Introduction Geographical accessibility is important against health equity, particularly for less developed countries as Nepal. It is important to identify the disparities in geographical ...

By setting ambitious targets, the global health community has played a pivotal role in motivating the world to achieve remarkable improvements in health. Over 21 million additional lives were ...

Introduction There has been little systematic exploration into what affects timeliness of epidemic response, despite the potential for earlier responses to be more effective. Speculations have ...

Introduction Health researchers from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are under-represented in the academic literature. Scientific writing and publishing interventions may help ...

Objectives Our study aimed to provide global burden and temporal trends in the incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) of osteoarthritis (OA) among postmenopausal women from ...

Objective There are currently no metrics for measuring population-level burden of emergency medical diseases (EMDs). This study presents an analysis of the burden of EMDs using two metrics: the ...

Solidarity rhetoric has become a regular feature in global health, particularly in the context of global health emergencies. It is, however, a nebulous concept, differently defined, understood and ...

Access to medicines is defined by WHO as ensuring that medicines are ‘available within the context of functioning health systems at all times in adequate amounts, in the appropriate dosage forms, with ...

Global health multilateral institutions, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and other United Nations (UN) agencies, uphold the principle that every person, irrespective of origin ...

Introduction Transmission of COVID-19 within families and close contacts accounts for the majority of epidemic growth. Community mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing are thought to be ...

Study objective Investing in health to improve healthy life expectancy (HLE) is fundamental to create a demographic dividend. However, how dramatic population ageing affects HLE remains unknown. This ...

Cervical cancer remains a significant public health challenge in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), with significant implications for women’s health and sustainable development. Despite being ...