Since 2022, the seventh cholera pandemic has escalated globally, with reported cases rising from 223 370 in 2021 to 560 823 in 2024 across affected countries. Cholera-related deaths also increased ...

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 Maximising the impact of new and forthcoming long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products ...

Introduction Unsafe abortion is a preventable cause of maternal mortality. While studies report high number of abortions in India, the population-level rates of unsafe abortion and their risk factors ...

Background Although 90% of youth live in low- and middle-income countries, only 10% of child mental health research is ...

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 ...

India envisions achieving universal health coverage to provide its people with access to affordable quality health services. A breakthrough effort in this direction has been the launch of the world’s ...

Introduction The scope of the challenge of overweight and obesity (OAO) has not been fully realised globally, in part because much of what is known about the economic impacts of OAO come from ...

The social determinants of health (SDH), such as access to income, education, housing and healthcare, strongly shape the occurrence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at ...

Many low-income and middle-income countries lack the capacity to effectively and efficiently regulate medical products in their countries. To support countries in strengthening their capacity, WHO has ...

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic tested our world’s solidarity and brought to light continued power dynamics that fuel inequities, misinformation and mistrust. ·Global, sustained and equitable ...

Global research and development (R&D) pipelines for diseases that disproportionately affect African countries appear to be inadequate, with governments struggling to prioritise investment in R&D. This ...