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January 2011

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WHO/PLoS Collection "No Health Without Research": A Call for Papers.
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On 25 January 2011, World Health Organization (WHO) and PLoS Medicine announce a call for papers to inform the World Health Report 2012, which will be a groundbreaking report focusing for the first time on research for better health. Entitled "No Health Without Research," the report will be published by WHO in May 2012. In advance of this landmark publication, WHO and PLoS Medicine jointly invite submission of papers to PLoS Medicine related to strengthening national health research systems (see the Editorial [e1001008]). Research papers, case studies, and non-research papers will all be considered. A joint WHO/PLoS panel will select papers for inclusion in an ongoing special WHO/PLoS Collection leading up to the report's publication. The impetus behind the report is the need to emphasize the importance of research evidence in health care decision-making, and particularly so in the areas of health policy and health systems; the collection will showcase examples of the best research underpinning practice and policy worldwide.

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Editorial

WHO/PLoS Collection “No Health Without Research”: A Call for Papers

Tikki Pang, Robert F. Terry, The PLoS Medicine Editors

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001008

Perspective

A Simple Novel Method for Determining Mortality Rates in HIV Treatment Programs Worldwide

Gregory P. Bisson

PLOS Medicine: published January 18, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000392

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Guidelines and Guidance

Setting Research Priorities to Reduce Almost One Million Deaths from Birth Asphyxia by 2015

Joy E. Lawn, Rajiv Bahl, Staffan Bergstrom, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Gary L. Darmstadt, Matthew Ellis, Mike English, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk, Anne C. C. Lee, Mario Merialdi, Mohamed Mohamed, David Osrin, Robert Pattinson, Vinod Paul, Siddarth Ramji, Ola D. Saugstad, Lyn Sibley, Nalini Singhal, Steven N. Wall, Dave Woods, John Wyatt, Kit Yee Chan, Igor Rudan

PLOS Medicine: published January 11, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000389

Setting Implementation Research Priorities to Reduce Preterm Births and Stillbirths at the Community Level

Asha George, Mark Young, Abhay Bang, Kit Yee Chan, Igor Rudan, Cesar G. Victora, Mickey Chopra, Craig Rubens, and the GAPPS expert group on community based strategies and constraints

PLOS Medicine: published January 4, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000380

Using the Delphi Technique to Determine Which Outcomes to Measure in Clinical Trials: Recommendations for the Future Based on a Systematic Review of Existing Studies

Ian P. Sinha, Rosalind L. Smyth, Paula R. Williamson

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000393

Reviews

A Research Agenda to Underpin Malaria Eradication

Pedro L. Alonso, Graham Brown, Myriam Arevalo-Herrera, Fred Binka, Chetan Chitnis, Frank Collins, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Brian Greenwood, B. Fenton Hall, Myron M. Levine, Kamini Mendis, Robert D. Newman, Christopher V. Plowe, Mario Henry Rodríguez, Robert Sinden, Laurence Slutsker, Marcel Tanner

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000406

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Basic Science and Enabling Technologies

The malERA Consultative Group on Basic Science and Enabling Technologies

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000399

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A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Drugs

The malERA Consultative Group on Drugs

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000402

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Vaccines

The malERA Consultative Group on Vaccines

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000398

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Vector Control

The malERA Consultative Group on Vector Control

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000401

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Diagnoses and Diagnostics

The malERA Consultative Group on Diagnoses and Diagnostics

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000396

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Health Systems and Operational Research

The malERA Consultative Group on Health Systems and Operational Research

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000397

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Surveillance

The malERA Consultative Group on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Surveillance

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000400

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Modeling

The malERA Consultative Group on Modeling

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000403

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Cross-Cutting Issues for Eradication

The malERA Consultative Group on Integration Strategies

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000404

Some Lessons for the Future from the Global Malaria Eradication Programme (1955–1969)

José A. Nájera, Matiana González-Silva, Pedro L. Alonso

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000412

The Role of Research in Viral Disease Eradication and Elimination Programs: Lessons for Malaria Eradication

Joel G. Breman, Ciro A. de Quadros, Walter R. Dowdle, William H. Foege, Donald A. Henderson, T. Jacob John, Myron M. Levine

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000405

Research Articles

Correcting Mortality for Loss to Follow-Up: A Nomogram Applied to Antiretroviral Treatment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Matthias Egger, Ben D. Spycher, John Sidle, Ralf Weigel, Elvin H. Geng, Matthew P. Fox, Patrick MacPhail, Gilles van Cutsem, Eugène Messou, Robin Wood, Denis Nash, Margaret Pascoe, Diana Dickinson, Jean-François Etard, James A. McIntyre, Martin W. G. Brinkhof, for IeDEA East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa

PLOS Medicine: published January 18, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000390

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Predicting Live Birth, Preterm Delivery, and Low Birth Weight in Infants Born from In Vitro Fertilisation: A Prospective Study of 144,018 Treatment Cycles

Scott M. Nelson, Debbie A. Lawlor

PLOS Medicine: published January 4, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000386

The Influence of Distance and Level of Care on Delivery Place in Rural Zambia: A Study of Linked National Data in a Geographic Information System

Sabine Gabrysch, Simon Cousens, Jonathan Cox, Oona M. R. Campbell

PLOS Medicine: published January 25, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000394

Development of a Standardized Screening Rule for Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV in Resource-Constrained Settings: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Observational Studies

Haileyesus Getahun, Wanitchaya Kittikraisak, Charles M. Heilig, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Helen Ayles, Kevin P. Cain, Alison D. Grant, Gavin J. Churchyard, Michael Kimerling, Sarita Shah, Stephen D. Lawn, Robin Wood, Gary Maartens, Reuben Granich, Anand A. Date, Jay K. Varma

PLOS Medicine: published January 18, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000391

Estimates of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe, 2009–2010: Results of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE) Multicentre Case-Control Study

Marta Valenciano, Esther Kissling, Jean-Marie Cohen, Beatrix Oroszi, Anne-Sophie Barret, Caterina Rizzo, Baltazar Nunes, Daniela Pitigoi, Amparro Larrauri Cámara, Anne Mosnier, Judith K. Horvath, Joan O'Donnell, Antonino Bella, Raquel Guiomar, Emilia Lupulescu, Camelia Savulescu, Bruno C. Ciancio, Piotr Kramarz, Alain Moren

PLOS Medicine: published January 11, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000388

The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Health Care: A Systematic Overview

Ashly D. Black, Josip Car, Claudia Pagliari, Chantelle Anandan, Kathrin Cresswell, Tomislav Bokun, Brian McKinstry, Rob Procter, Azeem Majeed, Aziz Sheikh

PLOS Medicine: published January 18, 2011 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000387