The approach to health care for trans and gender diverse individuals is evolving in response to expanding knowledge of the needs in these communities, as well as a growing understanding of the…

Social contexts and environments have a critical influence on psychiatric morbidity. Whilst biological mechanisms can explain some aspects of psychiatric disorders, their influence is moderated by a…

Viral infections are an important cause of death worldwide. In addition to established human pathogens, spillover from animal reservoirs cause emergent and re-emergent viral infections, such as the…

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally and recent statistics indicate that the decline in mortality observed in the last few decades is stagnating and even reversing in some…

The threat of emerging zoonoses to public health underscores the need to assess and share research on transmission patterns and infection dynamics openly, in real time. Modern infectious disease…

The Starworms (STop Anthelminthic Resistant WORMS) project aims to strengthen the monitoring and surveillance of drug efficacy and anthelmintic resistance in soil-transmitted helminth control…

The health consequences of human trafficking and exploitation are sufficiently prevalent and damaging that they comprise a public health problem of global magnitude. This PLOS Collection offers…

PLOS ONE is proud to publish the Health Inequities and Disparities Collection. Launched in September 2019, this Call for Papers welcomed articles on all relevant disciplines in the field of public…

While regulation of medicines is a key pillar of any health system assuring access to quality medicines, an unoptimized regulatory system is a barrier to access. Over the last 8 years the East African…

In 2014, the EU funded a COST Action that brought together over 120 scientists, practitioners, activists and policy makers from 34 countries, to advance research and practice in an area of great…