Global health action

01 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2750043

From antenatal contact to facility-based delivery: a provincial analysis of dropout along the maternal continuum of care in Afghanistan using the 2022–23 MICS

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Rajeev Ranjan, Palwasha Anwari, Abigail Colson et al.

02 16 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2746846

A baseline cross-sectional survey of women’s and household-level health indicators in Tsakare Community, Mount Darwin District, Zimbabwe: findings to inform targeted public health interventions

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Richard Makurumidze, Sibusiso Jokomo, Shuvai Chikombe et al.

03 16 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2748104

Countering failures of imagination: governance, human development and public health in low- and middle-income countries

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Kathryn G. Watt, Dhyan Saravanja, Sean Beckett et al.

Good physical and mental health is valuable in and of itself. Yet good health alone is insufficient to ensure human development. The Covid-19 pandemic and dramatic cuts in global aid revealed the m...

04 15 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2748101

Predicting neurodevelopmental delay among two-year-old infants in Northern Uganda

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David Mukunya, Grace Ndeezi, Gertrude Namazzi et al.

05 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2747464

Prevalence and determinants of cesarean section delivery among Somali women: a multivariable analysis of a nationally representative survey

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Fatima Mohamud Ahmed

Cesarean section is a life-saving obstetric intervention when medically indicated, yet access remains severely limited in Somalia, where maternal morbidity and mortality are high. To determine the magnitude of cesarean section delivery a...

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06 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2741746

Maternal social networks and child nutrition in Belagavi, India: opportunities and risks

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Maja Petersson, Anusha Kulkarni, Mubashir Angolkar et al.

Strengthening mothers' social networks can help address child malnutrition and improve health outcomes. This is important in Belagavi district, India, where undernutrition and anaemia remain prevalent among children under five. However, ...

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07 7 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2741766

Psychosocial and structural factors associated with postpartum depressive symptoms and maternal continuum of care in Borama, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

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Abdikerim Mohamed Moumin, Abdalle Ali Yusuf, Abdirizak Mohamed Moumin et al.

08 7 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2732764

Find your village: a call for culturally coordinated understanding and action with migrant heritage families in the Global North

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Tom Allport, Fatumo Osman

For refugees and forced migrants, the journey to a country in the ‘Global North’ brings many challenges. Arriving in a very different society brings many further challenges – often insecure, impove...

09 6 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2740360

Characteristics of new and re-initiating antiretroviral therapy clients in Malawi: implications for client counseling in resource-constrained settings

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Marguerite Thorp, Kelvin Balakasi, Isabella Robson et al.

10 6 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/16549716.2026.2737555

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccination status among youth in eThekwini, South Africa: results from the AYAZAZI RIGHTS study

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Janan J. Dietrich, Tatiana E. Pakhomova, C. Andrew Basham et al.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant global health crisis, with vaccines being central to reducing the morbidity and mortality of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic saw one of the fastest vaccine d...