Table of contents

Original research

• Predicting poor mental health among older Syrian refugees in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nested cross-sectional study (30 August, 2024)

  Berthe Abi Zeid, Leen Farouki, Tanya El Khoury, Abla M. Sibai, Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Marwan F Alawieh, Zeinab Ramadan, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Hala Ghattas, Stephen J McCall
• Defining and identifying the critical elements of operational readiness for public health emergency events: a rapid scoping review (29 August, 2024)

  René English, Heather Carlson, Heike Geduld, Juliet Charity Yauka Nyasulu, Quinette Louw, Karina Berner, Maria Yvonne Charumbira, Michele Pappin, Michael McCaul, Conran Joseph, Nina Gobat, Linda Lucy Boulanger, Nedret Emiroglu
• At-home specimen self-collection as an additional testing strategy for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis (27 August, 2024)

  Amanda C Smith, Phoebe G Thorpe, Emily R Learner, Eboni T Galloway, Ellen N Kersh
• Ethical preparedness of data monitoring committees (DMCs) to oversee international clinical trials: a qualitative descriptive study (25 August, 2024)

  Alex Hinga, Akram Ibrahim, Diego Vintimilla, Mickayla Jones, Lisa Eckstein, Annette Rid, Seema K Shah, Dorcas Kamuya
• A framework for identifying opportunities for multisectoral action for drowning prevention in health and sustainable development agendas: a multimethod approach (22 August, 2024)

  Justin-Paul Scarr, David R Meddings, Caroline Lukaszyk, Joanne Adrienne Vincenten, Aminur Rahman, Steve Wills, Jagnoor Jagnoor
• Core outcome sets for trials of interventions to prevent and to treat multimorbidity in adults in low and middle-income countries: the COSMOS study (19 August, 2024)

  Aishwarya Lakshmi Vidyasagaran, Rubab Ayesha, Jan R Boehnke, Jamie Kirkham, Louise Rose, John R Hurst, Juan Jaime Miranda, Rusham Zahra Rana, Rajesh Vedanthan, Mehreen Riaz Faisal, Saima Afaq, Gina Agarwal, Carlos Alberto Aguilar-Salinas, Kingsley Akinroye, Rufus Olusola Akinyemi, Syed Rahmat Ali, Rabeea Aman, Cecilia Anza-Ramirez, Koralagamage Kavindu Appuhamy, Se-Sergio Baldew, Corrado Barbui, Sandro Rogerio Rodrigues Batista, María del Carmen Caamaño, Asiful Haidar Chowdhury, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira-Filha, Darwin Del Castillo Fernández, Laura Downey, Oscar Flores-Flores, Olga P García, Ana Cristina García-Ulloa, Richard IG Holt, Rumana Huque, Johnblack K Kabukye, Sushama Kanan, Humaira Khalid, Kamrun Nahar Koly, Joseph Senyo Kwashie, Naomi S Levitt, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Sailesh Mohan, Krishna Prasad Muliyala, Qirat Naz, Augustine Nonso Odili, Adewale L Oyeyemi, Niels Victor Pacheco-Barrios, Devarsetty Praveen, Marianna Purgato, Dolores Ronquillo, Kamran Siddiqi, Rakesh Singh, Phuong Bich Tran, Pervaiz Tufail, Eleonora P Uphoff, Josefien van Olmen, Ruth Verhey, Judy M Wright, Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka, Gerardo A Zavala, Yang William Zhao, Najma Siddiqi
• Task-sharing spinal anaesthesia care in three rural Indian hospitals: a non-inferiority randomised controlled clinical trial (16 August, 2024)

  Nandakumar Menon, Regi George, Raman Kataria, Ravi Manoharan, Meredith B. Brooks, Alaska Pendleton, Veena Sheshadri, Sudarshana Chatterjee, Wesley Rajaleelan, Jithen Krishnan, Simone Sandler, Saurabh Saluja, David Ljungman, Nakul Raykar, Emma Svensson, Isaac Wasserman, Anudari Zorigtbaatar, Gnanaraj Jesudian, Salim Afshar, John G Meara, Alexander W Peters, Craig D McClain
• Determinants of translating routine health information system data into action in Mozambique: a qualitative study (16 August, 2024)

  Nami Kawakyu, Celso Inguane, Quinhas Fernandes, Artur Gremu, Florencia Floriano, Nelia Manaca, Isaías Ramiro, Priscilla Felimone, Jeremias Armindo Azevedo Alfandega, Xavier Alcides Isidor, Santana Mário Missage, Bradley H Wagenaar, Kenneth Sherr, Sarah Gimbel
• The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial (16 August, 2024)

  Günther Fink, Lindsey M Locks, Jacqueline M. Lauer, Mpela Chembe, Savanna Henderson, Dorothy Sikazwe, Tamara Billima-Mulenga, Doug Parkerson, Peter C Rockers
• Birth outcomes and survival by sex among newborns and children under 2 in the Birhan Cohort: a prospective cohort study in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia (13 August, 2024)

  Emily Thompson, Getachew Mullu Kassa, Robera Olana Fite, Clara Pons-Duran, Frederick G B Goddard, Alemayehu Worku, Sebastien Haneuse, Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw, Delayehu Bekele, Kassahun Alemu, Lisanu Taddesse, Grace J Chan
• Long-term retention and positive deviant practices in Uganda’s community client-led antiretroviral distribution groups (CCLADs): a mixed-methods study (12 August, 2024)

  Julian Natukunda, Keith Baleeta, Junko Kiriya, Ken Ing Cherng Ong, Rogie Royce Carandang, Augustin Muhwezi, Akira Shibanuma, Masamine Jimba
• Frailty: a global health challenge in need of local action (9 August, 2024)

  Schenelle Dayna Dlima, Alex Hall, Abodunrin Quadri Aminu, Asangaedem Akpan, Chris Todd, Emma R L C Vardy