Subject Area: Medicine & Health

Soil-transmitted helminths infect an estimated 1.45 billion people globally. The current WHO strategy for controlling STH is based on controlling morbidity via mass drug administration of medications…

High quality health care will be critical to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals in low- and middle income countries. However, little is known on levels of quality and its distribution within…

As Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) programs move towards the 2020 goals, there is a need to strengthen data collection and evaluation for decision making. Mathematical modeling has an important role…

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in global attention to neglected tropical diseases, with remarkable momentum in policy, programs, funding, and research. As we look to the future, it is…

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for almost 65% of women’s deaths around the globe, and three quarters of women’s deaths caused by NCDs occur in low- and middle-income countries…

In order to address the need to reduce inequalities and showcase necessary measurement improvements to uncover them, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is partnering for the fourth time with PLOS…

Three decades of work on HIV prevention and treatment have yielded effective biomedical, behavioral, social, and structural interventions in controlled trials. Few of these have been adopted at a…

In October 2019, PLOS Medicine celebrates its 15th year of publishing excellent medical research. To celebrate, the PLOS Medicine team and several editorial board members have reflected upon the last…

There are currently 350 million people in 98 countries at risk of developing leishmaniasis, the vector-borne parasitic disease caused by various species of trypanosomatid protozoa in the genus of…

Over 80,000 chemicals are used in commerce in the United States, and many are produced in quantities of over 1 million pounds per year. Numerous chemicals are detected in the blood and urine of nearly…