In April 2009, PLoS Medicine announced a "refocusing of the journal's priorities." Going forward, said the editors, the journal would prioritize papers addressing those diseases with the greatest global burden. It would also aim to be as broad a journal as possible, publishing papers that explored not just biological causes of illness, but also social, environmental, and political determinants of health. In this month's Editorial, as the journal marks its official five year anniversary, the editors look back over the last six months to assess the impact of the refocused scope.
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Editorial
Five Years of Access and Activism
PLOS Medicine: published October 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000167
Essay
Molecular Genomic Approaches to Infectious Diseases in Resource-Limited Settings
PLOS Medicine: published October 26, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000142
Neglected Diseases
Packages of Care for Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
PLOS Medicine: published October 6, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000159
Packages of Care for Epilepsy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
PLOS Medicine: published October 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000162
Packages of Care for Alcohol Use Disorders in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
PLOS Medicine: published October 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000170
Packages of Care for Schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
PLOS Medicine: published October 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000165
Perspectives
Lost but Not Forgotten—The Economics of Improving Patient Retention in AIDS Treatment Programs
PLOS Medicine: published October 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000174
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Antiretroviral Strategies to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Striking a Balance between Efficacy, Feasibility, and Resistance
PLOS Medicine: published October 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000169
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Packages of Care for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: PLoS Medicine Series
PLOS Medicine: published October 6, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000160
Health in Action
The Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium: Using Spontaneously Occurring Cancers in Dogs to Inform the Cancer Drug Development Pathway
PLOS Medicine: published October 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000161
Research Articles
Task Shifting for Scale-up of HIV Care: Evaluation of Nurse-Centered Antiretroviral Treatment at Rural Health Centers in Rwanda
PLOS Medicine: published October 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000163
Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Loss to Follow-up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Côte d'Ivoire Appraisal
PLOS Medicine: published October 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000173
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Efficacy of Short-Course AZT Plus 3TC to Reduce Nevirapine Resistance in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission: A Randomized Clinical Trial
PLOS Medicine: published October 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000172
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Medico-Legal Findings, Legal Case Progression, and Outcomes in South African Rape Cases: Retrospective Review
PLOS Medicine: published October 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000164
A Prospective Nested Case-Control Study of Dengue in Infants: Rethinking and Refining the Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Model
PLOS Medicine: published October 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000171
Potential Role of Decoy B7-H4 in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Mouse Model Informed by Clinical Data
PLOS Medicine: published October 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000166
Facilitating the Recruitment of Minority Ethnic People into Research: Qualitative Case Study of South Asians and Asthma
PLOS Medicine: published October 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000148