One of the many things that the global health community is in agreement about is that we really do not know how to define global health – and this is not for want of attempts. 1, 2 My favourite ...

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 ...

Background In the past decades, Africa witnessed increased biomedical research and transnational collaborations making the continent vulnerable to exploitation. Research ethics committees (REC) are ...

Epidemics continue to pose a significant public health threat to populations in low and middle-income countries. However, little is known about the appropriateness and performance of response ...

Background Ethics in research is one of the core pillars of responsible conduct of research which promotes good research practices and protects the rights of participants. Good ethical practices in ...

Background Vaccinated persons are still prone to SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection since vaccines do not offer 100% protection. Thus, quick decision-making on identifying high-risk persons prone to ...

Introduction The last few years has seen an explosion in digital health interventions, primarily using mobile phones (mHealth), designed to increase the effective coverage and quality of services ...

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 ...

Evaluations cannot support evidence-informed decision making if they do not provide the information needed by decision-makers. In this article, we reflect on our own difficulties evaluating the ...

Lara Goscé, Amare Worku Tadesse, Nicola Foster, Kristian van Kalmthout, Job van Rest, Jense van der Wal, Martin J Harker, Norma Madden, Tofik Abdurhman, Demekech Gadissa, Ahmed Bedru, Tanyaradzwa N ...

Giving hope a sporting chance Optimism and hope are two different things, or so argue Bury et al whose research ‘aims to identify the unique nature of hope, suggesting hope is invoked in particular ...

Original research Effects of PACK training on the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by primary care clinicians during 2 years of implementation in Florianópolis, Brazil: ...