helen Walls and I argue @plosglobalpublichealth.org that the problem isn't food supply, but who has power and resources to access it.
NEW Opinion article in PLOS Global Public Health:
Ensuring children's inclusion in the Bundibugyo Ebola response: Striving to do better this time
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Ensuring children's inclusion in the Bundibugyo Ebola response: Striving to do better this time
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Ensuring children's inclusion in the Bundibugyo Ebola response: Striving to do better this time
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September 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
NEW Opinion article in PLOS Global Public Health:
Ensuring children's inclusion in the Bundibugyo Ebola response: Striving to do better this time
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Ensuring children's inclusion in the Bundibugyo Ebola response: Striving to do better this time
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NEW in PLOS Global Public Health:
Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries
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Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries
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Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major global public health and human rights issue with wide-ranging physical and mental health consequences. Physiotherapists frequently work with populations and cond...
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September 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
NEW in PLOS Global Public Health:
Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries
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Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries
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NEW Essay published in PLOS Global Public Health:
Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition
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Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition
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Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition
The world produces enough food for all, yet it falls short of providing a nutritionally balanced diet, and what it produces is extremely unevenly distributed, with high levels of undernourishment and ...
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September 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
NEW Essay published in PLOS Global Public Health:
Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition
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Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition
bit.ly/3UMVx8U
Why do authors choose us? Because global health solutions are stronger when local expertise leads the way.
Kari Eller and colleagues examine how a multi-country virtual training program on Female Genital Schistosomiasis supported healthcare workers: plos.io/4vQTi1R
Publish with us: plos.io/4xrnW2x
Kari Eller and colleagues examine how a multi-country virtual training program on Female Genital Schistosomiasis supported healthcare workers: plos.io/4vQTi1R
Publish with us: plos.io/4xrnW2x
August 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Why do authors choose us? Because global health solutions are stronger when local expertise leads the way.
Kari Eller and colleagues examine how a multi-country virtual training program on Female Genital Schistosomiasis supported healthcare workers: plos.io/4vQTi1R
Publish with us: plos.io/4xrnW2x
Kari Eller and colleagues examine how a multi-country virtual training program on Female Genital Schistosomiasis supported healthcare workers: plos.io/4vQTi1R
Publish with us: plos.io/4xrnW2x
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Welcoming qualitative and quantitative primary research in a range of topics from maternal and child health, global health security, and evidence use and policy, to infectious and non-communicable diseases and environmental health.
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Welcoming qualitative and quantitative primary research in a range of topics from maternal and child health, global health security, and evidence use and policy, to infectious and non-communicable diseases and environmental health.
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August 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Discover @plosglobalpublichealth.org
Welcoming qualitative and quantitative primary research in a range of topics from maternal and child health, global health security, and evidence use and policy, to infectious and non-communicable diseases and environmental health.
🔗 Learn more: plos.io/4eeOb5x
Welcoming qualitative and quantitative primary research in a range of topics from maternal and child health, global health security, and evidence use and policy, to infectious and non-communicable diseases and environmental health.
🔗 Learn more: plos.io/4eeOb5x
NEW in @plosglobalpublichealth.org
Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study
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Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study
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Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are 5–10 times more likely to have hearing loss than the general population, yet it often remains undetected and untreated. To address this gap, the study Hö...
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August 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
NEW in @plosglobalpublichealth.org
Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study
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Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study
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Authors choose us because public health challenges do not exist in isolation.
Research from Porfiri and colleagues shows how mass shootings shape gun‑related discourse in US Congress, connecting public health, politics, and computational analysis: plos.io/4hODKaL
Publish with us: plos.io/4fRewpU
Research from Porfiri and colleagues shows how mass shootings shape gun‑related discourse in US Congress, connecting public health, politics, and computational analysis: plos.io/4hODKaL
Publish with us: plos.io/4fRewpU
August 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Authors choose us because public health challenges do not exist in isolation.
Research from Porfiri and colleagues shows how mass shootings shape gun‑related discourse in US Congress, connecting public health, politics, and computational analysis: plos.io/4hODKaL
Publish with us: plos.io/4fRewpU
Research from Porfiri and colleagues shows how mass shootings shape gun‑related discourse in US Congress, connecting public health, politics, and computational analysis: plos.io/4hODKaL
Publish with us: plos.io/4fRewpU
New Opinion article out this week:
The future of global health partnerships: Co-investment, reciprocal learning and mutual benefit
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The future of global health partnerships: Co-investment, reciprocal learning and mutual benefit
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The future of global health partnerships: Co-investment, reciprocal learning and mutual benefit
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August 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
New Opinion article out this week:
The future of global health partnerships: Co-investment, reciprocal learning and mutual benefit
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The future of global health partnerships: Co-investment, reciprocal learning and mutual benefit
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Authors choose us because understanding health means understanding people, behavior and context.
Tomoka Nakamura and colleagues show how Japan’s COVID‑19 contact patterns shifted with behavior, policy, and social dynamics: plos.io/4epQXET
Find out more about publishing with us: plos.io/4werpQV
Tomoka Nakamura and colleagues show how Japan’s COVID‑19 contact patterns shifted with behavior, policy, and social dynamics: plos.io/4epQXET
Find out more about publishing with us: plos.io/4werpQV
August 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Authors choose us because understanding health means understanding people, behavior and context.
Tomoka Nakamura and colleagues show how Japan’s COVID‑19 contact patterns shifted with behavior, policy, and social dynamics: plos.io/4epQXET
Find out more about publishing with us: plos.io/4werpQV
Tomoka Nakamura and colleagues show how Japan’s COVID‑19 contact patterns shifted with behavior, policy, and social dynamics: plos.io/4epQXET
Find out more about publishing with us: plos.io/4werpQV