So lovely to meet up with one of @plosglobalpublichealth.org Section Editors, the incomparable Patty Garcia, at #CUGH2025 last night!

Currently at the #CUGH2025 conference in Atlanta. A real joy of this otherwise strange time is running into wonderful colleagues, who I've admired and been inspired by for such a long time. So wonderful to see you, Beryne Odeny and @nasadoc.bsky.social ! ❤️

There are so many great papers that we publish every single day over on @plosglobalpublichealth.org that span an incredibly diverse range of geographies, voices, and topics.

BUT! Today I want to focus on this one, just published:

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Lesson 6 is another good one, not only for those of us in research, but for those of us humans trying to make the world a better place: 6. The most important voices for change are often the quietest

Lesson 4 is one I think about every day as an editor: 4. ‘Evidentiary’ knowledge and control over funds create power asymmetries

So much good stuff in here! Lesson 1 is a good place to start: 1. Country ownership is not yours to ensure, you certainly cannot confer it

It's almost impossible to pick a favorite article in @plosglobalpublichealth.org, but one of the top ones I recommend to folks who are new to the journal, or new to global health, or who want to learn how to write an effective Opinion piece is this one:

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Please do check out our website - we publish exciting new Research Articles, Opinions, Reviews, Essays, and more there EVERY DAY (and I had such fun posting a video of all our cool stuff last week that you get another one today 😀)

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Researchers used a guide designed to cover 5 key topics related to food-decision making as well as the pathway from FOP warning label exposure to behavior change (e.g. recall, understanding, use, effect on purchases).

Peru introduced four black octagonal labels that indicate a processed food or beverage is “high in” sugar, saturated fats, or sodium or contains trans fats according to parameters the Ministry of Health established.

We published a really interesting paper today at @plosglobalpublichealth.org:

Recall, understanding, use, and impact of front-of-package warning labels on ultra-processed foods: A qualitative study with mothers of preschool children in Peru

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If you've only got time for one paper this week, make it this one. I do hope you'll stay a while at @plosgph.bsky.social, though - we are constantly publishing diverse, robust, important work from a global community.

In sum, a neat paper to check out - and you can know that all of this paper's underlying data are completely available - all PLOS papers have a Data Availability Statement where you can check it out for yourself. (They don't all come with emojis - those were added by me ✅)

They conclude by proposing some recommendations to guide future research and inform practical implications in promoting use of existing data in clinical research:

They conducted mixed-method research that included a cross-sectional survey and a qualitative study, surveying 643 people from 68 countries.

A recent paper on PLOS Global Public Health that I really liked:

Data sharing and reuse in clinical research: Are we there yet? A cross-sectional study on progress, challenges and opportunities in LMICs

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