The Signaling Pathways Project is a multi-omics knowledgebase based upon public, manually curated transcriptomic and cistromic (ChIP-Seq) datasets involving genetic and small molecule manipulations of…
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Medicine & Health The BIRTH Special CollectionView Collection
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…
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Medicine & Health Advances in Clinical Trial Design for Development of New Treatments for TuberculosisView Collection
With recent opportunities to test combinations of new and repurposed drugs for the treatment of TB, new questions arise for optimal clinical trial design. To address these, in March 2018 WHO organized…
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Medicine & Health Economic Cases for NCD Prevention and Control: A Global PerspectiveView Collection
Economic Cases for NCD Prevention and Control expands the evidence base on the economic burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the impact of NCD prevention and control programs globally. This…
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Medicine & Health DeWorm3View Collection
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…
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Medicine & Health High-Quality Health SystemsView Collection
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…
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collection Refugee and Migrant HealthView Collection
At the 72nd World Health Assembly held during May 20–28 of this year in Geneva, Switzerland, a very welcome global action plan was agreed which seeks to establish a “framework of…
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collection Substance Use, Misuse, and Dependence: Prevention and TreatmentView Collection
Substance use and misuse affect people worldwide, of all ages and from all walks of life, resulting in a substantial burden of ill health and mortality, and presenting big challenges in prevention and…
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Medicine & Health NTD Modeling Consortium: Insights on data needsView Collection
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…
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Medicine & Health Neglected Populations: Decreasing Inequalities & Improving Measurement in Maternal HealthView Collection
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…
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Medicine & Health Non-Communicable Diseases and Maternal Health Around the GlobeView Collection
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…