Trends and spatial patterns of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence among men and women aged 15–49 in Sierra Leone: evidence from the 2008, 2013 and 2019 Demographic and Health Surveys (5 August, ...

Evaluations cannot support evidence-informed decision making if they do not provide the information needed by decision-makers. In this article, we reflect on our own difficulties evaluating the ...

Epidemics continue to pose a significant public health threat to populations in low and middle-income countries. However, little is known about the appropriateness and performance of response ...

Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: a simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches (9 October, 2023 ...

Background At the local level, malaria transmission persists through hotspots. Besides other known factors, the distribution of malaria hotspots may be shaped by environmental variables. However, ...

Aguas R, White L, Hupert N, et al. Modelling the COVID-19 pandemic in context: an international participatory approach. BMJ Glob Health 2020;5:e003126. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003126.

Objectives The objectives were to evaluate the effectiveness of conducting three versus two reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) tests for diagnosing and discharging people with COVID-19 with regard to ...

Background Despite various efforts to control malaria among children, the disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the Sahel region, including Burkina Faso, seasonal ...

Countries around the world are increasingly rethinking the design of their health benefit package to achieve universal health coverage. Countries can periodically revise their packages by performing ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness has grown of the need for strengthening the global health architecture for pandemic preparedness and response and public health emergencies more ...

User assessments and the use of information from MomConnect, a mobile phone text-based information service, by pregnant women and new mothers in South Africa (24 April, 2018 ...

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) maybe a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) and negatively affect outcome of treatment. We investigated the impact of DM on TB treatment outcome in a longitudinal study ...