Vietnam faces a dual challenge in physician workforce development: an insufficient supply of doctors relative to population ...

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

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

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

Ensuring equitable access to life-saving medicines (LSMs) is crucial for achieving health equity. LSMs can prevent deaths ...

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

Globally, PM 2.5 was associated with 3 284 358 incident cases of CKD each year. The burden of CKD attributable to PM 2.5 was disproportionately borne by low income and lower middle income countries ...

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

Recurrent outbreaks reveal a persistent cycle of panic and neglect in which preparedness gains and political attention weaken between health emergencies. The 2026 Ebola outbreak suggests that these ...

Introduction Incentive-linked prescribing, which is when healthcare providers accept incentives from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing promoted medicines, is a form of bribery that harms ...

Healthcare worker (HCW) training on epidemic preparedness is vital for effective outbreak detection, reporting and response, especially in resource-limited settings. However, traditional training ...

Event-based surveillance (EBS) can be implemented in most settings for the detection of potential health threats by recognition and immediate reporting of predefined signals. Such a system complements ...