Background Surgical care is essential for achieving global health equity, yet low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face ...

Healthcare quality is commonly assessed using clinical outcomes and service-based metrics that begin after illness has ...

Introduction Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a proven, low-cost intervention to reduce neonatal mortality, yet its coverage ...

Cluster randomised trials (CRTs) remain key for evaluating the community-wide impact of interventions against infectious ...

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Leprosy, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Mycobacterium leprae, continues to affect vulnerable populations in low ...

Background The comprehension of breastfeeding patterns and trends through comparable indicators is essential to plan and implement public health policies. Objective To evaluate the trends of ...

At the start of 2025, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) programme was paused due to the defunding of USAID, illustrating the fragility of the international data infrastructures on which many ...

Background Global health organisations advocate gender-transformative programming (which challenges gender inequalities) with men and boys to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) ...

Introduction It is often argued that health system resilience to shocks is influenced by governance. Multiple theoretical perspectives seemed to have emerged in the literature, but there has been ...

Introduction Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is linked to multiple malignancies and autoimmune conditions, with different disease burdens globally. Pharmaceutical companies and researchers are placing ...

Background Cash transfer (CT) programmes are an increasingly common approach to alleviate poverty and inequality and improving child health and nutrition, as well as supporting other goals such as ...