Background Tobacco control has been a critical strategy to reduce non-communicable disease (NCD) burden. However, the ...

Effective service delivery is a cornerstone of public health efforts, ensuring that essential healthcare reaches even the ...

Objectives Despite the East Asia and Pacific region (EAPR) accounting for 22.7% of global diabetes deaths amid rapid ...

Background Arab countries have seen an increased commitment towards improving access to family planning (FP) in recent ...

Introduction Expanding access to voluntary family planning is a global health priority, yet progress has been uneven across low-income and middle-income countries. Despite being a fragile state with ...

Importance Nigeria has a population of 233 million people and high rates of adolescent motherhood. Reduction of adolescent motherhood is a priority and primarily aligns with the sexual and ...

In the published version, the description of wage data for Latin America was corrected, and the axis label for Figure 3 was matched to the caption. At the same time, the following improvements were ...

The inequitable global distribution of resources for research parallels the unequal global distribution of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases. Significant gaps in research capacity ...

Background Nutrition is a critical determinant of tuberculosis (TB), providing a protective effect at high body mass index (BMI) and incurring an increased risk of TB disease at low BMI. Global ...

The decisions of the US administration under Donald Trump in January 2025 to divest from many development activities have severely disrupted the state of affairs in global health. We analyse the ...

On 19 September 2025, amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) will take effect, introducing the requirement for national IHR authorities to coordinate implementation of the ...

Introduction Screening to identify traumatic births and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) is critical for reducing the global burden of maternal mental health challenges.