BMC Public Health: Review of 2014
BMC Public Health published an extensive collection of exciting research in 2014, with highly accessed articles covering a range of widely discussed topics. Here, we present an overview of some... Read more »
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Developing World
Latest Developing World posts
Livestream from the World Economic Forum – Pandemics: whose problem?
We are hosting a livestream from World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland today at 11:30 am and it'll be available as a recording thereafter.
More Developing World posts
What can chimpanzee tracking tell you about climate change?
BMC Series blog
New research finds that the most endangered chimpanzees may experience drastic habitat loss within five years due to... Read more »
The Global Burden of Disease: non-communicable diseases increase premature death
On Medicine
Up-to-date knowledge of cause-specific mortality is essential for the formulation of health policies. Obtaining this evidence is a... Read more »
Mapping inequities in maternal care
On Health
In 2000 the United Nations established the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) designed to improve outcomes for those in low-income countries. These 8... Read more »
Snip, snip…one little cut for an AIDS-free generation
On Medicine
Today, 1st December, I’m sure many of us started by opening the first door of our advent calendars.... Read more »
Infertility care: Everyone has the right to have a child, but what if you are infertile?
On Health
Today is the ‘IVF: Past, current and future developments’ series launch for Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. OADW reviews... Read more »
The challenges of getting your research published when English is not your first language
BioMed Central blog
Research in a new white paper we published last week found that using a trusted editing service increased acceptance... Read more »
Open access in Ghana – a medical student perspective
BioMed Central blog
Sadat Bogobire is Clinical Year 2 at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, part of University of... Read more »
How global are you?
BioMed Central blog
Once upon a time, the letter was the fastest and widely accessible mode of communicating information for the... Read more »