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

Background Blood culture (BC) in children has relatively low diagnostic yield and high contamination rates, limiting ...

In February 2025, the Health Research Intervention Kuthamini Afya Yetu (HEKA) programme research partnership held a 3-day ...

Introduction The WHO has proposed a structured framework to assess palliative care development through 14 actionable indicators across 6 dimensions. While prior applications have been limited to ...

Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects an estimated 27% of women globally, with consequences spanning mental, ...

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 ...

We sought to assess the feasibility of mainstreaming balanced energy protein supplementation, a maternal nutrition intervention, into Bangladesh’s routine antenatal care system in tandem with an ...

Complications as a result of unsafe abortion are an important and preventable cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Based on indicators present at the time of facility admission, abortion-related ...

The Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS) is a cornerstone of Brazil’s public health, offering universal care and playing a critical role during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

Introduction Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne arboviral disease posing an emerging global public health threat. Understanding the global burden of chikungunya is critical for designing effective ...

Mobile phones are increasingly used to facilitate in-service training for frontline health workers (FLHWs). Mobile learning (mLearning) programmes have the potential to provide FLHWs with high quality ...

Background During past outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and other infectious diseases, health service utilisation declined among the general public, delaying health seeking behaviour and ...