International humanitarian law stipulates specific obligations during armed conflict, including the protection of healthcare and humanitarian workers. There has been a recent increase in attacks on ...

Critical voices on unfairly high mpox and other vaccine prices open the debate on the ‘right price’ to be paid to private vaccine suppliers. We apply compound real options analysis as a more ...

Introduction Community health workers (CHWs) have the potential to improve access to ear and hearing services for people across low-income or middle-income countries, remote, underserved, or ...

As the ‘WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2014–2023’ is entering its final phase, reflection is warranted on progress and the focus for a new strategy. We used WHO documentation to analyse progress ...

Background Obesity is a growing public health challenge worldwide with significant health and economic impacts. However, much of what is known about the economic impacts of obesity comes from ...

Eggers C, Martel L, Dismer A, et al. Implementing a DHIS2 Ebola virus disease module during the 2021 Guinea Ebola outbreak. BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e009240. doi:10. ...

Background Child health is a key priority on the global health agenda, yet the provision of essential and emergency surgery in children is patchy in resource-poor regions. This study was aimed to ...

Severe mental health impact: the conflict in Sudan has severely impacted the mental health of displaced children and adolescents, leading to increased cases of depression, anxiety and Post-Traumatic ...

Clinical research conducted to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards is increasingly being undertaken in resource-constrained low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) settings. This presents ...

Introduction The identification of spatial–temporal clusters of forced migrant mortality is urgently needed to inform preventative policies and humanitarian response. As a first step towards ...

Objectives Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), prolonged skin-to-skin care of the low birth weight baby with the mother plus exclusive breastfeeding reduces neonatal mortality. Global KMC coverage is low.

Introduction Globally, one in two people needing insulin lack access. High prices and poor availability are thought to be key contributors to poor insulin access. However, few studies have assessed ...