Michael Johansson and colleagues use wavelet analysis to show that there is limited evidence for a multiyear relationship between climate and dengue incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand. This article is discussed in a related Perspective by Pejman Rohani.
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Alex McMahon and colleagues critique the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidance on good clinical practice (GCP), arguing that it is having a disastrous effect on noncommerical randomized clinical trials in Europe.
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John Lavis discusses how health policymakers and their stakeholders need research evidence, and suggests the best ways that evidence can be synthesized and packaged to optimize its use.
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The Health in Action section focuses on innovative health improvement projects. These pieces are often written by health activists, non-governmental organizations, or researchers in low income settings. Recent Health in Action pieces have included Chand Khanna and colleagues' description of the work of the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC), which provides infrastructure and resources to integrate naturally occurring dog cancer models into the development of new human cancer treatments. In addition, Penelope Enarson and colleagues described the development, scale-up, and achievements of a national pneumonia program in Malawi, based on a successful anti-tuberculosis service delivery model.
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