Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, estimated in 2020 to be 545 maternal deaths per 100 000 livebirths, more than 136 times higher than that of the lowest region.1 ...

Do you think children today will have a better, worse, or roughly the same life to you?” was a question posed by the Gallup Organisation in 2022 in 64 countries. Globally, only 44% of the adult ...

Worldwide, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing, with 586 202 new cases diagnosed in 2020.1 In high-income countries ...

In an Editorial in July 2023, we wrote with optimism about the antifungal clinical development pipeline. At the time, several ...

Severe autoimmune-mediated neuropathies, such as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and ...

Obesity is a global health crisis with profound clinical and societal consequences, contributing to increased risks of ...

HIV response. Experts are suggesting a projected 24% decrease in HIV funding over the next year in the context of reductions ...

Climate change and global warming driven by air pollution and carbon emissions are contributing to worsening respiratory health and increasing numbers of asthma-related emergencies and deaths.

Oesophageal adenocarcinoma has an extremely poor prognosis, and improving outcomes via therapy remains particularly challenging in such a heterogeneous cancer. Another avenue for improving outcomes ...

Paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, affecting over 4 million children in 2021. Despite this burden, paediatric research lags behind adult ...

Papua New Guinea's community volunteers provide essential services and health promotion, but the absence of financial support ...

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most lethal cancers, with patients diagnosed with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) experiencing a median survival of just 12 months after ...