Introduction The WHO has proposed a structured framework to assess palliative care development through 14 actionable indicators across 6 dimensions. While prior applications have been limited to ...

Background Globally, adolescent mothers and their children have poorer health outcomes. However, little is known regarding ...

Introduction Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an immune response triggered by group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections, ...

Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects an estimated 27% of women globally, with consequences spanning mental, ...

With global malaria cases on the rise, the WHO has placed increased emphasis on National Malaria Programmes to tailor ...

The Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS) is a cornerstone of Brazil’s public health, offering universal care ...

Law and policy differences help explain why, as HIV-related science has advanced swiftly, some countries have realised remarkable progress on AIDS while others see expanding epidemics. We describe the ...

Objectives To evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of introducing the RTS,S malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa compared with further scale-up of existing interventions. Design A mathematical ...

The call to strengthen global health governance against future outbreaks through a binding treaty on pandemics has attracted global attention and opinion. Yet, few of these perspectives have reflected ...

Introduction Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne arboviral disease posing an emerging global public health threat. Understanding the global burden of chikungunya is critical for designing effective ...

Countries in the Global South continue to struggle to train and retain good researchers and practitioners to address local, regional and global health challenges. As a result, there is an ongoing ...

Mandating COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) could maximise vaccine uptake, but risks exacerbating breakdowns in trust between HCP and their institutions. Ethical arguments for ...