Table of contents

Original research

• Levels and determinants of overprescribing of antibiotics in the public and private primary care sectors in South Africa (31 July, 2023)

  Mylene Lagarde, Duane Blaauw
• WHO Global Situational Alert System: a mixed methods multistage approach to identify country-level COVID-19 alerts (26 July, 2023)

  Martina McMenamin, Jessica Kolmer, Irena Djordjevic, Finlay Campbell, Henry Laurenson-Schafer, Jessica Lee Abbate, Basma Mostafa Abdelgawad, Amarnath Babu, Thierno Balde, Neale Batra, Victoria D Bélorgeot, Hannah Brindle, Tshewang Dorji, Marjam Esmail, Ingrid Hammermeister Nezu, Lucía Hernández-García, Mahmoud Hassan, Friday Idoko, Sarah Karmin, Zyleen A Kassamali, Masaya Kato, Tamano Matsui, Mengjuan Duan, Villyen Motaze, Opeayo Ogundiran, Boris I Pavlin, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Kathleen Ryan, Tanja Schmidt, Tika Sedai, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Teresa Zakaria, Michael Höhle, Abdi R Mahamud, Olivier le Polain de Waroux
• Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020 and 2021 waves in Antananarivo, Madagascar (26 July, 2023)

  Joelinotahiana Hasina Rabarison, Jean Marius Rakotondramanga, Rila Ratovoson, Bruno Masquelier, Anjaraso Maharavo Rasoanomenjanahary, Anou Dreyfus, Andres Garchitorena, Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Norosoa Harline Razanajatovo, Soa Fy Andriamandimby, C Jessica Metcalf, Vincent Lacoste, Jean-Michel Heraud, Philippe Dussart
• Substantial increase in stillbirth rate during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a population-based study in the Indian state of Bihar (25 July, 2023)

  Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, Md Akbar, S Siva Prasad Dora, Lalit Dandona
• The global health and care worker compact: evidence base and policy considerations (25 July, 2023)

  Eric A Friedman, Robert Bickford, Charles Bjork, James Campbell, Giorgio Cometto, Alexandra Finch, Catherine Kane, Sarah Wetter, Lawrence Gostin
• War-related sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: a community-based study (21 July, 2023)

  Girmatsion Fisseha, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot, Mengistu Welday Gebremichael, Shishay Wahdey, Gebrekiros Gebremichael Meles, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Awol Yemane Legesse, Akeza Awealom Asgedom, Mache Tsadik, Abraha Woldemichael, Aregawi Gebreyesus, Haftom Temesgen Abebe, Yibrah Alemayehu Haile, Selome Gezahegn, Maru Aregawi, Kiros T Berhane, Hagos Godefay, Afework Mulugeta
• Cost-effectiveness of community-based distribution of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (21 July, 2023)

  Laia Cirera, Charfudin Sacoor, Martin Meremikwu, Louise Ranaivo, Manu F Manun’Ebo, Clara Pons-Duran, Dachi Arikpo, Maximo Ramirez, Francesco Ramponi, Antia Figueroa-Romero, Raquel Gonzalez, Christina Maly, Elaine Roman, Elisa Sicuri, Franco Pagnoni, Clara Menéndez
• An analysis of WHO’s Temporary Recommendations on international travel and trade measures during Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (18 July, 2023)

  Catherine Z Worsnop, Samuel Nass, Karen Ann Grépin, Kelley Lee
• Estimating the economic burden of long-Covid: the additive cost of healthcare utilisation among COVID-19 recoverees in Israel (18 July, 2023)

  Yael Wolff Sagy, Ilan Feldhamer, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Gil Lavie
• Using routine health data to evaluate the impact of indoor residual spraying on malaria transmission in Madagascar (18 July, 2023)

  Emily R Hilton, Saraha Rabeherisoa, Herizo Ramandimbiarijaona, Julie Rajaratnam, Allison Belemvire, Laurent Kapesa, Sarah Zohdy, Catherine Dentinger, Timothee Gandaho, Djenam Jacob, Sarah Burnett, Celestin Razafinjato
• Severity and outcomes of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 compared to Delta variant and severity of Omicron sublineages: a systematic review and metanalysis (6 July, 2023)

  Pryanka Relan, Nkengafac Villyen Motaze, Kavita Kothari, Lisa Askie, Olivier Le Polain de Waroux, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Janet Diaz, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan
• The potential impact of novel tuberculosis vaccines on health equity and financial protection in low-income and middle-income countries (12 July, 2023)

  Allison Portnoy, Rebecca A Clark, Chathika K Weerasuriya, Christinah Mukandavire, Matthew Quaife, Roel Bakker, Inés Garcia Baena, Nebiat Gebreselassie, Matteo Zignol, Mark Jit, Richard G White, Nicolas A Menzies
• Estimating the prevalence of poor-quality anti-TB medicines: a neglected risk for global TB control and resistance (11 July, 2023)

  Patricia Tabernero, Paul N Newton
• Cost-effectiveness of measles and rubella elimination in low-income and middle-income countries (10 July, 2023)

  Ann Levin, Colleen Burgess, Stephanie Shendale, Winthrop Morgan, Raymond Cw Hutubessy, Measles–rubella Eradication Modelling Group, Mark Jit
• A narrative review of high-level isolation unit operational and infrastructure features (9 July, 2023)

  Joseph Lukowski, Angela Vasa, Christa Arguinchona, Wael ElRayes, Maria G Frank, Alison L Galdys, Mary C Garcia, Jennifer A Garland, Susan Kline, Caroline Persson, Darrell Ruby, Lauren M Sauer, Sami Vasistha, Sharon Carrasco, Jocelyn J Herstein
• Severity and outcomes of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 compared to Delta variant and severity of Omicron sublineages: a systematic review and metanalysis (6 July, 2023)

  Pryanka Relan, Nkengafac Villyen Motaze, Kavita Kothari, Lisa Askie, Olivier Le Polain de Waroux, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Janet Diaz, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan
• Global and regional burden of attributable and associated bacterial antimicrobial resistance avertable by vaccination: modelling study (6 July, 2023)

  Chaelin Kim, Marianne Holm, Isabel Frost, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Kaja Abbas
• A framework for community health worker optimisation in conflict settings: prerequisites and possibilities from Northwest Syria (5 July, 2023)

  Ahmad Habboush, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Brynne Gilmore
• Addressing sociodemographic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among youth in Zimbabwe (5 July, 2023)

  Leyla Larsson, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Victoria Simms, Mandikudza Tembo, Agnes Mahomva, Owen Mugurungi, Richard J Hayes, Constance R S Mackworth-Young, Sarah Bernays, Constancia Mavodza, Tinotenda Taruvinga, Tsitsi Bandason, Ethel Dauya, Rashida Abbas Ferrand, Katharina Kranzer
• Evolution of food and beverage prices after the front-of-package labelling regulations in Chile (3 July, 2023)

  Guillermo Paraje, Daniela Montes de Oca, Camila Corvalán, Barry M Popkin
• Evaluation of the Global Health Security Index as a predictor of COVID-19 excess mortality standardised for under-reporting and age structure (6 July, 2023)

  Jorge Ricardo Ledesma, Christopher R Isaac, Scott F Dowell, David L Blazes, Gabrielle V Essix, Katherine Budeski, Jessica Bell, Jennifer B Nuzzo