Table of contents

Original research

• Towards universal health coverage in the WHO African Region: assessing health system functionality, incorporating lessons from COVID-19 (31 March, 2021)

  Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, Prosper Tumusiime, Regina Titi-Ofei, Benson Droti, Hillary Kipruto, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Aminata Binetou-Wahebine Seydi, Felicitas Zawaira, Gerard Schmets, Joseph Waogodo Cabore
• Media coverage and framing of road traffic safety in India (31 March, 2021)

  Medhavi Gupta, Inayat Singh Kakar, Margaret Peden, Elena Altieri, Jagnoor Jagnoor
• The impact of care environment on the mental health of orphaned, separated and street-connected children and adolescents in western Kenya: a prospective cohort analysis (31 March, 2021)

  Felicita Omari, Stavroula A Chrysanthopoulou, Lonnie E Embleton, Lukoye Atwoli, David O Ayuku, Edwin Sang, Paula Braitstein
• The role of governance in implementing sustainable global health interventions: review of health system integration for integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illnesses (31 March, 2021)

  Koya C Allen, Kate Whitfield, Regina Rabinovich, Salim Sadruddin
• Global health without sexual and reproductive health and rights? Analysis of United Nations documents and country statements, 2014–2019 (29 March, 2021)

  Lynda Gilby, Meri Koivusalo, Salla Atkins
• Cumulative risk of compromised physical, mental and social health in adulthood due to family conflict and financial strain during childhood: a retrospective analysis based on survey data representative of 19 European countries (29 March, 2021)

  Ziggi Ivan Santini, Ai Koyanagi, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Bruce D Perry, Michael Marmot, Vibeke Koushede
• Eye care delivery models to improve access to eye care for Indigenous peoples in high-income countries: a scoping review (24 March, 2021)

  Helen Burn, Lisa Hamm, Joanna Black, Anthea Burnett, Matire Harwood, Matthew J Burton, Jennifer R Evans, Jacqueline Ramke
• Using an adaptive, codesign approach to strengthen clinic-level immunisation services in Khayelitsha, Western Cape Province, South Africa (24 March, 2021)

  Andrea Timothy, David Coetzee, Christopher Morgan, Margaret Kelaher, Ross Stewart Bailie, Margie Danchin
• Understanding global mental health: a conceptual review (23 March, 2021)

  Vian Rajabzadeh, Erin Burn, Sana Z. Sajun, Mimi Suzuki, Victoria Jane Bird, Stefan Priebe
• Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a geospatial and statistical analysis in Aden governorate, Yemen (23 March, 2021)

  Emilie S Koum Besson, Andy Norris, Abdulla S Bin Ghouth, Terri Freemantle, Mervat Alhaffar, Yolanda Vazquez, Chris Reeve, Patrick J Curran, Francesco Checchi
• Developing more detailed taxonomies of tobacco industry political activity in low-income and middle-income countries: qualitative evidence from eight countries (23 March, 2021)

  Britta Katharina Matthes, Kathrin Lauber, Mateusz Zatoński, Lindsay Robertson, Anna B Gilmore
• Characterising the impact of COVID-19 environment on mental health, gender affirming services and socioeconomic loss in a global sample of transgender and non-binary people: a structural equation modelling (22 March, 2021)

  Arjee Javellana Restar, Harry Jin, Brooke Jarrett, Tyler Adamson, Stefan David Baral, Sean Howell, S Wilson Beckham
• Impact of social isolation on mortality and morbidity in 20 high-income, middle-income and low-income countries in five continents (22 March, 2021)

  Ryo Naito, Darryl P Leong, Shrikant Ishver Bangdiwala, Martin McKee, S V Subramanian, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shofiqul Islam, Alvaro Avezum, Karen E Yeates, Scott A Lear, Rajeev Gupta, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Antonio L Dans, Andrzej Szuba, Khalid F Alhabib, Manmeet Kaur, Omar Rahman, Pamela Seron, Rafael Diaz, Thandi Puoane, Weida Liu, Yibing Zhu, Yundong Sheng, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Jephat Chifamba, Ismail Rosnah, Kubilay Karsidag, Roya Kelishadi, Annika Rosengren, Rasha Khatib, Leela Itty Amma K R, Syed Iqbal Azam, Koon Teo, Salim Yusuf
• A holistic approach to promoting early child development: a cluster randomised trial of a group-based, multicomponent intervention in rural Bangladesh (16 March, 2021)

  Helen O Pitchik, Fahmida Tofail, Mahbubur Rahman, Fahmida Akter, Jesmin Sultana, Abul Kasham Shoab, Tarique Md. Nurul Huda, Tania Jahir, Md Ruhul Amin, Md Khobair Hossain, Jyoti Bhushan Das, Esther O Chung, Kendra A Byrd, Farzana Yeasmin, Laura H Kwong, Jenna E Forsyth, Malay K Mridha, Peter J Winch, Stephen P Luby, Lia CH Fernald
• Evidence of the effectiveness of travel-related measures during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid systematic review (15 March, 2021)

  Karen Ann Grépin, Tsi-Lok Ho, Zhihan Liu, Summer Marion, Julianne Piper, Catherine Z Worsnop, Kelley Lee
• Global and regional levels and trends of child and adolescent morbidity from 2000 to 2016: an analysis of years lost due to disability (YLDs) (17 March, 2021)

  Regina Guthold, Emily White Johansson, Colin Douglas Mathers, David A Ross
• Patterns and trends in causes of child and adolescent mortality 2000–2016: setting the scene for child health redesign (17 March, 2021)

  Kathleen L Strong, Jon Pedersen, Emily White Johansson, Bochen Cao, Theresa Diaz, Regina Guthold, Danzhen You, Jennifer Requejo, Li Liu
• Severe malnutrition or famine exposure in childhood and cardiometabolic non-communicable disease later in life: a systematic review (10 March, 2021)

  Kelsey Grey, Gerard Bryan Gonzales, Mubarek Abera, Natasha Lelijveld, Debbie Thompson, Melkamu Berhane, Alemseged Abdissa, Tsinuel Girma, Marko Kerac
• Impact and effect mechanisms of mass campaigns in resource-constrained health systems: quasi-experimental evidence from polio eradication in Nigeria (8 March, 2021)

  Marco J Haenssgen, Svea Closser, Olakunle Alonge
• Use of social impact bonds in financing health systems responses to non-communicable diseases: scoping review (5 March, 2021)

  Emily Susannah Grace Hulse, Rifat Atun, Barbara McPake, John Tayu Lee
• Short-term, medium-term and long-term effects of early parenting interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review (5 March, 2021)

  Joshua Jeong, Helen O Pitchik, Günther Fink
• Cost-effectiveness of community health systems strengthening: quality improvement interventions at community level to realise maternal and child health gains in Kenya (3 March, 2021)

  Meghan Bruce Kumar, Jason J Madan, Peter Auguste, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Lilian Otiso, Christian B Ochieng, Nelly Muturi, Elizabeth Mgamb, Edwine Barasa
• Improving estimates of the burden of severe wasting: analysis of secondary prevalence and incidence data from 352 sites (2 March, 2021)

  Sheila Isanaka, Christopher T Andersen, Simon Cousens, Mark Myatt, André Briend, Julia Krasevec, Chika Hayashi, Amy Mayberry, Louise Mwirigi, Saul Guerrero
• A novel development indicator based on population-average height trajectories of children aged 0–5 years modelled using 145 surveys in 64 countries, 2000–2018 (1 March, 2021)

  Eric O Ohuma, Diego G Bassani, Huma Qamar, Seungmi Yang, Daniel E Roth
• Is being a 'left-behind' child associated with an increased risk of self-poisoning in adulthood? Findings from a case–control study in Sri Lanka (1 March, 2021)

  Duleeka Knipe, Paul Moran, Laura D Howe, Piumee Bandara, Kolitha Wickramage, David Gunnell, Thilini Rajapakse
• Small and sick newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic: global survey and thematic analysis of healthcare providers’ voices and experiences (14 March, 2021)

  Suman P N Rao, Nicole Minckas, Melissa M Medvedev, David Gathara, Prashantha Y N, Abiy Seifu Estifanos, Alfrida Camelia Silitonga, Arun Singh Jadaun, Ebunoluwa A Adejuyigbe, Helen Brotherton, Sugandha Arya, Rani Gera, Chinyere V Ezeaka, Abdou Gai, Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu, Queen Dube, Aarti Kumar, Helga Naburi, Msandeni Chiume, Victor Tumukunde, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Gyikua Plange-Rhule, Josephine Shabini, Eric O Ohuma, Henok Tadele, Fitsum W/Gebriel, Amanuel Hadgu, Lamesgin Alamineh, Rajesh Mehta, Elizabeth Molyneux, Joy E Lawn