The global health landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Economic pressures, declining development assistance, security ...

Process mapping is a systems thinking approach used to understand, analyse and optimise processes within complex systems. We aim to demonstrate how this methodology can be applied during disease ...

Action on the social determinants of health (SDH) is required to reduce inequities in health. This article summarises global progress, largely in terms of commitments and strategies. It is clear that ...

Introduction Despite the high burden of mental disorders among adolescents and the potentially lifelong consequences of these conditions, access to mental health services remains insufficient for ...

Background The arboviruses continue to be a threat to public health and socioeconomic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Seroprevalence surveys can be used as a population surveillance strategy ...

Public health research and human rights bodies have demonstrated the risks involved with criminalising abortion services and noted a need for full decriminalisation. Despite this, abortions are ...

In the aftermath of 7 October 2023, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been subjected to a near-constant military assault, ...

Introduction More than half of global cervical cancer cases occur among women older than 50. However, global estimates regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among this population are ...

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 ...

In Africa, health systems are often not very responsive. Their resilience is often tested by health or geopolitical crises. The Ebola epidemic, for instance, exposed the fragility of health systems, ...

Introduction Recent modelled estimates suggest that Niger made progress in maternal mortality since 2000. However, neonatal mortality has not declined since 2012 and maternal mortality estimates were ...

Setting 217 countries for HIV/AIDS analysis, 151 countries for COVID-19 analysis. Participants Used three samples of national-level data: a sample of all countries with available data (global sample), ...