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Trends in public health emergencies in the WHO African Region: an analysis of the past two decades public health events from 2001 to 2022
The African Region reports the heaviest burden of public health emergencies globally. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of public health events data collected the past 22 years in the WHO ...
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Cost-effectiveness of triage testing for facility-based systematic screening of tuberculosis among Ugandan adults
Background Systematic screening is often proposed as a way to improve case finding for tuberculosis (TB), but the cost-effectiveness of specific strategies for systematic screening remains poorly ...
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Current Issue
Adolescent and youth-friendly health interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review (5 September, 2024) ...
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Prepared for the polycrisis? The need for complexity science and systems thinking to address global and national evidence gaps
The Sustainable Development Goals are far off track. The convergence of global threats such as climate change, conflict and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—among others—call for better ...
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Social determinants of health among people working on informal gold mines in French Guiana: a multicentre cross-sectional survey
Introduction Social determinants of health, such as living and working conditions, economical and environmental context and access to care, combine to impact the health of individuals and communities.
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Trends and projections of caesarean section rates: global and regional estimates
Background The caesarean section (CS) rate continues to increase across high-income, middle-income and low-income countries. We present current global and regional CS rates, trends since 1990 and ...
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Advances in the measurement of coverage for RMNCH and nutrition: from contact to effective coverage
Current methods for measuring intervention coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition (RMNCH+N) do not adequately capture the quality of services delivered. Without ...
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Global health is more than just ‘Public Health Somewhere Else’
3 Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 4 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, ...
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Engage, understand, listen and act: evaluation of Community Panels to privilege First Nations voices in pandemic planning and response in Australia
Introduction First Nations Peoples of Australia have not been included in the development nor prioritised in pre-2009 pandemic plans despite being a priority population in Australian health policy.
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How income and food prices influence global dietary intakes by age and sex: evidence from 164 countries
Background While income and prices are key drivers of dietary choices, how their influence varies by food category, nation, and demographics is not well established. Based on intake data for 164 ...
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Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30
The Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30 (GAAP) represents an important milestone in policy implementation at the global level on alcohol and health. There has, however, been little attention paid to ...