BioMed CentralandPLOS Medicineare proud to be co-sponsoring this year’sMSF Scientific Dayand have co-written this joint blog on both theSpeaking of Medicineand the118bet网址多少 to mark the occasion!

Streamed live on 23rd May 2014 from the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London, MSF Scientific Day is a unique opportunity to showcase medical and scientific research carried out inMSF程序around the world. MSF provides medical aid to populations in over 60 countries affected by armed conflicts, epidemics, famines, natural disasters and those excluded from healthcare.The MSF Scientific Daywas a huge success last year with over 2000 people taking part, 1700 of them tuning in from 92 different countries, with a keynote speech by international health expert,汉斯·罗斯林（Hans Rosling）on thesynergy and conflict between research and advocacy.

MSF推出了它Access Campaignin 1999 to advocate for access to and development of medicines, diagnostic tests, and vaccines for patients in MSF programmes, as well as promoting the dissemination of data and research for those in low- and middle-income countries.

In 2012 MSF decided to adopt a数据共享策略for routinely collected clinical and research data,andthe rationale for the policy wasrecently described in aPLOS Medicinearticle.As open access publishers, PLOS and BioMed Central believe that research findings, and their underlying data, should be accessible to read and reuse by everyone. Publishing MSF research in open access journals such asPLOS Medicineand冲突和健康allows for freely available and accessible publication of research, without barriers to access或重复使用。MSF在两者中都发表了其发现和经验PLOS Medicineand冲突和健康on topics such asneglect的older people在人道主义紧急情况下counselling in humanitarian settingsand在冲突环境中提供抗逆转录病毒治疗and supports open access to its research findings.

Charles Ssonko, who works at MSF as amedical doctor responsible for delivering specialist field advice and support for TB and HIV programmes, reiterated the importance of being able to access and consult medical literature in the field for patients:

“问题在于，当您需要时，获取信息可能非常困难。尽管在我们的大多数设置中，互联网变得容易访问，但由于许多临床文章都是封闭式访问，通常很难访问研究。MSF在其所有现场计划中提供了一系列准则和医疗信息……但是，对于完整的治疗详细信息和案例研究，您需要访问文献，以便能够为患者提供最佳的护理。”

Theagendafor this year’s MSF Scientific Day has been finalised. The keynote speech will be by public health and human rights expertDr Jennifer Leaning, Director of theFrancois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rightsat the Harvard School of Public Health onThe role of evidence in humanitarian decision-making. There will also be a panel discussion, chaired byDr Paul Spiegelfrom the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on紧急环境研究：优先级和翻译。

Original research will be presented in four sessions:

–HIV and TB: testing strategies and treatment

–Research in settings of emergencies, violence and conflict

–Outbreaks and eradication: reflection and examination

–Research for policy and treatment change

Get involved in the debate by following@MSFsci Twitt上erusing the #MSFSci hashtag or pop along to the BioMed Central andPLOS Medicinestands at the event!

Natasha Salaria
期刊开发编辑
BioMed Central

Paul Simpson & Bethany Jones
PLOS Medicine