Emergency care systems (ECS) address a wide range of acute conditions, including emergent conditions from communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, pregnancy and injury. Together, ECS ...

COVID-19 is mutating; unknowns about virulent COVID-19 variants can result in devastating effects on pandemic control and management. Scientific evidence on human–pathogen interactions, such as data ...

Objective Risk factors predisposing infants to community-acquired bacterial infections during the first 2 months of life are poorly understood in South Asia. Identifying risk factors for infection ...

Mandating COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) could maximise vaccine uptake, but risks exacerbating breakdowns in trust between HCP and their institutions. Ethical arguments for ...

Background We aimed to systematically identify, standardise and disseminate individual-level dietary intake surveys from up to 207 countries for 54 foods, beverages and nutrients, including ...

Background Since Indonesia implemented one of the world’s largest single-payer health insurance schemes in 2014, the price of many common medicines has fallen dramatically. Industry groups warn ...

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) with vaso-occlusive pain crisis (VOC) has a major impact on healthcare resource utilisation and poses a significant financial burden for the patients. This study ...

In resource-constrained environments, priority setting is critical to making sustainable decisions for introducing new and underused vaccines and choosing among vaccine products. Donor organisations ...

Access to emergency neurosurgical care is limited in remote areas such as Greenland and the Faroe Islands, where evacuation times to neurosurgical centers are too long to allow timely critical care.

Introduction Parenting programmes may reduce the risk of violence against children and improve child well-being. However, additional economic support may be necessary in highly deprived rural ...

Background Menstrual hygiene management is a challenge for girls and women in Ghana due to a lack of access to affordable menstrual products; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities; ...

Innovations to maximise impact of a data for decision-making training programme in the Federated States of Micronesia (11 October, 2021) ...