Japan’s Prime Minister recently announced a strategic partnership with the World Bank to support human resource development for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Global South. While this pivot ...

Introduction Ensuring free access to essential medicines is a cornerstone of universal health coverage, yet many countries ...

Background Primary healthcare (PHC) is critical towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Ghana, PHC is organised at the district level and plays a key role in the country’s pursuit of UHC ...

Introduction Shorter time to diagnosis may lead to better cancer outcomes in Southern Africa. This study measured the time ...

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025 killed more than 3000 people. 1 The disaster also exposed ...

Introduction While pathogen genomics using next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been recommended by the WHO as an essential ...

Background There are reports of outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons in many countries. Responses to date have been highly variable and it is not clear whether public health guidance has been informed by ...

Background Obesity is a growing public health challenge worldwide with significant health and economic impacts. However, much of what is known about the economic impacts of obesity comes from ...

Forty years ago, the 134 national government members of the WHO signed the Alma Ata Declaration. The Declaration made Primary Health Care (PHC) the official health policy of all members countries.

Global health research partnerships face persistent inequities, including funding imbalances, unbalanced recognition and inequitable recognition of low-and middle-income country (LMIC) researchers and ...

Background Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more non-communicable diseases (NCD), is a costly and complex challenge for health systems globally. Patients with NCDs incur high levels of ...

An interview with the winner of the 2020 BMJ Global Health Grant as well as information on previous winners.