Background Racial and ethnic disparities in infectious disease burden have been reported in the USA and globally, most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains unclear whether such ...

Introduction Burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya. People with HIV (PWH) may be at greater risk for obesity and NCDs. National ...

Trends and spatial patterns of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence among men and women aged 15–49 in Sierra Leone: evidence from the 2008, 2013 and 2019 Demographic and Health Surveys (5 August, ...

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 ...

Background In 2012, the WHO issued a policy recommendation for the use of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) to children 3–59 months in areas of highly seasonal malaria transmission. Clinical ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) refers to the ability of microbes—bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites—to survive exposure to drugs that previously cleared them. Mostly, assessments of AMR in ...

In this commentary, we provide a snapshot of the state of quality improvement (QI) and patient safety in Georgia and introduce the Georgia Health Quality Forum (GHQF), a volunteer initiative to ...

Background Aetiology of births involving very low birthweight (VLBW) and extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants is heterogeneous and preventive strategies remain elusive. Socioenvironmental measures ...

Introduction The effects of healthcare-related inequalities are most evident in low-resource settings. Such settings are often not explicitly defined, and umbrella terms which are easier to ...

Mom Connect is a flagship programme of the South African National Department of Health that has reached over 1.5 million pregnant women. Using mobile technology, MomConnect provides pregnant and ...

Introduction Antenatal care (ANC) provides a critical opportunity for women and babies to benefit from good-quality maternal care. Using 10 countries as an illustrative analysis, we described ANC ...

In 2015, 10.4 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB)1 and 2.1 million people tested positive for HIV.2 Over two-thirds of new TB and HIV infections are in lower income and middle-income ...