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Noncommunicable Diseases: A Globalization of Disparity?
Peter J. Hotez, Larry Peiperl
Editorial | published 28 Jul 2015 | PLOS Medicine 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001859
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A year ago, the editors of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and PLOS Medicine launched the PLOS Blue Marble Health Collection, subtitled “the mismatch between national wealth and population health” [1]. The term “blue marble health” (which recalls the appearance of the earth from space) was coined as a differentiator from prior conceptualizations of global health that divided the world’s population according to national economic indices [2]. The basic tenet of blue marble health is that impoverished populations living amidst wealth bear a disproportionate burden of neglected diseases, irrespective of the overall economic strength of their home country. Such an approach is increasingly relevant as differential disease burdens between wealthier countries and regions (including North America, Europe, and Japan) and lower-income countries (including many in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America), evolve through a pronounced, but uneven, economic rise across the planet that leaves pockets of intense poverty in its wake.

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The Individualised versus the Public Health Approach to Treating Ebola
Tom H. Boyles
Perspective | published 28 Jul 2015 | PLOS Medicine 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001858

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Ebola Virus Disease: Experience and Decision Making for the First Patients outside of Africa
David S. Stephens, Bruce S. Ribner, Bryce D. Gartland, Nancye R. Feistritzer, Monica M. Farley, Christian P. Larsen, John T. Fox
Essay | published 28 Jul 2015 | PLOS Medicine 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001857