Current media attention has mainly focused on the horrendous consequences of Israel’s onslaught on the people of the Gaza Strip, its rates of death, serious injury, on people’s struggle for physical ...

Introduction In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) released comprehensive recommendations on antenatal care (ANC) for a positive pregnancy experience. The new model for delivering ANC is a goal ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising solutions in healthcare, it also poses a number of threats to human health and well-being via social, political, economic and security-related ...

BMJ Global Health welcomes submission of a wide range of article types, including original research, analysis pieces, practice articles, and commentaries. The Author Information section provides ...

Treaties and covenants confirming the right to health would suggest that everybody is entitled to access essential diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic products. 1 However, before the COVID-19 ...

Context of the project In 2014, the United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) Global Strategy for Public Health 2014–2018 17 included an objective to: ‘Facilitate access to integrated prevention and ...

The worldwide spread of a ‘globalised diet’, characterised by an abundance of branded ultra-processed foods, has, in many countries, come at the expense of the cultivation, manufacture, retail and ...

Given the concerning prevalence and large-scale impact of poor perinatal mental health worldwide, there is a growing call for actionable recommendations to promote perinatal mental health and to ...

The African Union Bureau of Heads of State and Government endorsed the COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access Strategy to vaccinate at least 60% of each country’s population with a safe and ...

Migration health is affected by decision making at levels ranging from global to local, both within and beyond the health sector. These decisions impact seeking, entitlements, service delivery, policy ...

Introduction Understanding barriers to childhood vaccination is crucial to inform effective interventions for maximising uptake. Published systematic reviews include different primary studies, ...

Summary box Over a year has passed since large-scale armed conflict erupted in Sudan in April 2023, plunging the country into full-scale war and a severe humanitarian, infrastructure and healthcare ...