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Global Health

Series edited by Carol A. Dahl and Tadataka Yamada

Although advances in science and technology have resulted in substantial improvements in the health of individuals in the developed world, similar progress has not been observed for those living in the developing world. This Review Series focuses on the health conditions that affect people living in the developing world, and it highlights some of the areas that require attention if these conditions are either to be brought under control or eradicated.
Global health inequity: scientific challenges remain but can be solved
The spread, treatment, and prevention of HIV-1: evolution of a global pandemic
Confronting the scientific obstacles to global control of tuberculosis
Malaria: progress, perils, and prospects for eradication
Enteric infections, diarrhea, and their impact on function and development
Pneumonia research to reduce childhood mortality in the developing world
Kinetoplastids: related protozoan pathogens, different diseases
Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases
New challenges in studying nutrition-disease interactions in the developing world
As the world grows: contraception in the 21st century