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• Screening and Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Prisons in Russia and Eastern Europe: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
• The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Maternal Health Is Women's Health: A Call for Papers for Year 2 of the Maternal Health Task Force-PLOS Collection

The PLOS Medicine Editors and the Maternal Health Task Force announce a new call for papers on the theme of “maternal health is women's health.” Articles will stand the best chance of inclusion in the Year 2 Collection if they are submitted by 1 April 2013.

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Screening and Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Prisons in Russia and Eastern Europe: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Daniel Winetsky and colleagues investigate eight strategies for screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis within prisons of the former Soviet Union.

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The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Rosana Norman and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the relationship between child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect, and subsequent mental and physical health outcomes.

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Since November 2011, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), an initiative based at the Harvard School of Public Health, has collaborated with PLOS to create a freely available, open access collection of outstanding research and commentary on maternal health: the MHTF-PLOS Collection on Maternal Health. This 3-year partnership reflects a shared overarching goal: to improve women's and children's health by ensuring more people have greater access to more comprehensive maternal health data, programmatic experiences, and lessons learned, and to be informed about critical areas of debate and growing consensus. The theme of the Year 1 Collection (2011-12) was “quality of maternal health care” and 19 articles were published. This week the PLOS Medicine Editors and the MHTF announce the theme of the current Year 2 Collection (2012-13): “maternal health is women's health” with a Call for Papers. Regular updates will be provided at the Collection page.

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