Objectives Despite the East Asia and Pacific region (EAPR) accounting for 22.7% of global diabetes deaths amid rapid ...

Background Arab countries have seen an increased commitment towards improving access to family planning (FP) in recent ...

Hip fractures cause substantial morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs among older adults. While advances in surgical and ...

Twelve years after the 2014–2016 West African Ebola epidemic and 6 years after COVID-19 exposed profound weaknesses in health ...

Background Acute and emergency general surgery in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) faces critical disparities. Despite ...

Social community context is one of the five non-medical determinants of health and refers to the impact of social ...

Introduction Given rising rates of mental health difficulties among young people, early intervention is crucial to mitigate ...

Introduction Rabies remains a life-threatening disease affecting children in endemic regions including Thailand. The ...

Introduction Expanding access to voluntary family planning is a global health priority, yet progress has been uneven across low-income and middle-income countries. Despite being a fragile state with ...

Introduction The UN General Assembly in 2018 passed a resolution to eliminate obstetric fistula within a decade. Because the prevalence of obstetric fistula is not known, it is difficult to develop ...

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 ...

Introduction Safe surgical care is a cost-effective intervention for addressing a wide range of conditions, yet postoperative complications remain a leading global cause of disability, mortality and ...