OBJECTIVE The paper identifies the relative amount of research devoted to non-communicable disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN A bibliometric analysis of a subset of journals published in LMICs was performed. MEASUREMENTS Seventy-six peer-reviewed journals focused on general medicine or public health published in 46 LMICs and indexed from 1998 to 2003 in MEDLINE. A t...

BACKGROUND While low socioeconomic status (SES) has been associated with inferior cancer outcome among adults, its impact in pediatric oncology is unclear. Our objective was therefore to conduct a systematic review to determine the impact of SES upon outcome in children with cancer. METHODS We searched Ovid Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL from inception to December 2012. Studies for which survival...

Neuropsychiatric conditions are a leading cause of disability globally (Whiteford et al. 2013), yet the gap between population need and the availability of evidence-based mental health services is wide even in high-income countries (Demyttenaere et al. 2004). Efforts to understand this gap have led to an expansion of global mental health (GMH) research, particularly in low-and middle-income cou...

A hybridization-based point-of-care (POC) assay for HIV-1 drug resistance would be useful in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where resistance testing is not routinely available. The major obstacle in developing such an assay is the extreme genetic variability of HIV-1. We analyzed 27,203 reverse transcriptase (RT) sequences from the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database originating fro...

The United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS in 2001 was a critical event that dramatically enhanced the global AIDS response. Ten years later, the September 2011 UN HighLevel Meeting on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control provides a similar opportunity for the international community and national stakeholders to raise awareness and launch an effective glo...

Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality rates are increasing in low- middle-income countries (LMIC), including North Central Asian (NCAC). Screening risk factor reduction can aid the prevention of colorectal cancer, but communities lack awareness these screening programs. The review assessed community about CRC NCAC to facilitate control policies. Study type methods: For thi...

1. Matthes BK, Zatoński M, Alebshehy R, et al. ’To be honest, I’m really scared’: perceptions and experiences of intimidation in the LMIC-based tobacco control community. Tobacco Control, Published Online First: 19 July 2022. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057271. CrossRef Google Scholar

BACKGROUND Lack of appropriate health care seeking for ill mothers and neonates contributes to high mortality rates. A major challenge is the appropriate mix of strategies for creating demand as well as provision of services. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies (last search: Jan 2015) to assess the impact of different strategies to improve maternal and neonatal ...

Pay for performance (P4P) is defined as the transfer of money or material goods conditional on taking a measurable action or achieving a predetermined performance target (Eichler 2006). In recent years, P4P has received considerable attention as an innovative health system model to increase the use, quality and efficiency of health care services in lowand middle-income countries (LMIC). In addi...

Research during pregnancy is affected by multiple ethical challenges which have not received sufficient international attention and consideration from the bioethics, clinical, and policymaking communities working together. Unresolved ethical questions about research in pregnancy have significant detrimental impacts on maternal and newborn health, in part because they inhibit an evidence base be...