Visceral leishmaniasis elimination in South Asia: lessons learnt can inform disease elimination in East Africa [0.03%]
Piero Olliaro,Dinesh Mondal,Ermias Diro et al.
Piero Olliaro et al.
In 2005, the governments of Bangladesh, India and Nepal, in partnership with the WHO, started the Kala-azar Elimination Programme (KEP) to reduce the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis to below 1 new case in 10 000 population. The target w...
Transforming infectious disease control through social innovation, community engagement and intersectional gender research [0.03%]
Meredith Labarda,Uche Amazigo,Sushil Chandra Baral et al.
Meredith Labarda et al.
Community engagement and approaches that aim to change unequal power relations are essential for inclusive, relevant and sustainable health interventions. A people-centred approach to research and programme implementation can amplify the vo...
We watched him die without oxygen: reflections and responses on moral injury among research staff in LMIC hospitals [0.03%]
Tiara F Calhoun,Celestine Onyango,Venesa Sonia et al.
Tiara F Calhoun et al.
Avulundiah Edwin Phiri,Muleya Siakabeya,Veronica Mtonga
Avulundiah Edwin Phiri
Introduction: Climate-sensitive mortality in rapidly urbanising tropical Africa is poorly characterised, and how pandemics disrupt established seasonal patterns remains underexplored. We analysed long-term all-cause morta...
Observational Study
BMJ global health. 2026 Mar 19;11(3):e021622. DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021622 2026
Emmanuel Asampong,Maria Isabel Echavarria Mejia,Yodi Mahendradhata et al.
Emmanuel Asampong et al.
The inequitable global distribution of resources for research parallels the unequal global distribution of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases. Significant gaps in research capacity prevail, and equitable and accessible oppor...
Ming-Jui Yeh,Po-Han Lee
Ming-Jui Yeh
This article proposes a cosmopolitan theory of global health ethics based on reconciliatory solidarity at both local and global levels. The proposed theory provides the ethical and empirical grounds for the moral imperative of global health...
A community-level complementary-food safety and hygiene intervention improves family-food preparation behaviours in rural Gambia: a follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial [0.03%]
William E Holdsworth,Buba Manjang,James T Martin et al.
William E Holdsworth et al.
Introduction: Infectious diarrhoea causes millions of deaths annually in low-income countries. Prevention strategies minimising transmission of diarrhoeal pathogens could include adopting better food hygiene practices. Th...
Randomized Controlled Trial
BMJ global health. 2026 Mar 18;11(3):e017026. DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017026 2026
From face-to-face to e-learning: transitioning to new training models to strengthen the health system by supporting primary healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries [0.03%]
Christy-Joy Ras,Daniella Georgeu-Pepper,Robyn Curran et al.
Christy-Joy Ras et al.
Reliance on purely face-to-face in-service training for primary healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries is increasingly unsustainable. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition of the University of Cape Town Knowledge ...
Healthcare utilisation among migrants in the Netherlands' unique hybrid healthcare system: the HELIUS study [0.03%]
Mary Cassidy,Charles Agyemang,Henrike Galenkamp et al.
Mary Cassidy et al.
Background: Migrants in Europe often face barriers to healthcare, contributing to poorer health outcomes. While healthcare utilisation has been studied within Beveridge systems (eg, the UK) and Bismarck systems (eg, Germa...
Causes of death from community settings: insights from verbal autopsy implementation in Tanzania [0.03%]
Isaac Lyatuu,Mahadia Tunga,Sigilbert Mrema et al.
Isaac Lyatuu et al.
Background: Approximately 70% of deaths in Tanzania occur outside health facilities and are often unreported or lack cause of death (COD) information. Consequently, health planning relies on data representing only 10%-15%...