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August 2017

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Evaluating the impact of Affordable Care Act repeal on America's opioid epidemic
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Universal healthcare coverage is becoming a global gold standard, but remains under scrutiny and threat in the United States. Recent congressional proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act have included reductions to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to 74 million U.S. residents with low income or disability. In this month's Editorial, MGH Professor of Psychiatry and PLOS Medicine Editorial Board member Alexander C. Tsai and Health Commissioner of the City of Baltimore Leana S. Wen discuss why the U.S. needs Medicaid to address its epidemic of opioid abuse.

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Editorial

Evaluating the impact of Affordable Care Act repeal on America's opioid epidemic

Leana S. Wen, Evan B. Behrle, Alexander C. Tsai

PLOS Medicine: published August 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002380

Essay

Pregnant and breastfeeding women: A priority population for HIV viral load monitoring

Landon Myer, Shaffiq Essajee, Laura N. Broyles, D. Heather Watts, Maia Lesosky, Wafaa M. El-Sadr, Elaine J. Abrams

PLOS Medicine: published August 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002375

Perspectives

Counting stillbirths and achieving accountability: A global health priority

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

PLOS Medicine: published August 1, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002364

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Lay worker-administered behavioral treatments for psychological distress in resource-limited settings: Time to move from evidence to practice?

Alexander C. Tsai

PLOS Medicine: published August 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002372

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Policy Forum

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PLOS Medicine: published August 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002378

Research Articles

Childhood adiposity and risk of type 1 diabetes: A Mendelian randomization study

J. C. Censin, Christoph Nowak, Nicholas Cooper, Peter Bergsten, John A. Todd, Tove Fall

PLOS Medicine: published August 1, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002362

Identification of factors associated with stillbirth in the Indian state of Bihar using verbal autopsy: A population-based study

Rakhi Dandona, G. Anil Kumar, Amit Kumar, Priyanka Singh, Sibin George, Mohammad Akbar, Lalit Dandona

PLOS Medicine: published August 1, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002363

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Gestational diabetes mellitus and interpregnancy weight change: A population-based cohort study

L. M. Sorbye, R. Skjaerven, K. Klungsoyr, N. H. Morken

PLOS Medicine: published August 1, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002367

Evaluation of novel computerized tomography scoring systems in human traumatic brain injury: An observational, multicenter study

Eric Peter Thelin, David W. Nelson, Juho Vehviläinen, Harriet Nyström, Riku Kivisaari, Jari Siironen, Mikael Svensson, Markus B. Skrifvars, Bo-Michael Bellander, Rahul Raj

PLOS Medicine: published August 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002368

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Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data

Jordan E. Cates, Holger W. Unger, Valerie Briand, Nadine Fievet, Innocent Valea, Halidou Tinto, Umberto D’Alessandro, Sarah H. Landis, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Kathryn G. Dewey, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Meghna Desai, Stephanie Dellicour, Peter Ouma, Julie Gutman, Martina Oneko, Laurence Slutsker, Dianne J. Terlouw, Simon Kariuki, John Ayisi, Mwayiwawo Madanitsa, Victor Mwapasa, Per Ashorn, Kenneth Maleta, Ivo Mueller, Danielle Stanisic, Christentze Schmiegelow, John P. A. Lusingu, Anna Maria van Eijk, Melissa Bauserman, Linda Adair, Stephen R. Cole, Daniel Westreich, Steven Meshnick, Stephen Rogerson

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Harmonization of community health worker programs for HIV: A four-country qualitative study in Southern Africa

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Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks

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Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Harsha Shanthanna, Ian Gilron, Manikandan Rajarathinam, Rizq AlAmri, Sriganesh Kamath, Lehana Thabane, Philip J. Devereaux, Mohit Bhandari

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Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention on psychological distress among women with a history of gender-based violence in urban Kenya: A randomised clinical trial

Richard A. Bryant, Alison Schafer, Katie S. Dawson, Dorothy Anjuri, Caroline Mulili, Lincoln Ndogoni, Phiona Koyiet, Marit Sijbrandij, Jeannette Ulate, Melissa Harper Shehadeh, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Mark van Ommeren

PLOS Medicine: published August 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002371

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Impact of fortified versus unfortified lipid-based supplements on morbidity and nutritional status: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in ill Gambian children

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Association of pre-pregnancy body mass index with offspring metabolic profile: Analyses of 3 European prospective birth cohorts

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Unsupervised primaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria relapses in southern Papua: A hospital-based cohort study

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