PLoS medicine
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Pakistan currently provides a substantial challenge to global polio eradication, having contributed to 73% of reported poliomyelitis in 2015 and 54% in 2016. A better understanding of the risk factors and movement patterns that contribute to poliovirus transmission across Pakistan would support evidence-based planning for mass vaccination campaigns. ⋯ Spatiotemporal variation in immunization performance and population movement patterns are important determinants of historical poliomyelitis incidence in Pakistan; however, movement dynamics were less influential in predicting future cases, at a time when the polio map is shrinking. Results from the regression models we present are being used to help plan vaccination campaigns and transit vaccination strategies in Pakistan.
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In an essay, Paul Bloem and Ikechukwu Ogbuanu discuss the public health implications of HPV vaccination.
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Melanie Taylor and colleagues discuss global initiatives for surveillance of sexually transmitted diseases.
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The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors announces requirements that a data sharing plan be prospectively registered, and a data sharing statement be included in submitted manuscripts, for clinical trials to be published in ICMJE journals.
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Andrew Seale and colleagues discuss the development of a global strategy to counter sexually transmitted infections.