Despite efforts to curb the rise in Mexico's child and adolescent overweight and obesity
rates, prevalence in Mexico has grown by 120% since 1990 to 43.3% in 2022. This …

Hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is largely undiagnosed
and uncontrolled, representing an untapped opportunity for public health improvement …

Background Obesity is a growing public health challenge worldwide with significant health
and economic impacts. However, much of what is known about the economic impacts of …

Introduction The scope of the challenge of overweight and obesity (OAO) has not been fully
realised globally, in part because much of what is known about the economic impacts of …

Existing (binary) understandings of gender affirm some types of gendered accounts as
“authentic,” while others are discredited or obscured. As a consequence, many transgender …

Background: Compared with white patients, black patients are more likely to undergo
cardiac surgery at low-quality hospitals, even when they live closer to high-quality ones …

Background—Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) must often see
multiple providers dispersed across many care locations. To test whether teamwork …

Hyperlipidemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease–the leading cause of death
globally. Increased understanding of the cost-effectiveness of hyperlipidemia treatment in …

Objective. To synthesize learnings from four national tobacco control investment cases
conducted in the Americas (Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Suriname) under the World …

Despite the high burden of hyperlipidemia and the effectiveness of treatment, evidence
suggests that the accessibility of hyperlipidemia medicines can be low in many low-and …