Background Nutrition is a critical determinant of tuberculosis (TB), providing a protective effect at high body mass index (BMI) and incurring an increased risk of TB disease at low BMI. Global ...

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

Background Tobacco control has been a critical strategy to reduce non-communicable disease (NCD) burden. However, the ...

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

Effective service delivery is a cornerstone of public health efforts, ensuring that essential healthcare reaches even the ...

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

Despite numerous global and national commitments to gender-inclusive global health governance, COVID-19 followed the usual modus operandi –excluding women’s voices. A mere 3.5% of 115 identified COVID ...

Introduction Urban areas are generally associated with better health outcomes. However, in many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), rapid urbanisation has led to significant health ...

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

Introduction Hypertension has become a major cause of morbidity and premature mortality in South Africa, but population-wide estimates of prevalence and access to care are scarce. Using data from the ...

In 2015, the Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission published a report: Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch.1 This report outlines the extent to which human activities have degraded ...

Background Physical inactivity affects 36.2% of adults in the European Union (EU), contributing substantially to the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The WHO’s Global Action Plan on ...