Background Surgical care is essential for achieving global health equity, yet low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face ...

Healthcare quality is commonly assessed using clinical outcomes and service-based metrics that begin after illness has ...

Introduction Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a proven, low-cost intervention to reduce neonatal mortality, yet its coverage ...

Cluster randomised trials (CRTs) remain key for evaluating the community-wide impact of interventions against infectious ...

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

Geographical accessibility to hospital care amid armed conflict in Myanmar: a population-weighted analysis of compounding health inequality, 2021–2024 (1 September, 2026) ...

Ending preventable maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity is essential for sustainable development. Given the high burden of complications during the postnatal period, this is a critical phase ...

Introduction Concern for health inequalities is an important driver of health policy in India; however, much of the empirical evidence regarding health inequalities in the country is piecemeal ...

Background Previous review studies have not systematically mapped the existing body of knowledge on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Our scoping review ...

Many countries around the world strive for universal health coverage, and an essential packages of health services (EPHS) is a central policy instrument for countries to achieve this. It defines the ...

Introduction Routine immunisation is a cost-effective way to save lives and protect people from disease. Some low-income countries (LIC) achieved remarkable success in childhood immunisation. Yet, ...