Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

Most of the global population live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs),
which have historically received a small fraction of global resources for mental health. The …

Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Background The poor physical health of people with mental illness is a multifaceted,
transdiagnostic, and global problem. People with mental illness have an increased risk of …

The emergence of the novel coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 creates another
health burden for people living with HIV (PLWH) who face multiple morbidities and may be …

Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic in light of two key concepts in medical
anthropology: syndemics and structural violence. Following a discussion of the nature of …

Introduction Multimorbidity is a major public health challenge, with a rising prevalence in
low/middle-income countries (LMICs). This review aims to systematically synthesise …

Objectives: We performed a systematic review to identify, critically appraise and synthesise
the existing literature on the association between SEP and multimorbidity occurrence …

There has been a rapid escalation of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in developing countries, with
varied prevalence according to rural vs urban habitat and degree of urbanization. Some …