This study followed a cohort of 1482 notified drug-susceptible TB patients from four states in India: Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal to provide a comprehensive picture of economic burden associated with TB treatment. plos.io/3wlJPpQ

This study aimed to compare the burden of infection-related severe maternal outcomes (SMO) and case fatality rates across the WHO regions using the Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) data. plos.io/4bvJqjV

>half of those TB patients who faced CATASTROPHIC COSTS, did so BEFORE getting diagnosed. Diagnostic delay was 7-9 weeks!

PLOS Global Public Health publishes this study 'Catastrophic costs for TB patients in India' by Dr Susmita Chatterjee et al of The George Institute for Global Health India

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#EndTB

Warning from Els Torreele @[email protected] & Heather Sherwin in PLOS Global Public Health of risks that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance & European Commission plans to⬆️ #vaccine manufacturing in #Africa will cut out African vaccine producers

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#GlobalGateway EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺
#HumanlyPossible #WorldImmunizationWeek

Dr Fifa A Rahman We asked similar questions in this piece for PLOS Global Public Health journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD FFPH(Hon) FRSA As we discuss in a piece in PLOS Global Public Health we must seriously think about ‘Time Equity’ with all this haste journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

This study aims to assess the physical, social, and mental impacts of living with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and the strategies people living with chronic hepatitis B (PLCHB) utilize to cope with their disease. plos.io/4bawQWY

The latest paper from a collaboration between ILRI.org Inst of Infection Veterinary & Ecological Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences University of Nairobi University of Copenhagen Research

#Antibiotic prescribing practices in community and clinical settings during the #COVID_19 pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya, in PLOS Global Public Health #AMR

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The latest paper from a collaboration between ILRI.org Inst of Infection Veterinary & Ecological Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences University of Nairobi University of Copenhagen Research

#Antibiotic prescribing practices in community and clinical settings during the #COVID_19 pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya, in PLOS Global Public Health #AMR

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This is an important piece by
Oni Blackstock, MD MHS, Jessica Isom MD MPH and
Rupi Legha, MD (she/her) in our sister journal PLOS Global Public Health - tackling anti-DEI efforts within medical professional organizations....

More of the same will not deliver #equity : promoting local R&D and manufacturing in LMICs must embrace new economic thinking that prioritizes health, autonomy and resilience over old-school economies of scale efficiencies

Today in PLOS Global Public Health
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New ⁦PLOS Global Public Health⁩

“Business-as-usual market dynamics will not deliver equity”

⁦Els Torreele @[email protected]⁩ & Heather Sherwin

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Please read this powerful story on why correct diagnosis matters!

By Dr Priyanshu Agrawal Priyanshu Agrawal, a physician who also lives with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

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NEW on our blog, Speaking of Medicine and Health

The critical importance of diagnosis in empowering patients and doctors

by Priyanshu Agrawal

I’m so proud to be the editor of this powerful opinion piece by the incredible Oni Blackstock, MD MHS Jessica Isom MD MPH & Rupi Legha, MD (she/her)

Recent Anti-DEI attacks have targeted healthcare as their latest battlefront.

And they can get this smoke!
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Professor Sharifah Sekalala from Warwick Law School calls for fairness and inclusivity in WHO's Pandemic Treaty Talks.
📖Read full article: tinyurl.com/2npd3hp7
PLOS Global Public Health Global Health Law Consortium Wellcome Ethox Centre Sharifah Sekalala Shajoe J. Lake Sarah Hodges Yureshya

What does it take to decolonise #GlobalHealth research comprehensively? 🤔 In their new PLOS Global Public Health article, authors Ramya Kumar, Rajat Khosla, & David McCoy reveal how power imbalances undermine equitable health research policies, practices & outcomes.

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Pleased to join Ramya Kumar David McCoy for this review of #GlobalHealth research. We argue existing guidelines and checklists designed to make global health research more equitable do not adequately address the underlying power asymmetries and biases. UNU International Institute for Global Health PLOS Global Public Health

“As racially minoritized women physicians whose primary work is based in antiracism within medicine, our response to these anti-DEI attacks is to educate and organize.” Oni Blackstock, MD MHS Jessica Isom MD MPH Rupi Legha, MD (she/her)

Thank you for this critically important piece in PLOS Global Public Health!

“Health professionals and professional organizations must increase their awareness of anti-DEI misinformation and propaganda, and communicate clearly about the tremendous value of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism for achieving health equity in this country.” ✊🏾