Background Natural and human-made public health emergencies (PHEs), such as armed
conflicts, floods, and disease outbreaks, influence health systems including interruption of …

Patient care and public health require timely, reliable laboratory testing. However, clinical
laboratory professionals rarely know whether patient specimens contain infectious agents …

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted production and consumption patterns across the
world and forced many organisations to respond. However, there is a lack of understanding …

Worldwide, the social protection programs have become a key tool for policymakers. These
programs are executed to achieve multiple objectives such as fighting poverty and hunger …

Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has faced multiple public health
emergencies (1). A public health emergency (PHE) is a situation with health consequences …

Background The spread and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic have been to such an
extent that to shape an effective, collective response, governments need the participation of …

Unfolding events have shown that Sierra Leone is enduring various disasters at a worrying
rate. While progress is being made in disaster management, activities that degrade the …

The COVID-19 pandemic exerted an extraordinary pressure on the Italian healthcare system
(Sistema Sanitario Nazionale, SSN), determining an unprecedented health crisis. In this …

This paper examines the extent to which COVID-19 impacted the livelihoods of game park
employees in a destination with ongoing political and economic challenges. Data were …

Billions in development aid is provided annually by international donors in the Majority
World, much of which funds health equity. Yet, common neocolonial practices persist in …