Background As the threat of child malnutrition increases, the focus remains mostly on short-term consequences. Long-term sequelae are increasingly recognised but lack strong evidence, and many studies ...

Maternal mortality remains disproportionately high in low-income and middle-income countries, where pyramidal health systems ...

Introduction Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an infection of the central nervous system that accounts for approximately 19% ...

The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) programme was paused at the start of 2025 following deep cuts to the United States’ Agency for International Development (USAID). Since the middle of the 1980s, ...

Introduction Integration of management of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV with prevention and treatment of non-communicable ...

Introduction Pesticide self-poisoning accounts for 14%–20% of global suicides. South Korea banned paraquat and eight ...

Introduction Child stunting, a measure of malnutrition, is a major global health challenge affecting 148.1 million children in 2022. Global stunting rates have declined from 47.2% in 1985 to 22.3% in ...

Background Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is crucial for strengthening primary healthcare (PHC) and progressing ...

Population prevalence helps leaders to develop appropriate health strategies and approaches. Yet it can be challenging to ...

Objective To determine whether liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) can reduce perinatal mortality in a setting with high reliance on biomass fuels for cooking.Design Community-based two-arm parallel cluster ...

Background Primary healthcare (PHC) is critical towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Ghana, PHC is organised at the district level and plays a key role in the country’s pursuit of UHC ...

Introduction Shorter time to diagnosis may lead to better cancer outcomes in Southern Africa. This study measured the time ...