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The Council of Science Editors organized a Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development on October 22, 2007. More than 200 science and health journals, including PLoS Medicine, PLoS Biology, and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, participated by publishing new articles.

Editorials Top

Thirty Ways to Improve the Health of the World's Poorest People

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040310

Poverty, Human Development, and Basic Biology

Liza Gross

PLoS Biology:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050295

The PLoS Medicine Debate Top

Which Single Intervention Would Do the Most to Improve the Health of Those Living on Less Than $1 Per Day?

Gavin Yamey

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040303

Essays Top

Slum Health: From Understanding to Action

Alon Unger, Lee W Riley

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040295

Child Rights and Child Poverty: Can the International Framework of Children's Rights Be Used to Improve Child Survival Rates?

Simon Pemberton, David Gordon, Shailen Nandy, Christina Pantazis, Peter Townsend

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040307

Squaring the Circle: AIDS, Poverty, and Human Development

Peter Piot, Robert Greener, Sarah Russell

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040314

Biology and Health Inequality

Eric Brunner

PLoS Biology:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050267

Perspective Top

Food Insecurity—A Risk Factor for HIV Infection

Nigel Rollins

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040301

Community Page Top

The Costs of Exclusion: Recognizing a Role for Local Communities in Biodiversity Conservation

Marc Ancrenaz, Lisa Dabek, Susan O'Neil

PLoS Biology:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050289

Health in Action Top

Integration of Information Technologies in Clinical Studies in Nicaragua

William Avilés, Oscar Ortega, Guillermina Kuan, Josefina Coloma, Eva Harris

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040291

Policy Forum Top

Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity: A Framework for Analysis and Action

Brigit Obrist, Nelly Iteba, Christian Lengeler, Ahmed Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Rose Nathan, Sandra Alba, Angel Dillip, Manuel W Hetzel, Iddy Mayumana, Alexander Schulze, Hassan Mshinda

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040308

Research Articles Top

Food Insufficiency Is Associated with High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Women in Botswana and Swaziland

Sheri D Weiser, Karen Leiter, David R Bangsberg, Lisa M Butler, Fiona Percy-de Korte, Zakhe Hlanze, Nthabiseng Phaladze, Vincent Iacopino, Michele Heisler

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040260

Safe To Walk? Neighborhood Safety and Physical Activity Among Public Housing Residents

Gary G Bennett, Lorna H McNeill, Kathleen Y Wolin, Dustin T Duncan, Elaine Puleo, Karen M Emmons

PLoS Medicine:
Published 23 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040306

Comparing Models for Early Warning Systems of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Luis Fernando Chaves, Mercedes Pascual

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases:
Published 22 Oct 2007 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000033