BMJ Global Health

Monitoring and evaluation of a statewide differentiated TB care initiative to reduce TB deaths in southern India: A framework for high TB burden countries

KET, tuberculosis (TB) death-free project in Tamil) is India’s first statewide and state-specific differentiated TB care ...
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Beyond evacuation: building epidemic-resilient global surgery partnerships in an era of recurrent Ebola outbreaks

Global surgery has emerged as a major domain within global health, with partnerships between high-income countries (HICs) and ...
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Health insurance coverage and quality of care for reproductive and maternal health in LMICs: a multicountry propensity score matching study (1 November, 2026) ...
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Self-reported tuberculosis in India: evidence from NFHS-4

This paper reports self-reported levels and socioeconomic patterns in the distribution of tuberculosis (TB) cases in India, based on information collected under the National Family Health Survey-Round ...
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: two prospective cohort studies of nulliparous women in India and Tanzania

Introduction Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) have been linked with increased risk for maternal and offspring complications in high-income settings. However, in resource-limited settings, ...
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Building local capacity for emergency coordination: establishment of subnational Public Health Emergency Operations Centres in Nigeria

Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) provide a platform for multisectoral coordination and collaboration, to enhance the efficiency of outbreak response activities and enable the ...
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Cost-effectiveness of measles and rubella elimination in low-income and middle-income countries

Background Since 2000, the incidence of measles and rubella has declined as measles–rubella (MR) vaccine coverage increased due to intensified routine immunisation (RI) and supplementary immunisation ...
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Synthesising quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform guidelines on complex interventions: clarifying the purposes, designs and outlining some methods

Guideline developers are increasingly dealing with more difficult decisions concerning whether to recommend complex interventions in complex and highly variable health systems. There is greater ...
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Normative value of ‘best buys’ and the case of bans on alcohol marketing

The concept of ‘best buys’ within the UN system provides important normative advice for policymakers in highly contested areas such as CDOH. Evaluating outcomes of ‘best buys’ may require a system ...
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Research opportunities for the primary prevention and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop report

Primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) encompasses the timely diagnosis and adequate treatment of the superficial group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections ...
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Building upon the sugar beverage tax in Mexico: a modelling study of tax alternatives to increase benefits

Introduction In 2014, Mexico implemented a one peso-per-litre tax to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB). Even though this tax reduced household purchases and predicted population health gains, the ...
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How to measure the core functions of primary care in low-income and middle-income country settings

The core functions of primary care are first contact access, comprehensiveness, continuity, coordination and person-centredness. These five core functions are highlighted as essential aspects of ...