Introduction Timely detection, notification and response are critical for mitigating outbreak impact, yet evidence linking timeliness to public health outcomes is limited.Methods We hypothesised that ...

The Immunization Agenda 2030 emphasises the need for a motivated, skilled and knowledgeable workforce equipped to plan, manage, implement and monitor immunisation programmes at all levels. The rapid ...

Introduction The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second biggest ...

Introduction Global North–South research collaborations are complex and dynamic despite their centrality to global health ...

Introduction From 2012 to 2017, the Cervical Cancer Prevention in El Salvador (CAPE) piloted and scaled up a human ...

Background The development of non-sputum-based tests is an urgent priority to increase access to tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic ...

Introduction Despite the high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) globally and the negative impact of IPV and ...

Background Stillbirth rates remain unacceptably high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Understanding the causes of ...

Background Late-stage breast cancer contributes to a growing number of deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but few studies ...

Public health and health service interventions are typically complex: they are multifaceted, with impacts at multiple levels and on multiple stakeholders. Systematic reviews evaluating the effects of ...

Primary health care (PHC) is a comprehensive strategy involving the entire society in promoting health. It is an important ...

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health challenge globally. Madagascar faces a substantial TB burden despite enhanced efforts from its national TB control programme. This ...