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Gavin Yamey, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Wenhui Mao, Paige Kleidermacher • BMJ Global Health
(2022)
Background Although it is difficult to quantify, previous estimates suggested that China’s global health aid has increased sharply since the early 2000s. Unlike many donors, China has no official aid reporting obligations, nor does it volun...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010408
Jing Li, Jing Yang, Jiayu Feng, Xiaohui Xu et al. • Global Health Action
(2025)
Background Diabetes is a leading global public health challenge with 537 million cases worldwide in 2021 and significant economic and societal burdens. Despite global initiatives, feasibility constraints limit widespread implementation of d...
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DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2543605
Andrew Clark, PhD, Jacqueline Tate, PhD, Umesh Parashar, MD, Mark Jit, PhD et al. • The Lancet Global Health
(2019)
Summary: Background: Infant rotavirus vaccines have led to substantial reductions in hospital admissions and deaths due to gastroenteritis, but some studies have reported an elevated risk of intussusception, a rare bowel disorder. This ana...
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DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30412-7
Nick Bansback, Mina Tadrous, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Michael R Law et al. • BMJ Public Health
(2025)
Background The introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has allowed countries to reduce the health and economic burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, access to DAAs remains expensive and limited in many countries globally due t...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001340
Joyce B. Der, Alison D. Grant, Daniel Grint, Clement T. Narh et al. • BMC Health Services Research
(2022)
Abstract Background Ghana’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013 showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not being identified and treated. Responding to this, we assessed ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1
Margaret McConnell, Alya Alsager, Plyce Fuchu, Shrivaths Sriprasad et al. • BMC Pediatrics
(2025)
Abstract Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of childhood mortality and developmental disabilities, with persistent socioeconomic disparities in incidence and outcomes. Maternal presence during prolonged neonatal intensive care unit...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9
Celine Tabche, Mays Raheem, Arwa Alolaqi, Salman Rawaf • Frontiers in Digital Health
(2023)
BackgroundThe electronic health record (EHR) has been widely implemented internationally as a tool to improve health and healthcare delivery. However, EHR implementation has been comparatively slow amongst hospitals in the Arabian Gulf coun...
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DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1252227
Angela Clapperton, Stuart Newstead, Lyndal Bugeja, Jane Pirkis • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
(2019)
Abstract Objective: This study aimed to identify stressors over‐represented in the 12 months prior to death among 553 Victorian adults who died by suicide. Methods: Age‐ and sex‐specific suicide rates and relative risks of suicide were calc...
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DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12886
Adama Ouedraogo, Patrice Ngangue, David Jean Simon, Vénunyé Claude Kondo Tokpovi et al. • BMJ Global Health
(2025)
Objective This study estimated the proportion of children aged 12–23 months who were fully vaccinated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), explored geographical disparities across subregions and countries, and identified country-level factors assoc...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018333
Sudhan Rackimuthu, Kapil Narain, Arush Lal, Faisal A. Nawaz et al. • Globalization and Health
(2022)
Abstract Background With large swathes of the world’s population—majority clustered in low- and middle-income countries—still yet to receive the minimum of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The need to address the failures of international...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00817-5
Katherine C. Ritchey, Deborah Meyer, Gillian H. Ice • Preventive Medicine Reports
(2015)
Evaluation and removal of home hazards is an invaluable method for preventing in-home falls and preserving independent living. Current processes for conducting home hazard assessments are impractical from a whole population standpoint given...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.09.004
Victoria McArthur, Susan Everington, Martyn Patel • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus
(2024)
Introduction: Dementia is a global health priority, with an increasing percentage of overall hospital bed days occupied by people with dementia (PWD). This combined with increased demand and availability of complex scanning means that there...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100087
Lorraine E Ferris, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Ethics and Policy Committee, WAME Board • Khyber Medical University Journal
(2015)
We live in a world community. Our countries are interconnected in ways unanticipated by previous generations. This new reality means that global health can only be achieved through collaboration, cooperation, and sharing of resources across...
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Sipeng Shen, Ruyang Zhang, Yue Jiang, Yi Li et al. • Molecular Cancer
(2021)
Abstract N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is an RNA modification that interacts with numerous coding and non-coding RNAs and plays important roles in the development of cancers. Nonetheless, the clinical impacts of m6A interactive genes on these ca...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12943-021-01362-2
Yan Dora Zhang, Amber N. Hurson, Haoyu Zhang, Parichoy Pal Choudhury et al. • Nature Communications
(2020)
In cancer many gene variants may contribute to disease etiology, but the impact of a given gene variant may have varied effect size. Here, the authors analyse summary statistics of genome-wide association studies from fourteen cancers, and ...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16483-3
Salmaan Keshavjee, Meredith B Brooks, Tom Nicholson, Viswanath Pingali • BMJ Open
(2023)
Objectives To estimate the economic impact of failure to find and treat tuberculosis disease and prevent tuberculosis infection from progressing to active disease.Design Estimating the economic cost of not finding and treating a patient suf...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070717
Joyce Gyamfi, Temitope Ojo, Dorice Vieira, Nessa Ryan et al. • BMJ Open
(2020)
Objectives Mortality associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) is high in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Hydroxyurea, a medicine to effectively manage SCD, is not widely available in resource-constrained settings. We identif...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038685
Oana-Maria Eșanu, Codruța Șoica, Marius Mioc • Proceedings
(2025)
Skin and colorectal cancers are among the most pressing global health concerns, highlighting the urgent need for the development of novel therapeutic strategies [...]...
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DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2025127013
Michaela Lucas, MD, FRACP, FRCPA, Jillian Kehoe, MHP BSc (Food Science and Technology), Samantha Stiles, PhD, MPH, MID, BSc, Sandra M. Salter, BPharm, Grad Dip Pharm (Hosp), PhD, FPS et al. • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global
(2026)
Background: This guideline was developed in collaboration with the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), the National Allergy Council and the National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE). Despite the abundance of ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2026.100784
Jacob Groshek, James E. Katz, Brittany Andersen, Chelsea Cutino et al. • Cogent Medicine
(2018)
Recent research has identified that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is giving rise to a global public health threat that involves all major microbial pathogens and antimicrobial drugs, and additional studies have found that despite its gravi...
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DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2018.1460898