Ensuring equitable access to life-saving medicines (LSMs) is crucial for achieving health equity. LSMs can prevent deaths ...

Background Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Artemisinin-based combination therapies ...

Introduction The burden of critical illness may have been underestimated. Previous analyses have used data from intensive care units (ICUs) only, and there is a lack of evidence about where in ...

Introduction Racial discrimination has been consistently linked to various health outcomes and health disparities, including studies associating racial discrimination with patterns of racial ...

Red meat consumption is associated with an elevated risk of mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In contrast, forage fish, as highly nutritious, environmentally friendly, affordable, and ...

Background Authorship and author order have been used as one measure to characterise equity in research partnerships. First and last (senior) authorships often denote scientific merit as well as ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia face disparities in accessing culturally safe and appropriate health services. While current cultural safety and responsiveness frameworks set ...

The adequate provision of medical oxygen is going to make the difference between life and death for the majority of patients with COVID-19 in Africa. Sub-Saharan African countries lack affordable and ...

Background The US military first deployed depleted uranium (DU) weapons in Iraq during the Gulf War in 1990 and in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Research into the health impacts of DU has been mired in ...

Globally, PM 2.5 was associated with 3 284 358 incident cases of CKD each year. The burden of CKD attributable to PM 2.5 was disproportionately borne by low income and lower middle income countries ...

Paper 1. Alwan et al. Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries.5 Paper 2.

Background Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of child mortality, and this burden is rising secondary to increasing antimicrobial resistance worldwide. There are marked global disparities in the ...