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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · 23d

In our new blog series, we catch up with one of the members of our Editorial Board, Academic Editor @Tsitsi Masvawure. She shares a bit about her research, her work on the journal, and some fantastic tips for authors to improve their work.

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PLOS Global Public Health Editor Spotlight: Tsitsi Masvawure - Speaking of Medicine and Health

Tsitsi Masvawure is a medical anthropologist, global health researcher and feminist scholar, whose research focuses on issues of gender, sexuality and health…

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Aug 16

Explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects

@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social offers this nice example of measles vaccines in @plosglobalpublichealth.org article [Artwork by Fahim Akbar]

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mat marques, ph.d. @mdmarques.com · Jul 29

"The current research suggests that ASHAs should be trained in the science of belief revision and behavior change, which requires directly addressing the concerns and motivations of others, not just providing information." @micahgoldwater.bsky.social

Community health workers’ counseling is based on a deficit model of behavior change

Author summary In 2005, India started the ASHA program to help rural communities get better healthcare and health education access. While the program has improved health services, many do not follow m...

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · Jul 17

New research in @plosglobalpublichealth.org reveals private health industry using targeted social media advertising similar to 'Big Tobacco' tactics to shape public opinion.

Led by @kendrachow.bsky.social. Co-author LHGP @spidermaani.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

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New research highlights private health industry using marketing strategies similar to 'Big Tobacco' tactics

New research highlights private health industry using marketing strategies similar to 'Big Tobacco' and unhealthy commodity industry tactics.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Jun 11

Did you know Elsevier, a leading scientific publisher and the publisher of The Lancet which this week has our article about the importance of DEIA on the cover, has the largest gender pay gap out of 8 major UK science organizations?

“Every science publisher pays men more than women…

Gender pay gaps and inequity at science publishers

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · Jun 10

The world's largest science publishers - which enjoy huge power & profits - consistently pay men more than women

We analysed 8 years of #genderpaygap data & contrast staggering pay inequities w/ the warm glow publishers often get for #EDI #genderequality

Pls share our new paper & Call to Action

Gender pay gaps and inequity at science publishers

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Shashika Bandara @shashikalb.bsky.social · Jun 10

Day 2 of 'Reimagining Global Health" continues w/ full steam! 🙏 to @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @thirushanaidu.bsky.social Stephanie Nixon, @ckyobutungi.bsky.social @juliarobinson.bsky.social Christine Ngaruiya for inspiring us all!
My journey of capturing the day in a 📸 goes on!
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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · Jun 6

And submit YOUR original research to the journal today - we'd love to consider it! journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · Jun 6

This article - and all the articles that we publish - are available completely open access, without barriers. Please check it out and offer any thoughts you might have below.

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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · Jun 6

They conclude by acknowledging that while we are indeed in impossible times, it is still possible for humanitarian organizations to uphold ethical principles and strive to safeguard the health and well-being of communities.

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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · Jun 6

They focus on several pillars for ethical closure, including
1️⃣Preserving relationships and promoting fairness
2️⃣Being transparent and accountable
3️⃣Preventing harms
4️⃣Sustaining project gains and shifting towards localization

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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · Jun 6

The authors team conduct research on ethics and closure of humanitarian projects and explore questions of what it means to ‘close well’ as humanitarian organizations end a project.

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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is a really thoughtful piece we published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org, one that is always relevant, but perhaps never more than now:

Thinking through abrupt closure in humanitarian assistance: Key ethical considerations in seemingly impossible conditions

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Thinking through abrupt closure in humanitarian assistance: Key ethical considerations in seemingly impossible conditions

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · Jun 6

NEW on our blog from Sherin Paul and Mirfin Mpundu

Reimagining Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) financing for Africa amid global funding crises

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Reimagining Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) financing for Africa amid global funding crises

To strengthen the AMR response, Africa should adopt locally driven strategies, reduce dependence on external funding and create a more resilient financing mechanism.

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · Jun 6

NEW research published in PLOS Global Public Health:

How does policy modelling work in practice? A global analysis on the use of epidemiological modelling in health crises

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · Jun 6

NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health:

Advancing gender equality in global health: What can we learn from successful gender integration across five UN agencies?

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Advancing gender equality in global health: What can we learn from successful gender integration across five UN agencies?

The global nature of on-going crises – climate, economic, social, political – and their impact on health means more than ever a response supported via an effective multilateral system is needed. Not o...

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 26

My latest in @plosglobalpublichealth.org

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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · May 28

NEW research published in PLOS Global Public Health by Delaram Akhavein, @merusheel.bsky.social and @seyeabimbola.bsky.social

How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis

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How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis

Health securitisation – i.e., framing health issues as security issues or as threats– is growing in contemporary global health discourse. Given the power disparity between the actors who can frame a h...

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Julia Robinson @juliarobinson.bsky.social · May 28

🚨A must read: This is a deep paper, one that aims to complicate assumptions about whose responsibility it is to “decolonize” Global Health and how different actors should go about it.

Just published today in @plosglobalpublichealth.org

PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · May 28

NEW Research in PLOS Global Public Health by Daniel W. Krugman and Alice Bayingana:

Soft money, hard power: Mapping the material contingencies of change in global health academic structures

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Soft money, hard power: Mapping the material contingencies of change in global health academic structures

In the proliferating conversations about decolonizing Global Health, a basic assumption has been that global South actors should be the conceptualizers, leaders, and makers of change with global North...

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One Health Trust @onehealthtrust.bsky.social · May 19

A new study co-authored by OHT’s Eili Klein finds that stronger national action is linked to slower growth in #antibioticresistance, #AMR & antibiotic use.

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Publications | One Health Trust

Find One Health Trust publications here. See how One Health Trust, formerly CDDEP, is advancing health & well-being worldwide.

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · May 19

🚨 Treat global health as global security. The US withdrawal threatens millions more HIV, malaria & TB deaths by 2025.

The Global Fund needs replenishment—and reform. Equal representation, fair funding, real partnerships. Time to act! @plosglobalpublichealth.org www.itg.be/en/health-st...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Apr 24

After 4 yrs, my time as an Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of @plosglobalpublichealth.org has ended

With a clear mission, intentionality, a diverse editorial team, and sustained effort, I now know we can create safe, diverse and inclusive spaces within global health journals

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Stijn Deborggraeve @stijndx.bsky.social · Apr 2

For who missed it. MSF article in @plosglobalpublichealth.org about the opportunities and the challenges we see in countries implementing ultraportable X-ray and computer-aided detection (CAD) for #tuberculosis
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Scanned: The global investments in computer-aided detection and ultraportable X-ray for tuberculosis

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · Apr 4

NEW research published in PLOS Global Public Health:

Adolescents’ screen time displaces multiple sleep pathways and elevates depressive symptoms over twelve months

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Adolescents’ screen time displaces multiple sleep pathways and elevates depressive symptoms over twelve months

Recently the Swedish Public Health Agency published recommendations of a maximum of two-to-three hours of daily leisure screen time for adolescents aged 13–18, partly to promote better sleep (2024-Sep...

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · Apr 9

PLOS Global Public Health recently partnered with the @theisn.org to publish a collection of five papers to explore gaps in availability, affordability, quality and access to kidney care services.

Read more and watch the webinar here:

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