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Prepared for the polycrisis? The need for complexity science and systems thinking to address global and national evidence gaps
The Sustainable Development Goals are far off track. The convergence of global threats such as climate change, conflict and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—among others—call for better ...
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Prepared for the polycrisis? The need for complexity science and systems thinking to address global and national evidence gaps (11 September, 2024) ...
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Estimating the burden of cardiovascular risk in community dwellers over 40 years old in South Africa, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Ghana
Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. The impact of these risk factors on future CVD outcomes and burden is poorly understood. We examined the ...
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Trends and projections of caesarean section rates: global and regional estimates
Background The caesarean section (CS) rate continues to increase across high-income, middle-income and low-income countries. We present current global and regional CS rates, trends since 1990 and ...
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Characterising long COVID: a living systematic review
Background While it is now apparent clinical sequelae (long COVID) may persist after acute COVID-19, their nature, frequency and aetiology are poorly characterised. This study aims to regularly ...
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Cost-effectiveness of triage testing for facility-based systematic screening of tuberculosis among Ugandan adults
Background Systematic screening is often proposed as a way to improve case finding for tuberculosis (TB), but the cost-effectiveness of specific strategies for systematic screening remains poorly ...
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WHO essential medicines for reproductive health
Since 1977, the WHO’s Model List of Essential Medicines has been a rigorous evidence-based document providing a list of essential and life-saving medicines. Specifically, over the course of the last ...
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Who dies where? Estimating the percentage of deaths that occur at home
Introduction The majority of low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have incomplete death registration systems and so the proportion of deaths that occur at home (ie, home death percentage) is ...
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Quality of care for tuberculosis and HIV in the private health sector: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study in South Africa
Background South Africa has high burdens of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-HIV, yet the quality of patient care in the private sector is unknown. We describe quality of TB and TB-HIV care among private ...
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Fighting non-communicable diseases in East Africa: assessing progress and identifying the next steps
Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a rapid increase in non-communicable disease (NCD) burden over the last decades. The East African Community (EAC) comprises Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan ...
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Priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: going beyond vaccines
Development of vaccines is a major breakthrough in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Much attention has been paid to how to prioritise between patient groups for vaccination and how to ensure ...
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Time for action: towards an intersectional gender approach to COVID-19 vaccine development and deployment that leaves no one behind
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