Introduction Experiences of care and satisfaction are intrinsically linked, as user’s experiences of care may directly impact satisfaction, or indirectly impact user’s expectations and values. Both ...

The expedited approval of mpox vaccines is critical to addressing this public health emergency. Building on the practice in approving COVID-19 vaccines, this analysis investigates the regulatory ...

Objective To assess the effect of adjunctive corticosteroids on mortality in persons living with HIV (PLHIV) being treated for tuberculosis (TB).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources ...

Over 10 million infants under 6 months of age worldwide are at risk of poor growth and development (henceforth ‘infants u6m’). 1 Risks include short-term mortality and non-communicable disease in ...

Summary box The COVID-19 and mpox outbreaks revealed fallacies in the principles and procedures that public health bodies around the world use to determine the distribution of scarce medical resources ...

Background Racial and ethnic disparities in infectious disease burden have been reported in the USA and globally, most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains unclear whether such ...

Mental health remains one of the most neglected areas of healthcare in Chad, despite a high and growing burden of psychological distress driven by conflict, forced displacement, poverty and ...

In the past, smallpox, polio and measles caused enormous suffering, death and financial health burdens all around the world. However, in recent times, these infectious diseases have been eradicated ...

War has devastating consequences on healthcare, with attacks becoming normalised and health weaponised. The scholarship emphasises the longterm human toll, the need for accountability, humanitarian ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) refers to the ability of microbes—bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites—to survive exposure to drugs that previously cleared them. Mostly, assessments of AMR in ...

Noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) is a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face. It is a non-contagious, opportunistic infection mostly affecting children aged 2–6 years and is ...

In this commentary, we provide a snapshot of the state of quality improvement (QI) and patient safety in Georgia and introduce the Georgia Health Quality Forum (GHQF), a volunteer initiative to ...