abstract：BACKGROUND:To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to extensively update estimates of global vision loss burden, presenting estimates for 2020, temporal change over three decades between 1990-2020, an...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators.,Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intermittent administration of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended to prevent malaria among children aged 3-59 months in areas of the Sahel subregion in Africa. However, the cost-effectiveness and cost savings of SMC have not previously been evaluated in large-scale studies. METHODS:We...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Gilmartin C,Nonvignon J,Cairns M,Milligan P,Bocoum F,Winskill P,Moroso D,Collins D

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public health community has tried for decades to show, through evidence-based research, that safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and clean cooking fuels that reduce household air pollution are essential to safeguard health and save lives in low-income and middle-income countries. In the past 40 decades, the...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Ray I,Smith KR

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of dengue virus antibodies is important for understanding future dengue virus risk and for prevaccination screening. We aimed to evaluate the performance of a dengue IgG indirect ELISA in determining dengue seroprevalence in a cohort of children in the Philippines, using a focus reduction neutralis...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Lopez AL,Adams C,Ylade M,Jadi R,Daag JV,Molloy CT,Agrupis KA,Kim DR,Silva MW,Yoon IK,White L,Deen J,de Silva AM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low blood glucose concentrations are common in sick children who present to hospital in low-resource settings and are associated with increased mortality. The cutoff blood glucose concentration for the diagnosis and treatment of hypoglycaemia currently recommended by WHO (2·5 mmol/L) is not evidence-based. W...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Baker T,Ngwalangwa F,Masanjala H,Dube Q,Langton J,Marrone G,Hildenwall H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As of 2018, the rubella vaccine had been incorporated into the national immunisation schedule of 168 countries, representing 87% of the world's population. Countries have used different strategies to reduce the burden of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), such as vaccinating only females. Given the different...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Patel MK,Antoni S,Danovaro-Holliday MC,Desai S,Gacic-Dobo M,Nedelec Y,Kretsinger K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease that can cause permanent disability through disruption of the lymphatic system. This disease is caused by parasitic filarial worms that are transmitted by mosquitos. Mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelmintics is recommended by WHO to eliminate lympha...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Local Burden of Disease 2019 Neglected Tropical Diseases Collaborators.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer has distinct causes, prognoses, and outcomes and effects in patients at premenopausal and postmenopausal ages. We sought to assess the global burden and trends in breast cancer by menopausal status. METHODS:We did a population-based analysis of global breast cancer incidence and mortality amon...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Heer E,Harper A,Escandor N,Sung H,McCormack V,Fidler-Benaoudia MM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of severe COVID-19 if an individual becomes infected is known to be higher in older individuals and those with underlying health conditions. Understanding the number of individuals at increased risk of severe COVID-19 and how this varies between countries should inform the design of possible strateg...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Clark A,Jit M,Warren-Gash C,Guthrie B,Wang HHX,Mercer SW,Sanderson C,McKee M,Troeger C,Ong KL,Checchi F,Perel P,Joseph S,Gibbs HP,Banerjee A,Eggo RM,Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 wo

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brazil ranks second worldwide in total number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Understanding the possible socioeconomic and ethnic health inequities is particularly important given the diverse population and fragile political and economic situation. We aimed to characterise the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and a...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Baqui P,Bica I,Marra V,Ercole A,van der Schaar M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trials of intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) of malaria in pregnant women that compared dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine with the standard of care, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, showed dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine was superior at preventing malaria infection, but not at improving birthweight. We aimed to ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Roh ME,Kuile FOT,Rerolle F,Glymour MM,Shiboski S,Gosling R,Gutman J,Kakuru A,Desai M,Kajubi R,L'Ianziva A,Kamya MR,Dorsey G,Chico RM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The average age at which people start smoking has been decreasing in many countries, but insufficient evidence exists on the adult hazards of having started smoking in childhood and, especially, in early childhood. We aimed to investigate the association between smoking habits (focusing on the age when smoke...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Thomson B,Rojas NA,Lacey B,Burrett JA,Varona-Pérez P,Martínez MC,Lorenzo-Vázquez E,Constantén SB,Morales Rigau JM,Hernández López OJ,Martínez Morales MÁ,Alomá IA,Estupiñan FA,González MD,Muñoz NR,Asencio MC,Emberson J,P

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervention coverage-the proportion of the population with a health-care need who receive care-does not account for intervention quality and potentially overestimates health benefits of services provided to populations. Effective coverage introduces the dimension of quality of care to the measurement of intervention ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Marsh AD,Muzigaba M,Diaz T,Requejo J,Jackson D,Chou D,Cresswell JA,Guthold R,Moran AC,Strong KL,Banerjee A,Soucat A,Effective Coverage Think Tank Group.

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A quarter of a century ago, two global events-the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing-placed gender equality and reproductive health and rights at the centre of the development agenda. Progress towards these goals has been slowe...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Slaymaker E,Scott RH,Palmer MJ,Palla L,Marston M,Gonsalves L,Say L,Wellings K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reduction by a third of premature non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality by 2030 is the ambitious target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4. However, the indicator is narrowly defined, including only four major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases) an...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Martinez R,Lloyd-Sherlock P,Soliz P,Ebrahim S,Vega E,Ordunez P,McKee M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children who are HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) have higher morbidity and mortality than children who are HIV-unexposed and uninfected despite safer breastfeeding and improved maternal health with maternal antiretroviral therapy. We present the first global estimates of the population of children who are HEU (...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Slogrove AL,Powis KM,Johnson LF,Stover J,Mahy M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More timely estimates of malaria prevalence are needed to inform optimal control strategies and measure progress. Since 2014, Tanzania has implemented nationwide malaria screening for all pregnant women within the antenatal care system. We aimed to compare malaria test results during antenatal care to two po...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Kitojo C,Gutman JR,Chacky F,Kigadye E,Mkude S,Mandike R,Mohamed A,Reaves EJ,Walker P,Ishengoma DS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Faltering in linear growth and neurobehavioural development during early childhood are often assumed to have common causes because of their consistent association. This notion has contributed to a global focus on the promotion of nutrition during pregnancy and childhood to improve both conditions. Our aim wa...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Prado EL,Larson LM,Cox K,Bettencourt K,Kubes JN,Shankar AH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On Dec 1, 2006, Mexico's public health-care insurance scheme, Seguro Popular, implemented the Medical Insurance Century XXI (SMSXXI) programme, to provide insurance to children younger than 5 years without social security. SMSXXI aims to increase access to health services, decrease out-of-pocket health expen...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Celhay P,Martinez S,Muñoz M,Perez M,Perez-Cuevas R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child stunting is a global problem and is only modestly responsive to dietary interventions. Numerous observational studies have shown that water quality, sanitation, and handwashing (WASH) in a household are strongly associated with linear growth of children living in the same household. We have completed three rando...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Pickering AJ,Null C,Winch PJ,Mangwadu G,Arnold BF,Prendergast AJ,Njenga SM,Rahman M,Ntozini R,Benjamin-Chung J,Stewart CP,Huda TMN,Moulton LH,Colford JM Jr,Luby SP,Humphrey JH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of dengue virus (DENV) infection across geographical regions of India is poorly quantified. We estimated the age-specific seroprevalence, force of infection, and number of infections in India. METHODS:We did a community-based survey in 240 clusters (118 rural, 122 urban), selected from 60 distric...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Murhekar MV,Kamaraj P,Kumar MS,Khan SA,Allam RR,Barde P,Dwibedi B,Kanungo S,Mohan U,Mohanty SS,Roy S,Sagar V,Savargaonkar D,Tandale BV,Topno RK,Sapkal G,Kumar CPG,Sabarinathan R,Kumar VS,Bitragunta S,Grover GS,L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low birthweight (LBW) of less than 2500 g is an important marker of maternal and fetal health, predicting mortality, stunting, and adult-onset chronic conditions. Global nutrition targets set at the World Health Assembly in 2012 include an ambitious 30% reduction in LBW prevalence between 2012 and 2025. Esti...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Blencowe H,Krasevec J,de Onis M,Black RE,An X,Stevens GA,Borghi E,Hayashi C,Estevez D,Cegolon L,Shiekh S,Ponce Hardy V,Lawn JE,Cousens S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buruli ulcer can cause disfigurement and long-term loss of function. It is underdiagnosed and under-reported, and its current distribution is unclear. We aimed to synthesise and evaluate data on Buruli ulcer prevalence and distribution. METHODS:We did a systematic review of Buruli ulcer prevalence and used ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Simpson H,Deribe K,Tabah EN,Peters A,Maman I,Frimpong M,Ampadu E,Phillips R,Saunderson P,Pullan RL,Cano J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Policies for early detection of breast cancer, including clinical breast examinations and mammographic screening, were introduced in Brazil in 2004, but their effect on disease stage at diagnosis is unclear. We aimed to assess whether these policies have led to a decrease in the prevalence of late-stage brea...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Dos-Santos-Silva I,De Stavola BL,Renna NL Junior,Nogueira MC,Aquino EML,Bustamante-Teixeira MT,Azevedo E Silva G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In accordance with the age parameters specified in Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4, current policy and monitoring of non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality trends focus on people aged 30-69 years. This approach excludes the majority of NCD deaths, which occur at older ages. We aimed to compare card...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Lloyd-Sherlock P,Ebrahim S,Martinez R,McKee M,Ordunez P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About 2·6 million third-trimester stillbirths occur annually worldwide, mostly in low-income and middle-income countries, where the causes of these deaths are rarely investigated. METHODS:We did a prospective, hospital-based, observational study in Soweto, South Africa, to investigate the causes of stillbir...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Madhi SA,Briner C,Maswime S,Mose S,Mlandu P,Chawana R,Wadula J,Adam Y,Izu A,Cutland CL

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social protection interventions might improve tuberculosis outcomes and could help to control the epidemic in Brazil. The aim of this study was to evaluate the independent effect of the Bolsa Familia Programme (BFP) on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil. METHODS:We prospectively recruited and followe...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Oliosi JGN,Reis-Santos B,Locatelli RL,Sales CMM,da Silva Filho WG,da Silva KC,Sanchez MN,de Andrade KVF,de Araújo GS,Shete PB,Pereira SM,Riley LW,Lienhardt C,Maciel ELN

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rise in contraceptive use has largely been driven by short-acting methods of contraception, despite the high effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraceptives. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have made important progress increasing the use of modern contraceptives, but important...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Ponce de Leon RG,Ewerling F,Serruya SJ,Silveira MF,Sanhueza A,Moazzam A,Becerra-Posada F,Coll CVN,Hellwig F,Victora CG,Barros AJD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis is recognised as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children, with most cases in children going undiagnosed and resulting in poor outcomes. Household contact management, which aims to identify children with active tuberculosis and to provide preventive therapy for those with HIV or thos...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Dodd PJ,Yuen CM,Becerra MC,Revill P,Jenkins HE,Seddon JA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life. We describe levels of insufficient physical activity across countries, and estimate global and regional trends. METHODS:We pooled data from population-based ...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Guthold R,Stevens GA,Riley LM,Bull FC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No study of long-term protection following killed oral cholera vaccination has been done outside of the historically cholera-endemic areas of south Asia, or has examined protection after a single-dose vaccination regimen. To address this, we examined the duration of protection of the standard two-dose regime...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Franke MF,Ternier R,Jerome JG,Matias WR,Harris JB,Ivers LC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attainment of universal health coverage is a global health priority. The Myanmar Government has committed to attainment of universal health coverage by 2030, but progress so far has not been assessed. We aimed to estimate national and subnational health service coverage and financial risk protection. METHOD...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Han SM,Rahman MM,Rahman MS,Swe KT,Palmer M,Sakamoto H,Nomura S,Shibuya K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caesarean section prevalence is increasing in Asia and Latin America while remaining low in most African regions. Caesarean section delivery is effective for saving maternal and infant lives when they are provided for medically-indicated reasons. On the basis of ecological studies, caesarean delivery prevale...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Belizán JM,Minckas N,McClure EM,Saleem S,Moore JL,Goudar SS,Esamai F,Patel A,Chomba E,Garces AL,Althabe F,Harrison MS,Krebs NF,Derman RJ,Carlo WA,Liechty EA,Hibberd PL,Buekens PM,Goldenberg RL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global rollout of dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been hampered in part by insufficient safety data in pregnancy. We compared birth outcomes among women initiating dolutegravir-based ART with those among women initiating efavirenz-based ART in pregnancy in Botswana. METHODS:In this obser...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Zash R,Jacobson DL,Diseko M,Mayondi G,Mmalane M,Essex M,Gaolethe T,Petlo C,Lockman S,Holmes LB,Makhema J,Shapiro RL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The age-specific association between blood pressure and vascular disease has been studied mostly in high-income countries, and before the widespread use of brain imaging for diagnosis of the main stroke types (ischaemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage). We aimed to investigate this relationship among ad...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Lacey B,Lewington S,Clarke R,Kong XL,Chen Y,Guo Y,Yang L,Bennett D,Bragg F,Bian Z,Wang S,Zhang H,Chen J,Walters RG,Collins R,Peto R,Li L,Chen Z,China Kadoorie Biobank collaborative group.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely access to emergency care can substantially reduce mortality. International benchmarks for access to emergency hospital care have been established to guide ambitions for universal health care by 2030. However, no Pan-African database of where hospitals are located exists; therefore, we aimed to complet...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Ouma PO,Maina J,Thuranira PN,Macharia PM,Alegana VA,English M,Okiro EA,Snow RW

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many countries are implementing health system reforms to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. To understand the progress towards UHC in Bangladesh, we estimated trends in indicators of the health service and of financial risk protection. We also estimated the probability of Bangladesh's achieving...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Rahman MS,Rahman MM,Gilmour S,Swe KT,Krull Abe S,Shibuya K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few population-based studies of cerebral palsy have been done in low-income and middle-income countries. We aimed to examine cerebral palsy prevalence and subtypes, functional impairments, and presumed time of injury in children in Uganda. METHODS:In this population-based study, we used a nested, three-stag...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Kakooza-Mwesige A,Andrews C,Peterson S,Wabwire Mangen F,Eliasson AC,Forssberg H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by the global HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics. HIV and HCV prevention interventions for PWID include needle and syringe programmes (NSP), opioid substitution therapy (OST), HIV counselling and testing, HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART), an...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Larney S,Peacock A,Leung J,Colledge S,Hickman M,Vickerman P,Grebely J,Dumchev KV,Griffiths P,Hines L,Cunningham EB,Mattick RP,Lynskey M,Marsden J,Strang J,Degenhardt L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:2·6 million stillbirths occur annually worldwide. The association between malaria in pregnancy and stillbirth has yet to be comprehensively quantified. We aimed to quantify the association between malaria in pregnancy and stillbirth, and to assess the influence of malaria endemicity on the association. METH...

journal_title：The Lancet. Global health

authors： Moore KA,Simpson JA,Scoullar MJL,McGready R,Fowkes FJI

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00