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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) include cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental health. This group of conditions is the leading global cause of morbidity ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Introduction The WHO Foundation (WHOF) was established in 2020 with the stated aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO. Academics and civil society actors raised concerns regarding the potential ...

Introduction The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN-SDG) 3.4 aims to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases, including breast cancer, by one-third by 2030 relative to ...