In many low-income and middle-income countries, access to specialised surgical care is limited by infrastructure gaps, ...

Introduction Surgical site infection (SSI) remains a significant challenge in surgical care, particularly in low- and ...

Summary box Adolescent mental health disorders in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) constitute a growing public health crisis, with ...

Introduction Complications from induced abortion are an avoidable cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. A nationally ...

Introduction Although most forcibly displaced individuals remain within their country of origin, internally displaced persons ...

Reducing the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) is a key public health priority and remains a persistent challenge in low- and ...

Introduction Post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD), a chronic respiratory syndrome affecting approximately half of tuberculosis (TB) survivors, is an emerging public health threat in low- and ...

Introduction The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines (MLEM and MLEMc) guide national medicine selection, particularly in ...

Introduction Globally, women who engage in sex work (WESW) have a 21-fold greater risk of HIV acquisition than the general ...

Introduction Over 2 billion people worldwide are affected by ongoing armed conflict. The wide-ranging impact of conflict on ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that disproportionately affects African populations, with over 75% of global cases found in sub-Saharan Africa. 1 SCD continues to be the most common ...

Background Physical inactivity affects 36.2% of adults in the European Union (EU), contributing substantially to the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The WHO’s Global Action Plan on ...