Background Racial and ethnic disparities in infectious disease burden have been reported in the USA and globally, most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains unclear whether such ...

Trends and spatial patterns of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence among men and women aged 15–49 in Sierra Leone: evidence from the 2008, 2013 and 2019 Demographic and Health Surveys (5 August, ...

Introduction Burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya. People with HIV (PWH) may be at greater risk for obesity and NCDs. National ...

Original research A qualitative study on gender relations and digital payments: healthcare workers’ experiences during polio vaccination campaigns in Uganda and Malawi (16 July, 2025) PaulBukuluki, ...

The challenge of ensuring elderly people can access their health insurance entitlements: a mixed methods study on the Republic of Srpska’s Protector of Patients’ Health Insurance Entitlements (15 ...

High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in the WHO African region. Member states in the region have committed to the ...

COVID-19 has posed an unprecedented global health crisis, demanding timely, reliable information on the pandemic’s progression to inform the public and guide decision-making. The WHO’s COVID-19 Weekly ...

Background Lassa fever (LF) is a severe re-emerging infectious disease caused by the Lassa virus (LV). LF is a priority disease on the World Health Organization’s R&D blueprint and affects a large ...

Background HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) remains a major threat to achieving sustainable viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy (ART). In South Africa, dolutegravir (DTG) is the preferred ...

Global Health Security (GHS) is a state of freedom from the scourge of infectious diseases irrespective of their origin or source. As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, however, it can only be achieved ...

On 5 March 2020, South Africa recorded its first case of imported COVID-19. Since then, cases in South Africa have increased exponentially with significant community transmission. A multisectoral ...

C O V I D-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health ...