Introduction Burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya. People with HIV (PWH) may be at greater risk for obesity and NCDs. National ...

Setting health systems research priorities for Afghanistan: an application of the child health and nutrition research initiative (CHNRI) methodology to set a roadmap to 2030 (25 July, 2025 ...

The challenge of ensuring elderly people can access their health insurance entitlements: a mixed methods study on the Republic of Srpska’s Protector of Patients’ Health Insurance Entitlements (15 ...

With its focus on ‘achieving equity in health for all people worldwide’, global health is inherently and unavoidably paternalistic…the people in control of resources to address global health ...

Amid global conflicts, access to oral health—a vital aspect of well-being—is often overlooked as a critical health priority. Prior to 7 October 2023, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip faced limited ...

Despite progress in healthcare services for individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa, substantial gaps remain in advanced treatments for SCD. To help address this burden, Tanzania ...

High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in the WHO African region. Member states in the region have committed to the ...

Background Development assistance for health (DAH) plays a vital role in supporting health programmes in low- and middle-income countries. While DAH has historically focused on infectious diseases and ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising solutions in healthcare, it also poses a number of threats to human health and well-being via social, political, economic and security-related ...

Introduction Training medical students requires objectives that are often translated into frameworks of competencies. Since the introduction of entrustable professional activities (EPAs), these tasks ...

Social, cultural and political conditions for advancing health equity: examples from eight country case studies (2011–2021) (23 October, 2024) ...

COVID-19 has posed an unprecedented global health crisis, demanding timely, reliable information on the pandemic’s progression to inform the public and guide decision-making. The WHO’s COVID-19 Weekly ...