Access to medicines
- Packages of care for dementia in low- and middle-income countries
- M.J. Prince;D. Acosta;E. Castro-Costa;J. Jackson;K.S. Shaji / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2009
- Two-thirds of people with dementia live in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), where there are few services available and levels of awareness is low. This paper focuses on the effective ma...
- Grand challenges in global health: engaging civil society organizations in biomedical research in developing countries
- Anant Bhan;Jerome A. Singh;Ross E. G. Upshur / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2007
- While several publications have addressed the role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in social science research in health, their role in biomedical research has not been widely discussed. This ...
- A Breakthrough in R&D for neglected diseases: new ways to get the drugs we need
- Mary Moran / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2005
- Whereas only 13 new drugs have been developed for neglected tropical diseases since 1975, this paper, published in PLoS Medicine, notes that this is as a result of current perception that these diseas...
- Does male circumcision prevent HIV infection?
- N. Siegfried / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2005
- Given the devastating mortality and morbidity associated with HIV and AIDS, many potential prevention measures against HIV infection have been explored. Male circumcision is one of these. This short a...
- The unfinished public health agenda of Chagas disease in the era of globalization
- C. Franco-Paredes;M.E. Bottazzi;P.J. Hotez / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2009
- In Latin America, Chagas disease (CD), caused by infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, is a prime example of an co-evolutionary process in which parasites and mammalian reservoirs (including humans) ar...
- Complexities of assessing the disease burden attributable to Leishmaniasis
- C. Bern;J.H. Maguire;J. Alvar / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2008
- Among parasitic diseases, morbidity and mortality caused by leishmaniasis are surpassed only by malaria and lymphatic filariasis. This article from The Public Library of Science shows how the estim...
- Neglected disease research and development: how much are we really spending?
- M. Moran;J. Guzman;A.-L. Ropars / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2009
- Specific research and development (R&D) investment data are available for some neglected diseases but these cannot readily be compared since each survey uses different methodologies and covers dif...
- Influence of rapid malaria diagnostic tests on treatment and health outcome in fever patients, Zanzibar - a crossover validation study
- M. I. Msellem;A. Martensson;G. Rotlant / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2009
- Malaria continues to impact significantly on the lives of persons from regions where the disease is present. While major gains have been made in the development of anti-malarial medications for the tr...
- Access to health care in contexts of livelihood insecurity: a framework for analysis and action
- B. Obrist;N. Iteba;C. Lengeler / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2007
- This paper highlights the increasing need for providing high quality goods and service delivery in health care in resource-poor settings, especially in Africa. It further suggests additional effort...
- Strategies for aspiring biomedical researchers in resource-limited environments
- P Garcia;W Curioso / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2008
- This article, published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, looks at how biomedical researchers from developing countries can conduct research in resource poor settings....
