In this month's Editorial Chris Beyrer and colleagues reflect on an underappreciated trend in multiple African, Asian, and Caribbean settings, where the provision of HIV and other essential health services for sexual and gender minorities are expanding despite challenging legal and social environments.
The authors argue that while the legal, human rights, and LGBT advocacy communities work to advance structural reforms, such as overturning sodomy statutes, community-based clinical and service providers have vital roles to play in the realization of more immediate rights and benefits—including the right to dignity, safety, and equitable access to services in health care settings.
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Editorial
Towards Equity in Service Provision for Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Repressive Contexts
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002154
Perspectives
Sailing in Uncharted Waters: Carefully Navigating the Polio Endgame
PLOS Medicine: published October 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002141
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Improving the Science of Measles Prevention—Will It Make for a Better Immunization Program?
PLOS Medicine: published October 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002145
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Texas and Its Measles Epidemics
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002153
How Relevant Is Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus?
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002157
Guidelines and Guidance
Core Outcome Set–STAndards for Reporting: The COS-STAR Statement
PLOS Medicine: published October 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002148
Research Articles
Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of a Large Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreak in London: A Retrospective Observational Study
PLOS Medicine: published October 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002137
Characterization of Novel Antimalarial Compound ACT-451840: Preclinical Assessment of Activity and Dose–Efficacy Modeling
PLOS Medicine: published October 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002138
Population Immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis Leading up to the Global Withdrawal of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal Modelling of Surveillance Data
PLOS Medicine: published October 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002140
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Regulatory T Cell Responses in Participants with Type 1 Diabetes after a Single Dose of Interleukin-2: A Non-Randomised, Open Label, Adaptive Dose-Finding Trial
PLOS Medicine: published October 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002139
Tradeoffs in Introduction Policies for the Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Bedaquiline: A Model-Based Analysis
PLOS Medicine: published October 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002142
Orthostatic Hypotension and the Long-Term Risk of Dementia: A Population-Based Study
PLOS Medicine: published October 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002143
Impact on Epidemic Measles of Vaccination Campaigns Triggered by Disease Outbreaks or Serosurveys: A Modeling Study
PLOS Medicine: published October 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002144
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Circulating Apolipoprotein E Concentration and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Meta-analysis of Results from Three Studies
PLOS Medicine: published October 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002146
Conveying Equipoise during Recruitment for Clinical Trials: Qualitative Synthesis of Clinicians’ Practices across Six Randomised Controlled Trials
PLOS Medicine: published October 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002147
Burden of Six Healthcare-Associated Infections on European Population Health: Estimating Incidence-Based Disability-Adjusted Life Years through a Population Prevalence-Based Modelling Study
PLOS Medicine: published October 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002150
Obstetric Facility Quality and Newborn Mortality in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Study
PLOS Medicine: published October 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002151
The Tuberculosis Cascade of Care in India’s Public Sector: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002149
Prophylactic Oral Dextrose Gel for Newborn Babies at Risk of Neonatal Hypoglycaemia: A Randomised Controlled Dose-Finding Trial (the Pre-hPOD Study)
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002155
The Global Burden of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Re-estimation Using Mathematical Modelling
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002152
Impacts on Breastfeeding Practices of At-Scale Strategies That Combine Intensive Interpersonal Counseling, Mass Media, and Community Mobilization: Results of Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluations in Bangladesh and Viet Nam
PLOS Medicine: published October 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002159