India has run multiple Government-Funded Health Insurance schemes (GFHIS) over the
past decades to ensure affordable healthcare. We assessed GFHIS evolution with a special …

Background High prevalence of diabetes has been reported in the Americas, but no
comprehensive analysis of diabetes burden and related factors for the region is available …

For universal surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care by 2030, the Lancet
Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) suggested tracking six indicators. We reviewed …

Abstract Background Rural India has a severe shortage of human resources for health
(HRH). The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) deploys HRH in the rural public health …

India, the largest lower-middle-income country (LMIC), contributes one-fifth of the global
population that lacks timely access to safe and affordable essential and emergency surgery …

Prior studies have reported increased cortical excitability in people with Alzheimer's disease
(AD), but findings have been inconsistent, and how excitability relates to dementia severity …

In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, countries across the globe undertook several stringent
movement restrictions to prevent the virus spread. In April 2020, around 3.9 billion people in …

Background Alcohol is a leading behavioral risk factor for death and disability worldwide.
Tanzania has few trained personnel and resources for treating unhealthy alcohol use. In …

What Is the Innovation? There is a strong desire by surgeons and patients in low-and
middleincome countries (LMICs) to access laparoscopic surgery. However, access is …

Background Many surgeons in low-and middle-income countries have described performing
surgery using gasless (lift) laparoscopy due to inaccessibility of carbon dioxide and reliable …