High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in the WHO African region. Member states in the region have committed to the ...

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 ...

Results Preliminary data from 100 participants showed a significant decrease in the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites carriage from 67% to 10% at days 1 and 31 after the first SMC round.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a critical public health threat, with gendered implications that are often overlooked. Key drivers of bacterial AMR include the misuse of antibiotics, inadequate ...

Background Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases frequently occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), requiring outbreak response immunisation (ORI) programmes for containment. To inform ...

Background Integrated health service delivery (IHSD) is a promising approach to improve health system resilience. However, there is a lack of evidence specific to the low/lower-middle-income country ...

Introduction Race and gender were intimately intertwined aspects of the colonial project, used as key categories of hierarchisation within both colonial and modern societies. As such, true ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems in both developed and developing nations alike. Africa has one of the weakest health systems globally, but there is limited evidence on ...

In stark contrast to its neighbours in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar reports an estimated HIV prevalence below 0.5%.1 HIV infections are perceived to be primarily concentrated in key populations.

Introduction COVID-19 showed that countries must strengthen their operational readiness (OPR) capabilities to respond to an imminent pandemic threat rapidly and proactively. We conducted a rapid ...

Introduction Migrants’ access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is constrained by several individual, organisational and structural barriers. To address these barriers, many ...

Investing in the health workforce to ensure universal access to qualified, skilled and motivated health workers is pertinent in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The policy thrust in ...