Cardiovascular disease, including stroke, heart failure and kidney disease, has been
common in sub-Saharan Africa for many years, and rapid urbanization is causing an …

Executive summary Sub-Saharan Africa's health challenges are numerous and wide-
ranging. Most sub-Saharan countries face a double burden of traditional, persisting health …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented global research effort to
build a body of knowledge that can inform mitigation strategies. We carried out a bibliometric …

The lack of representation of diverse ancestral backgrounds in genomic research is well-
known, and the resultant scientific and ethical limitations are becoming increasingly …

Introduction Health researchers from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are
under-represented in the academic literature. Scientific writing and publishing interventions …

Background Fertility rates among adolescents have fallen globally, yet the greatest
incidence remains in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Gaining insight into …

A 2018 analysis showed that countries of the WHO African region received only 0.65% of
global research grants. 3 This is not peculiar to Africa—for example, in Pakistan, only 2% of …

Introduction Scientific collaboration is an important mechanism that enables the integration
of the least developed countries into research activities. In the present study, we use the …

Interest in “global health” among schools of medicine, public health, and other health
disciplines in high-income countries (HIC) continues to rise. Persistent power imbalances …

Personalized medicine has been identified as a powerful tool for addressing the myriad of
health issues facing different health systems globally. Although recent studies have …