Background Developed in the late 20th century, the health policy triangle (HPT) is a policy
analysis framework used and applied ubiquitously in the literature to analyse a large …

Rapid urbanization in Africa has been linked to the growing burden of noncommunicable
diseases (NCDs). Urbanization processes have amplified lifestyle risk factors for NCDs …

Background The growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income
countries presents substantive challenges for health systems. This is also the case in fragile …

The citation-based approach has been applied extensively to explore the dynamic evolution
and historical development of scientific research and technological advances, while it has …

Background: Taxation of tobacco, food, alcohol and other beverages has gained renewed
attention in responding to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). While largely built on …

Background Redressing structural inequality within the South African society in the post-
apartheid era became the central focus of the democratic government. Policies on social …

Introduction Raising tobacco taxes is considered the most effective strategy to avoid
smoking initiation and discourage its use, especially among vulnerable groups. However …

Background Vaccine scares undermine longstanding global health achievements.
Remarkably little data has documented the lived experiences of policymakers working …

Background The burden of tobacco use is disproportionately high in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs). There is scarce theorisation on what works with respect to …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements …