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Leprosy, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Mycobacterium leprae, continues to affect vulnerable populations in low ...

Introduction The Lancet Commission on High Quality Health Systems called for quality measures grounded in user experience. Studies of how stakeholders interpret and prioritise these frameworks are ...

Background The 2022 global mpox epidemic declined before modified Vaccinia Ankara–Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccines were widely deployed, contributing to the perception that transmission was ...

Beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank implemented neoliberal structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) across most countries in Asia, Africa and ...

At the start of 2025, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) programme was paused due to the defunding of USAID, illustrating the fragility of the international data infrastructures on which many ...

Introduction The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second biggest source of funding in recent years, contributing 9.5% of WHO’s revenues between ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed profound structural changes in the health systems of many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including North Korea (NK). Our analysis of Rodong Sinmun, the ...

Primary healthcare (PHC) is the first point of contact with communities and essential for epidemic preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in PHC resilience. Epidemic Ready Primary Healthcare ...

On 19 September 2025, amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) will take effect, introducing the requirement for national IHR authorities to coordinate implementation of the ...

Introduction Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have been linked with increased risk for maternal and offspring complications in high-income settings. However, in resource-limited settings, ...

Introduction It is often argued that health system resilience to shocks is influenced by governance. Multiple theoretical perspectives seemed to have emerged in the literature, but there has been ...