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[Articles] Impact and effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on population incidence of vaccine and non-vaccine serotype invasive pneumococcal disease in Blantyre, Malawi, 2006–18: prospective observational time-series and case-control studies
SummaryBackgroundThe population impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) depends on direct and indirect protection...
[Correspondence] COVID-19 reinfections in The Gambia by phylogenetically distinct SARS-CoV-2 variants—first two confirmed events in west Africa
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in early 2020, the scientific community hypothesised that SARS-CoV-2 transmissi...
[Correspondence] Setting the record straight on measuring SDG 4.2.1 – Authors' reply
We appreciate the attention of Mark Hereward from UNICEF to the concerns in our Comment published in The Lancet Global Hea...
[Articles] Oral fexinidazole for stage 1 or early stage 2 African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: a prospective, multicentre, open-label, cohort study
SummaryBackgroundStaging and treatment of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (g-HAT) req...
[Comment] The secondary distribution of HIV self-testing kits
The study by Augustine Choko and colleagues1Choko AT Fielding K Johnson CC et al.Partner-delivered HIV self-test kits with...
[Comment] Impact of PCV13 vaccination in Blantyre, Malawi
Pneumococcal infections are a major cause of communicable disease morbidity and mortality worldwide.1O'Brien KL Wolfson LJ...
[Articles] Impact and effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on population incidence of vaccine and non-vaccine serotype invasive pneumococcal disease in Blantyre, Malawi, 2006–18: prospective observational time-series and case-control
SummaryBackgroundThe population impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) depends on direct and indirect protection...
[Comment] Global health in low-income and middle-income countries: a framework for action
Global health was founded on an egalitarian promise: improve health care for everyone, everywhere. As an area of research,...
[Comment] The words we choose matter: recognising the importance of language in decolonising global health
Recognition of the relevance of colonial history to the contemporary practice of global health is not new, but the recent ...
[Comment] Evidence-based medicine in low-income and middle-income countries
Evidence-based medicine is the backbone of modern medicine. Any newly proposed therapy needs to be tested in high-quality ...
[Articles] Partner-delivered HIV self-test kits with and without financial incentives in antenatal care and index patients with HIV in Malawi: a three-arm, cluster-randomised controlled trial
SummaryBackgroundSecondary distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits by patients attending clinic services to their pa...
[Comment] A call for reforms in global health publications
Global health is all about including the excluded, and researchers of low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are i...
[Articles] Convergence of infectious and non-communicable disease epidemics in rural South Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based multimorbidity study
Research in contextEvidence before this studyAcross sub-Saharan Africa, mortality related to HIV is dropping because of wi...
[Correspondence] Setting the record straight on measuring SDG 4.2.1
Although we appreciate the visibility the Comment by Bolajoko Olusanya and colleagues (May, 2021)1Olusanya BO Hadders-Algr...
[Comment] Rotavirus vaccine implementation: evidence to fill the gap?
In the maelstrom of COVID-19, it is easy to forget the importance of non-COVID health interventions and the processes that...
[Corrections] Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2021; 9: e908–09
COVID-19 can have physical, social, and psychological effects on patients lasting beyond their acute illness. Such post-ac...
[Comment] Communicable and non-communicable diseases coexisting in South Africa
The challenge that Africa has of dealing with multiple burdens of disease, characterised by high rates of infectious disea...
[Editorial] Lessons in humility
In our first Editorial of the year, we called for submissions—particularly from those who are not regular contributors to ...
[Correspondence] Visual function rather than visual acuity – Authors' reply
We would like to thank Ian Murdoch and David Crabb for their important letter pointing out the tendency to underestimate t...
[Viewpoint] Resetting the agenda for antibiotic resistance through a health systems perspective
In 2001, WHO published a global strategy to contain antimicrobial resistance.1WHOWHO global strategy for containment of an...
[Correspondence] Visual function rather than visual acuity
We would like to express our gratitude to Matthew Burton and colleagues for the Commission on Global Eye Health (April, 20...
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