Background Tobacco use imposes significant economic burden, particularly in low and middle-income countries, diverting ...

Objective To explore the prior knowledge and attitudes of community health workers (CHWs) in Ecuador regarding chronic ...

Introduction Obesity and its downstream non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the greatest health challenges of the 21st century, even in low-income and middle-income countries such as India. As ...

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, which began in February 2022, has precipitated an unprecedented crisis with wide-ranging implications for the region and beyond. The negative ...

Background Estimates indicate that 45% of mortality among children under 5-year old is linked to nutrition. Increased food ...

Sudan, a low-income country in Africa, faces a weak healthcare system and high malaria prevalence. The epidemiology of malaria is influenced by emerging resistance of parasites and vectors, ...

Background Climate change is expected to influence the risk of mosquito-borne diseases by altering mosquito and pathogen ...

Background Caregivers of children with disabilities are at increased risk of experiencing poor mental health due to the ...

Background The lack of skilled healthcare workers limits access to surgical care, with the greatest disparities in low- and ...

Introduction Treatment interruption (TI), defined as >28 days late for antiretroviral therapy appointment, is one of the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed critical gaps in preparedness and response capacities globally. These gaps were evident in the ...

Theories of change (ToCs) describe how interventions can bring about long-term outcomes through a logical sequence of intermediate outcomes and have been used to design and measure the impact of ...