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This issue of PLoS Medicine features two Policy Forums on blindness. In the first, Paul Courtright and colleagues (e177) argue that the patterns of global childhood blindness are changing. With reductions in nutritional and infectious causes of blindness, intrauterine and genetic causes have become more important, suggesting a need to reassess research, training, and programmatic requirements. In the second, Susan Lewallen and Amir Bedri Kello (e184) argue that human resources management will be crucial in reaching the global goal of eliminating avoidable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa by the year 2020. Also, in this month’s Editorial the PLoS Medicine editors reflect upon how much the publishing of research relies on a foundation of trust between authors, editors, peer reviewers, and readers. They argue that this relationship sometimes becomes tried, tested, and even broken. Thus, in the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, the editors look to the future and set down some guidelines for authors, readers, reviewers, and editors themselves to maintain and renew the trusting foundations that are essential to publishing research.

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December 23, 2009

Sexual Inequality in Tuberculosis

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Olivier Neyrolles and Lluis Quintana-Murci review the evidence on why tuberulosis notification is twice as high in men as in women in most countries.

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December 23, 2009

Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group

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In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access to surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas for national and international agencies to target in order to address the surgical burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

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December 23, 2009

Blood Glucose and Risk of Incident and Fatal Cancer in the Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Project (Me-Can): Analysis of Six Prospective Cohorts

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Tanja Stocks and colleagues carry out an analysis of six European cohorts and confirm that abnormal glucose metabolism is linked with increased risk of cancer overall and at specific sites.

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December 23, 2009