Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition

The world produces enough food for all, yet it falls short of providing a nutritionally balanced diet, and what it produces is extremely unevenly distributed, with high levels of undernourishment and…

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Abortion restrictions and female medical school applicants: A retrospective study

Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, U.S. states enacted divergent abortion policies that may influence women’s educational and career decisions. This study examined whether these policy…

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Impact of yoga on cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

This systematic review examined the effects of yoga interventions on various cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity. Seven major electronic databases and two clinical…

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Silicone toothbrushes: A scoping review of an underutilized tool in global oral health

Oral diseases are the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide, affecting 3.5 billion people, with a disproportionate impact on those living in low- and middle-income countries. Despite…

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Framing reproductive narratives: A thematic discourse analysis of news representations of childlessness in 86 countries (2015–2025)

Childlessness is an increasingly visible phenomenon. Once predominantly associated with high-income settings, it now spans diverse cultural, economic, and political contexts, including the Global…

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Pursuing policymakers, payors and public – expanding the beginning and end of the tuberculosis care cascade to reflect whole-of-society ambitions

PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing…

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The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability

Access to valid and reliable quality of life measures is of the utmost importance when evaluating how effective interventions targeting vulnerable children are.. The aim of this project was to develop...

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Prevalence and predictors of prediabetes/type 2 diabetes mellitus among adolescents in the United States: NHANES (2021–2023)

Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are emerging public health concerns among adolescents in the United States (U.S.), with early onset increasing the risk of lifelong complications. This…

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The Stigma of self-report in health research: Time to reconsider what counts as “Objective”

PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing…

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Ensuring children's inclusion in the Bundibugyo Ebola response: Striving to do better this time

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Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence: A cross-sectional survey of preparedness across Spanish-speaking countries

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major global public health and human rights issue with wide-ranging physical and mental health consequences. Physiotherapists frequently work with populations and cond...

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Power and entitlement: Addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition

The world produces enough food for all, yet it falls short of providing a nutritionally balanced diet, and what it produces is extremely unevenly distributed, with high levels of undernourishment and ...

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Overlooked and undertreated: Hearing loss among individuals with intellectual disabilities – A German cohort study

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are 5–10 times more likely to have hearing loss than the general population, yet it often remains undetected and untreated. To address this gap, the study Hö...

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The future of global health partnerships: Co-investment, reciprocal learning and mutual benefit

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Popular health surveillance in the face of climate emergencies

Public health emergencies associated with extreme weather events – such as floods and droughts – have intensified, revealing the complex relationship between climate emergencies and structural inequal...

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Water, sanitation, and hygiene in schistosomiasis control: A scoping review of evidence gaps across transmission pathways

Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease transmitted through contact with freshwater contaminated by cercariae from infected snails. Transmission is shaped by access to water, sanitation, and hygiene ...

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Effectiveness and impact of the 2-component acellular pertussis vaccine as a preschool booster in Finland – A register-based study

In 2005, Finland replaced the whole-cell pertussis (wP) 3 + 1 schedule with an acellular pertussis (aP) 2 + 1 infant schedule supplemented by a DTaP-IPV preschool booster at age 4 in the National Immu...

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Beyond paper walls: From diagnosis to action on visa inequities in global health

Visa inequities in global health have moved from the margins of academic discourse to the centre of a growing reform agenda. While recent literature has established that visa regimes function as struc...

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Challenges and opportunities of integrating noncommunicable disease prevention into maternal health services: A qualitative study

Pregnancy provides an opportunity to assess women’s health needs and engage them in appropriate healthcare services. This study explored how noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention has been integrate...

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The role of faith-based organizations in the pharmaceutical systems of low-and-middle-income countries – A scoping review

In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), faith-based organizations (FBOs) play a critical role in ensuring access to essential pharmaceutical services. Despite their longstanding presence in ...

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Behind the Paper: Complementing humanitarian staff care with arts-based initiatives? Viewpoints from in-house mental health professionals

In this post, we speak to Hannah Strohmeier, lead author of a recent PLOS Global Public Health article “Complementing humanitarian staff care with arts-based initiatives? Viewpoints from in-house ment...

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