In this Behind the Paper post, Miyako Otsuka, Mio Kato, Takaji Wakita and Tomoya Saito discuss their PLOS Global Public Health article, “Legal design for establishing a novel parastatal public health…

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical gaps in Japan’s infectious disease governance, including fragmented structures and limited coordination between research and policy. In response, Japan…

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are 5–10 times more likely to have hearing loss than the general population, yet it often remains undetected and untreated. To address this gap, the study…

Novel STI prevention interventions, including doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) and meningococcal B vaccination (4CMenB) against gonorrhoea, have been increasingly examined as tools to…

Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a major global public health problem. Social norms that accept IPVAW are a key correlate of its prevalence, and recent research has documented a…

The European Union (EU) Directive on Minimum Professional Qualifications: Midwife is under review as part of an ongoing regulatory update. This revision presents a critical opportunity to modernise…

Deepening our understanding of geographic variations in breastfeeding initiation (BFI) remains an important element in developing a comprehensive snapshot of maternal and infant health. Identifying…

This study examines the association between digital communication tool use and perceived mental health among older adults aged 55 years and older in Canada, using data from the 2022 Canadian Internet…

Mental ill health has complex and interrelated underlying causes, with wider determinants of health often overlooked as risk factors. The ‘commercial determinants of health’ are gradually receiving…

Legionellosis is an acute respiratory infection caused by the environmental bacteria Legionella pneumophila and other Legionella species upon inhalation of aerosolized bacteria. The legionellosis…

The world produces enough food for all, yet it falls short of providing a nutritionally balanced diet, and what it produces is extremely unevenly distributed, with high levels of undernourishment and…

Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, U.S. states enacted divergent abortion policies that may influence women’s educational and career decisions. This study examined whether these policy…

This systematic review examined the effects of yoga interventions on various cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity. Seven major electronic databases and two clinical…

Oral diseases are the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide, affecting 3.5 billion people, with a disproportionate impact on those living in low- and middle-income countries. Despite…

Childlessness is an increasingly visible phenomenon. Once predominantly associated with high-income settings, it now spans diverse cultural, economic, and political contexts, including the Global…

PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing…

Access to valid and reliable quality of life measures is of the utmost importance when evaluating how effective interventions targeting vulnerable children are.. The aim of this project was to develop...

Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are emerging public health concerns among adolescents in the United States (U.S.), with early onset increasing the risk of lifelong complications. This…

PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing…

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major global public health and human rights issue with wide-ranging physical and mental health consequences. Physiotherapists frequently work with populations and cond...

The world produces enough food for all, yet it falls short of providing a nutritionally balanced diet, and what it produces is extremely unevenly distributed, with high levels of undernourishment and ...

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are 5–10 times more likely to have hearing loss than the general population, yet it often remains undetected and untreated. To address this gap, the study Hö...

Public health emergencies associated with extreme weather events – such as floods and droughts – have intensified, revealing the complex relationship between climate emergencies and structural inequal...

Schistosomiasis is a water-based disease transmitted through contact with freshwater contaminated by cercariae from infected snails. Transmission is shaped by access to water, sanitation, and hygiene ...

In 2005, Finland replaced the whole-cell pertussis (wP) 3 + 1 schedule with an acellular pertussis (aP) 2 + 1 infant schedule supplemented by a DTaP-IPV preschool booster at age 4 in the National Immu...

Visa inequities in global health have moved from the margins of academic discourse to the centre of a growing reform agenda. While recent literature has established that visa regimes function as struc...

Pregnancy provides an opportunity to assess women’s health needs and engage them in appropriate healthcare services. This study explored how noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention has been integrate...

In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), faith-based organizations (FBOs) play a critical role in ensuring access to essential pharmaceutical services. Despite their longstanding presence in ...

In this post, we speak to Hannah Strohmeier, lead author of a recent PLOS Global Public Health article “Complementing humanitarian staff care with arts-based initiatives? Viewpoints from in-house ment...

Welcome back to our Editor Spotlight series, where we highlight the work and contributions of a PLOS Global Public Health Academic Editor…

The basic reproduction number, R0, is an epidemiological measure to describe the transmissibility of infectious diseases and evaluate the potential effect of interventions. Measles R0 has historically...

We co-developed and evaluated a community-based, peer-led psychosocial support intervention consisting of individual and peer-led group counselling, online group messaging, and community-based “TB-Tal...

Seasonal respiratory infections typically surge within a limited time window, but what determines the exact timing within a given year is not well understood. Major causes of death show a similar seas...

On May 29 2026, the Office of Management and Budget published a proposed rule change that would fundamentally alter how federal research funding is allocated in the US. The proposed changes have significant consequences for open science, public access and the integrity of the research record.

Climate change poses unique challenges to maternal well-being and increases complications during pregnancy and childbirth globally. This evidence gap map (EGM) aims to identify gaps in existing knowle...

Recent debates on decolonizing global health have spurred interest in addressing the power asymmetries and knowledge hierarchies that sustain colonial ideas and relationships in global health research...

Most casualties of modern conflict are civilian, and extremity injuries are the most frequent injury type. However, prospectively epidemiological data on civilians with conflict-related extremity inju...