ICYMI: Our October issue is online! lnkd.in/en3vkPsm Featuring: A modelling study on the impact of the women’s medical education ban in Afghanistan lnkd.in/e-mgPUP7 A Viewpoint on legal recognition as a pivotal determinant of health in urban informal settlements lnkd.in/eWfAvPS3

Chewing tobacco contributed to an estimated 251K deaths worldwide in 2023, according to a new IHME study published this week in @lancetgh.bsky.social. • Read the study: ms.spr.ly/63320alSap. The research was supported by @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social and the Gates Foundation.

#HIV service delivery after the #PEPFAR and #USAID HIV funding withdrawal in Uganda and Zimbabwe: an interrupted time-series study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (open access) @lancetgh.bsky.social

HIV service delivery after the PEPFAR and USAID HIV funding withdrawal in Uganda and Zimbabwe: an interrupted time-series study

The sudden withdrawal of US funding was followed by severe, sustained disruptions to HIV service delivery in Uganda and Zimbabwe across all major domains, with the largest declines in prevention, PrEP...

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AI-supported eye screening almost doubled clinic attendance among patients with potentially sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in Tanzania, according to a study published in @lancetgh.bsky.social. AI could improve access to specialist care. #NIHR20 🔗 buff.ly/XXPDiAs @lshtm.bsky.social

Online now and #OpenAccess: Global, regional, and national burden of exposure to chewing tobacco, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Global, regional, and national burden of exposure to chewing tobacco, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

We observed little change over time in the prevalence of chewing tobacco use, accompanied by a growing burden of associated death and disability. This burden of stroke and head and neck cancers is see...

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Published in @lancetgh.bsky.social Global inequalities in #cardiometabolic care and achievable #cardiovascular risk reduction by wealth, region, and sex: a pooled analysis of individual participant data from 76 countries www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... ##OpenAccess #MedSky #EndoSky #CardioSky

Global inequalities in cardiometabolic care and achievable cardiovascular risk reduction by wealth, region, and sex: a pooled analysis of individual participant data from 76 countries

The populations with the largest treatment gaps are not necessarily those that could achieve the greatest absolute reduction in cardiovascular risk through treating individuals who are currently untre...

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"If HICs only commit to lasting action when their nations suffer serious climate events, it will be too late for SIDS... The existential threat facing SIDS should remind us all that we must take the final opportunity to change course and save lives." Our Editorial: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Small island developing states on the frontline

The severity and immediacy of climate change hardly need emphasising. July 2026 saw the hottest sea temperatures ever recorded, and was the second-warmest July ever. The wildfires burning through mile...

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Excited to see the Enable 1.0 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... study on #LassaFever published in @lancetgh.bsky.social. A massive effort enrolling 20,000+ participants across 4 countries. Yet, despite 2.5 year follow-up, just 39 symptomatic cases detected.

Our new comment in @lancetgh.bsky.social Country ownership without fiscal justice is responsibility without resources www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Country ownership without fiscal justice is responsibility without resources

Recent debates in global health, including reproductive health, have embraced an attractive proposition: as donor assistance contracts, countries in the Global South might finally define their own hea...

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Small island developing states (SIDS) contribute <1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet climate change presents a major threat to them. A new @lancetcountdown.bsky.social SIDS report in @lancetgh.bsky.social highlights the urgent need for climate-resilient health systems: tinyurl.com/4rp3u2rs

"Being a refugee is itself a profound determinant of health, and no amount of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy can fully resolve the distress and anxiety caused by exclusion, financial instability, and insecurity" @lancetgh.bsky.social

Peer review is stronger when reviewers reflect the breadth of global health expertise. If you author or review for a Lancet journal, update your Editorial Manager profile with your health equity & discrimination expertise. tinyurl.com/yrxfvsbm

We are the world-leading #GlobalHealth journal, ranking:   #4 for Journal Impact Factor (22·5) in public, environmental & occupational health  #9 for Scopus CiteScore (29·4) in general medicine  Explore our high impact and global reach: hubs.ly/Q04k--Zz0 #OpenAccess

Our latest podcast was recorded live at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne/Naarm on the state of global SRHR with Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, DG of IPPF, and Kinza Hasan of Women Deliver on feminist health systems: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5aa4...

Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro and Kinza Hasan at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne/Naarm

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Read our July issue, live now! Featuring immunisation against hookworm in adults, post-discharge sequelae in Lassa fever survivors, and DTwP vaccination in Nepalese and Ugandan infants. bit.ly/3SuW9Pp

Our June 2026 issue is online, #OpenAccess, including an editorial on refugee mental health and articles on beverage taxation, analysing demographic diversity, and adolescents in TB vaccine policy. You can read it here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 📸: Andreas Gebert/picture alliance

Our June 2026 issue is online, #OpenAccess, including an editorial on refugee mental health and articles on beverage taxation, analysing demographic diversity, and adolescents in TB vaccine policy. You can read it here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 📸: Andreas Gebert/picture alliance

A new qualitative article #OpenAccess in @lancetgh.bsky.social interviews 197 stakeholders in the vein-to-vein blood transfusion continuum in Kenya and finds a fractured system with multi-factored reasons for deficits overly reliant on family replacement donors www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New publication now out in @lancetgh.bsky.social! New #TB #vaccines are being trialled in older adolescents and adults, and we comment on the advantages and challenges of including younger adolescents who have historically been excluded. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Inclusion of young adolescents in policy development for new tuberculosis vaccines

The infant tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, prevents severe tuberculosis disease, but protection is rarely durable beyond childhood. New tuberculosis vaccines are being developed for the prevention of infec...

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Inclusion of young adolescents in policy development for new #tuberculosis vaccines www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (open access) @lancetgh.bsky.social

Inclusion of young adolescents in policy development for new tuberculosis vaccines

The infant tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, prevents severe tuberculosis disease, but protection is rarely durable beyond childhood. New tuberculosis vaccines are being developed for the prevention of infec...

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So...what would happen to the global TB epidemic if we "eliminated" undernutrition? Our paper out now @lancetgh.bsky.social, where we combined estimates from our review (academic.oup.com/ije/article/...) with population-specific BMI distributions to find out...(www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Global, regional, and national estimates of tuberculosis incidence averted by eliminating undernutrition in adults: a modelling study

Almost a quarter of global tuberculosis incidence in adults could be averted by eliminating undernutrition, approximately two-and-a-half times higher than current estimates. These findings highlight t...

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Foodborne illnesses caused 1.5 million deaths and cost US$647 billion in economic losses in 2021, new analysis estimates in @lancetgh.bsky.social Read now 👉 spkl.io/633257Bk5V

✨️ 📣 New Publication 📄 in @lancetgh.bsky.social Methods with Consequences: how to evaluate diversity in global health without methodologies compounding injustice. Thank-you @daalenkim.bsky.social & @dadasara.bsky.social for leading this effort. ➡️ Full Text: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Methods with consequences: analysing demographic diversity in global health governance and knowledge production

Structural inequities remain deeply embedded in global health governance and knowledge production, shaping which voices are heard and whose expertise and priorities are valued. Attempts to understand ...

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New joint series in @lancetgh.bsky.social and The Lancet Microbe #Schistosomiasis in women and adolescent girls www.thelancet.com/series-do/sc... #IDSky #ClinMicro #NTD #OpenAccess #OA

Our new podcast finds @gavincleaver.bsky.social in conversation with Isata Dumbaya and Allison Adamson to discuss their work building the new Paul E. Farmer Maternal Centre of Excellence in Sierra Leone! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5RuF...

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Medicine Podcast · Every two months · Gavin Cleaver, Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health, is joined in conversation by authors of new publications in the journal to explore their latest research...

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Our new podcast finds @gavincleaver.bsky.social in conversation with Isata Dumbaya and Allison Adamson to discuss their work building the new Paul E. Farmer Maternal Centre of Excellence in Sierra Leone! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5RuF...

The Lancet Global Health in conversation with

Medicine Podcast · Every two months · Gavin Cleaver, Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health, is joined in conversation by authors of new publications in the journal to explore their latest research...

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Happy children need happy caregivers. 🧡 A new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social shows that @unicef.org’s "Caring for the Caregiver" program is transforming lives across 6 countries. Simple behaviour-change tools and activities can positively influence parents’ mental health and social support. (1/3)

Our new issue is online today, #OpenAccess as always! Our Editorial this month, "Resistance is not futile" looks at the necessity of refusing to comply with the current US administration's actions around the world. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Published #OpenAccess today: A qualitative assessment of cancer in global health. 70% of new cancer cases will be in LMICs but needs and infrastructure are complex. Funding mechanisms are often not set up for the challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and care. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Published #OpenAccess today: A qualitative assessment of cancer in global health. 70% of new cancer cases will be in LMICs but needs and infrastructure are complex. Funding mechanisms are often not set up for the challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and care. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...