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 ...

The core functions of primary care are first contact access, comprehensiveness, continuity, coordination and ...

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

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

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

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

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

Background Uganda is an ecological hot-spot with infectious disease transmission belts which exacerbates its vulnerability to epidemics. Its proximity to the Congo Basin, influx of refugees and the ...

WHO declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 23 July 2022. China experienced the first imported case in September 2022, the first local case in May 2023, indigenous ...

The 2023 WHO guideline on wasting and nutritional oedema includes four new recommendations, three updated recommendations and three new good practice statements for the management of severe wasting ...

In 2023, WHO released a guideline on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years as part of the Global Action Plan on Child ...

The 2023 WHO guideline on wasting and nutritional oedema provides the first systematically developed evidence-informed set of recommendations and good practice statements for children 6–59 months of ...