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Prioritizing Health in War and Conflict: The 2025 War in Iran and the Call for Global Peace
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Institutional Decoupling in China’s Blood Donation Reform: Bridging the Gap Between Policy Intentions and Implementation Realities
Luo, R. , and Lu, J. . "Institutional Decoupling in China’s Blood Donation Reform: Bridging the Gap Between Policy...
America First and Global Health Last: Assessing the Policy’s Ripple Effects on Tropical Disease Control and Health Sovereignty in Sub-Sahara Africa
Olaide Aremu, S. . "America First and Global Health Last: Assessing the Policy’s Ripple Effects on Tropical Disease ...
The International Advanced Practice Nurse Integration Model: A Response to Recent Commentaries
Porat-Dahlerbruch, J. , , Miller, T. , , Shamian, J. , and Ellen, M. . "The International Advanced Practice Nurse ...
Paying Attention – and Respect – to the Agency of Conflict-Affected Health Workers; Comment on “Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of Primary Peer Reviewed Publications 2016–2022”
The review stands out for its methodological rigour, clear results, and frank recognition of its limitations. However, the...
Rethinking Human Resources for Health Planning in Labour Markets Disrupted by Conflict-Affected and Fragile Settings; Comment on “Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of Primary Peer Reviewed Publications 2016–2022”
In a world still grappling with exploring the underlying dynamics of challenges confronting human resources for health (HR...
Advancing Public Health Through Internationally Coordinated Medical Device Registries; Comment on “Quality and Utility of European Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic Registries for the Regulatory Evaluation of Medical Device Safety and Performance Across the Implant Lifecycle: A Systematic Review”
This commentary draws on findings from Hoogervorst et al1 to underscore the urgent need for internationally coordinated me...
Applying Abstract Text Mining as a Complement to PRISMA in Reviewing the Scope of Healthcare’s Circular Economy; Comment on “A Review of the Applicability of Current Green Practices in Healthcare Facilities”
Efforts to reduce the healthcare sector’s carbon footprint and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have brought increased atten...
Multiple Chronic Conditions, Delayed Medical Care and Hospitalization: A Comparison Between the United States and Taiwan
Background  Delays in medical care can be especially critical for individuals with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). The...
What Value Do Dutch Citizens Place on Health Interventions That Provide Greater Health Gains to Lower-Income Groups? A Discrete Choice Experiment
Background  Reimbursement decisions for new health interventions focus on maximizing health gains, with limited attention ...
United Nations Partnerships With the Alcohol Industry
Background  The alcohol industry builds engagement with United Nations (UN) organisations to enhance its corporate image a...
Religion, Politics, and Vaccines: Elaborating the Integrative Public Policy Acceptance (IPAC) Framework Through HPV Vaccine Program Acceptance Among Religious Leaders in Bangladesh
Background  In October 2023, Bangladesh introduced a free, single-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for girls aged 9...
Economic Burden of Non-medicinal Poisoning From Healthcare Provider Perspective in 2020: A Prevalence-Based Cost-of-Illness Study in Thailand
Background  Between 2010 and 2019 in Thailand, hospital admissions due to toxic effects of non-medicinal substances (Inter...
Active Purchasing: Empirical Insights from the Dutch Healthcare System and Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Comment on “Measuring Active Purchasing in Healthcare: Analysing Reallocations of Funds Between Providers to Evaluate Purchasing Systems Performance in the Netherlands”
Stadhouders et al. critically examines the assumptions behind managed competition, revealing that competitive systems alon...
Determinants of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Well-Being in Canada: Evidence From the Nova Scotia Quality of Life Survey
There are relatively few studies that have measured and explained socioeconomic inequalities in the well-being of populati...
Demystifying Commercial Influences on Health: Applying Systems Dynamics Methodologies to Policy Processes; Comment on “Using System Dynamics to Understand Transnational Corporate Power in Diet-Related Non-communicable Disease Prevention Policy-Making: A Case Study of South Africa”
In their study on which we provide commentary, the authors applied a qualitative systems dynamics methodology to explore h...
Barriers and Facilitators to International Universal Health Coverage Reforms: A Realist Review
Background   The journey towards universal health coverage (UHC) began decades ago but has recently moved to centre stage ...
Achieving Diagnostic Excellence in Prenatal Diagnosis Through Patient-Reported Measures; Comment on “Achieving Diagnostic Excellence: Roadmaps to Develop and Use Patient-Reported Measures With an Equity Lens”
McDonald and colleagues’ work “Achieving Diagnostic Excellence: Roadmaps to Develop and Use Patient-Reported Measures With...
A Systematic Review and Quality Assessment of Pharmacoeconomic Publications for China Compared to Internationally: Is the Quality of Evidence-base Sufficient for Health Technology Assessment?
Background Pharmacoeconomic evaluations are becoming more important in China, and their research quality directly impacts ...
Advancing Applications of System Dynamics in Critical Food Systems Research; Comment on “Using System Dynamics to Understand Transnational Corporate Power in Diet-Related Non-communicable Disease Prevention Policy-Making: A Case Study of South Africa”
This commentary commends Milsom et al for their critical and rigorous application of qualitative system dynamics to unpack...
Scholarly Publications and Opinions Through 366- Day War on Gaza (2023-2024): A Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Background  The 2023-2024 Gaza Genocide has generated notable scholarly discourse, influenced by various historical, polit...
The Missing Link: Why Value-Based Healthcare Needs Healthcare and Management Science to Unite Efforts; Comment on “Reflections on Managing the Performance of Value-Based Healthcare: A Scoping Review”
Value-based healthcare (VBHC) has emerged as a widely embraced strategy to address pressing healthcare challenges, includi...
Involving Service Users in Care Regulation: A Scoping Review of Empirical Literature
Background  Ensuring the quality and safety of service delivery extends beyond the realm of health and care professionals,...
Finding the Right Balance: Challenges in Optimising the Promise of Complexity Research for NCD Best-Buys Implementation and Adoption; Comment on “Barriers and Opportunities for WHO ‘Best Buys’ Non-communicable Disease Policy Adoption and Implementation From a Political Economy Perspective: A Complexity Systematic Review”
There is a growing interest in complexity research. A recent systematic review by Loffreda et al attempted to study the ba...
Governance of Public-Private Partnerships for Primary Healthcare in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries, 2000-2023: A Systematic Review
Background  Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector are established to achieve health outcomes by maximisi...
Civil Society’s Evidence-Generating Role for Health Policy Decisions: A Thematic Analysis of a Healthcare Information for All (HIFA) Community Online Discussion
Civil society actors are widely recognized for advocating the public interest in health policy. However, their role in con...
Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before They End Us
Abbasi, K. , , Ali, P. , , Barbour, V. , , Birch, M. , , Blum, I. , , Doherty, P. , , Haines, A. , , Helfand, I. , ,...
Public Healthcare Procurement Strategies in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented public healthcare procurement challenges. The objective of this review...
The United States Withdrawal From the World Health Organization: Implications and Challenges
President Trump’s 2025 decision to remove the United States (US) from the World Health Organization (WHO), echoing his ini...
‘Pundits Are Saying This is “Anti-Poor”’: Competing Framing Strategies for Child Road Safety Policy in the Philippines
Background  Child restraint systems can lead to a 60% reduction in child deaths, yet few lowand middle-income countries ha...
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