Setting health systems research priorities for Afghanistan: an application of the child health and nutrition research initiative (CHNRI) methodology to set a roadmap to 2030 (25 July, 2025 ...

Background The increasing number of clinical trials in developing countries providing solutions to the high burden of diseases leads to the vulnerability of study participants and their communities ...

Anthony Fish Hodgson, Jason Bantjes, Jane Pirkis, et al. Alcohol restrictions and suicide rates in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a natural experiment. BMJ Glob Health ...

Epidemics continue to pose a significant public health threat to populations in low and middle-income countries. However, little is known about the appropriateness and performance of response ...

Background The Covid-19 pandemic led to severe health systems collapse, as well as logistics and supply delivery shortages across sectors. For example, delivery of PCR related healthcare supplies was ...

Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: a simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches (9 October, 2023 ...

Boyce MR, Sorrell EM, Standley CJ. An early analysis of the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund: a new fund for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e011172. doi: ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness has grown of the need for strengthening the global health architecture for pandemic preparedness and response and public health emergencies more ...

COVID-19 has posed an unprecedented global health crisis, demanding timely, reliable information on the pandemic’s progression to inform the public and guide decision-making. The WHO’s COVID-19 Weekly ...

Background During malaria in pregnancy (MiP), Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes sequester in the placenta, causing placental malaria (PM) and poor pregnancy outcomes, including low ...

Background Low peripheral parasitemia caused by sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum in the placenta hampers the diagnosis of malaria in pregnant women, leading to microscopy or conventional rapid ...

Background At the local level, malaria transmission persists through hotspots. Besides other known factors, the distribution of malaria hotspots may be shaped by environmental variables. However, ...