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February 2020

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Plans and prospects for the 2020s: Beyond peak health?
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For decades, the health and wellbeing of people in low- and middle-income countries has been recognized as a concern of enormous magnitude and global importance. Substantial investments have been made in priorities defined in the Millennium Development Goals, and in disease-specific programs targeting HIV/AIDS and many other diseases, leading to important achievements. The Sustainable Development Goals have now been conceived to motivate and guide progress towards health and development ambitions for 2030.

In this month's Editorial, recognizing possible challenges including climate change, population growth and infectious disease outbreaks, the PLOS Medicine Editors discuss prospects for achievement of a continuing trajectory of improvement in global health and development in the coming decade.

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Editorial

Plans and prospects for the 2020s: Beyond peak health?

The PLOS Medicine Editors

PLOS Medicine: published February 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003075

Perspective

Improving air quality needs to be a policy priority for governments globally

Aziz Sheikh

PLOS Medicine: published February 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003041

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