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  1. Cigarette smoking history, e-cigarette use, and Long COVID: a population-based analysis
  2. Proceedings of the Global Health Focus Youth Conference 2025: The Role of Young People in Advancing Global Health Education, Research, and Leadership
  3. Daily and Nondaily E‐Cigarette Use in Relation to Cigarette Consumption Among Current Smokers
  4. Associations of exclusive e-cigarette use and dual use of e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes with prevalent and incident hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  5. Pandemic on ships: lessons from the COVID-19 outbreak for future preparedness
  6. Prevalence and correlates of e-cigarette use among older adults aged 60 years and over
  7. Association between electronic cigarette use and prediabetes, diabetes, and insulin resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  8. Heterogeneous Oral Health Outcomes by Combustible Cigarette Smoking, E ‐Cigarette Use and Dual Use: A Cross‐Sectional Population‐Based Analysis
  9. Cigarette smoking, e-cigarette use, and hypertension: a population-based cross-sectional study
  10. Regional inequalities and temporal trends in maternal disorders across sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease 2023 data
  11. Escaping the metric-driven governance trap in global health: how DALYs and coverage indicators mislead policymakers in LMICs
  12. Determinants and pathways of smoking cessation among 147,691 adults living with disability
  13. E-Cigarette Use and Incident Hypertension
  14. Intellectual and physical disability, household living arrangements and COVID-19 outcomes in Scotland: protocol for a retrospective cohort study
  15. Intellectual and Physical Disability and Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalisation, and Mortality: A National Cohort of 3.7 Million Adults in Scotland
  16. E-cigarette use among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  17. Global Health Implications of US Exit From WHO and Suspension of Aid
  18. Effects of smoking cessation interventions on vascular health markers: a scoping review
  19. E-cigarette use among adults with cardiometabolic conditions
  20. Harm Reduction Implications of Vaping Overtaking Smoking in Great Britain
  21. Smoking Cessation Inertia in Diabetes Care
  22. Functional disability and the risk of subsequent smoking initiation: A prospective cohort analysis
  23. Prescribed Medication Burden by Tobacco Smoking and E‐Cigarette Use Status
  24. Barriers and enablers of research participation among undergraduate health students in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
  25. R21/MATRIX malaria vaccine: awareness, perception, acceptability, and willingness to pay among caregivers of under-five children in endemic communities in Lagos, Nigeria
  26. The WHO pandemic agreement—securing Africa’s leadership in a fragmenting global order
  27. Loneliness and E-cigarette Use Among Adolescents in England: Evidence From the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Survey 2023
  28. Prepandemic Risk Factors for Disabling Long COVID: A Prospective Cohort Analysis
  29. The need for antimicrobial stewardship in maritime settings
  30. Associations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with life satisfaction and self-rated health: quantifying the subjective burden in a population-based study
  31. Mortality burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in East Africa: pooled analysis of modelled estimates
  32. Leveraging a people-centred approach to combat antimicrobial resistance in Africa
  33. Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C among prison inmates in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  34. Tobacco smoking by disability status before and after COVID-19 onset: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of 1 087 678 adults
  35. Disposal practices for unused and expired medications among outpatients in three healthcare facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria: a cross-sectional analysis
  36. Who does not want to quit? Determinants of no intention to stop smoking in a population-based sample of current smokers
  37. Self-Rated Health by Time Since Smoking Cessation
  38. A structured training intervention on tobacco harm reduction for mental health workers across two psychiatric hospitals in Malawi: a quasi-experimental pre–post study
  39. Differences in respiratory wheezing between current exclusive e-cigarette users, current exclusive cigarette smokers, and never users of either product: findings from a population-based study
  40. Disposal practices of unused and expired medications among healthcare practitioners in Ibadan, Nigeria: results from a cross-sectional survey
  41. Differential associations between smoking, e-cigarette use, and diabetes prevalence
  42. Tobacco smoking and the risk of Long COVID: a prospective cohort study with mediation analysis
  43. An Equity‐Focused Systematic Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plans in 14 West African Countries
  44. Pre-pandemic diabetes and risk of long COVID: longitudinal evidence
  45. Barriers and Enablers of Research Participation Among Undergraduate Health Students in Sub- Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
  46. Preoperative smoking cessation interventions and their effects on smoking abstinence and postoperative outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  47. Strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance across African military settings
  48. Association between household secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and regular e-cigarette use among adolescents: evidence from a national school-based survey
  49. Socioeconomic deprivation and its association with polypharmacy in England: results from a national cross-sectional survey
  50. Physical disability and risk of incident hypertension: a prospective cohort analysis
  51. Mapping Disease Burden of Major Depressive Disorder and Its Risk Factors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  52. Predictors of e-cigarette use among individuals with asthma: findings from a cross-sectional population-based study
  53. Self-medication among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria: an analysis of determinants, knowledge, perception, attitude, and practice
  54. ‘E-cigarette smoking’ is a misleading term: a critical review of its use in academic literature
  55. When meta-analysis misleads: the need for methodological integrity in e-cigarette research
  56. Improved aerobic capacity in a randomized controlled trial of noncombustible nicotine and tobacco products
  57. Economic burden attributable to high BMI-caused cancers: a global level analysis between 2002 and 2021
  58. Closing gender equality gaps in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
  59. Access, Utilization and Barriers to  Malaria Preventive Intervention  for Children under the Age of Five in Flood-Affected Region in South-South, Nigeria
  60. Leveraging artificial intelligence to combat antimicrobial resistance in geriatric care
  61. Left behind no more: ensuring equitable vaccine access to curb mpox in Africa
  62. Antibiotic Use and Misuse in Maritime Settings: Challenges and Implications for Global Antimicrobial Resistance Response
  63. Determinants of knowledge of risks associated with cigarette smoking among adolescents in Scotland
  64. Antimicrobial Resistance on Ships: A Narrative Review
  65. Measuring and addressing violence against women with disabilities in Africa
  66. XEC severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 subvariant in Africa: A rising health alarm
  67. Assessing the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions toward smoking cessation among medical students in Rwanda
  68. Distribution, Risk Factors and Epidemiological Trends of Pancreatic Cancer Across Countries’ Income Levels: A Comprehensive Analysis
  69. Self-rated health differences between exclusive e-cigarette users and exclusive cigarette smokers: evidence from the 2017–2019 Scottish Health Survey
  70. Antimicrobial Resistance in Slums: A Call for Global Action
  71. Factors contributing to under-5 child mortality in Nigeria: A narrative review
  72. Rethinking Global Health Research: Decolonization and Equity in Epidemiology
  73. The role of artificial intelligence in enhancing healthcare for people with disabilities
  74. Understanding research gaps and priorities for tobacco harm reduction in low-income and middle-income countries
  75. Utilizing Administrative Data to Inform Health Promotion, Policy, and Practice
  76. Top 10 Public Health Challenges for 2024: Charting a New Direction for Global Health Security
  77. Mpox as an emerging health threat for survivors of sex trafficking
  78. Comparing self-rated health among exclusive e-cigarette users and traditional cigarette smokers: an analysis of the Health Survey for England 2019
  79. Antimicrobial prescribing practices and factors associated with antimicrobial prescribing in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Oyo state: A retrospective study
  80. Lady health workers smoking cessation initiative in rural Pakistan
  81. Caught between violence: Mpox virus and the perils of neglect in Africa
  82. Regulation of health professions education and the growth of schools in Somalia
  83. Broadening the Global Mpox Response: A Critical Reflection on Vulnerable Populations
  84. Sex Workers and the Mpox Response in Africa
  85. HIV and Smoking in Eswatini: Gaps and Opportunities for Cessation and Harm Reduction
  86. Loneliness is associated with smoking and alcohol consumption in older adults: Findings from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey
  87. Disease Burden, Risk Factors, and Temporal Trends in Breast Cancer in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Global Study
  88. Prevalence, demographic, socio-economic, and lifestyle factors associated with cigarette, e-cigarette, and dual use: evidence from the 2017–2021 Scottish Health Survey
  89. Public Health Word of the Year 2023 — Conflict
  90. The realities of adolescent sexual behaviours in Nigeria: a narrative review
  91. Sexual and reproductive health rights in the era of artificial intelligence
  92. Leaving no one behind: addressing the sexuality of people with disabilities
  93. Climate change, flooding, and HIV transmission in Africa: Potential relationships and a call for action
  94. Prevalence and Determinants of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents in Thailand: Evidence From 2021 Global School-Based Health Survey
  95. Predictors and Prevalence of Alcohol and Cannabis Co-use Among Filipino Adolescents: Evidence From a School-based Student Health Survey
  96. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Artificial Intelligence Among Healthcare Professionals in Mogadishu, Somalia
  97. Antimicrobial resistance and people living with disabilities
  98. Harnessing the potential of African youth for transforming health research in Africa
  99. Navigating the digital frontier during the COVID‐19 pandemic and EVALI epidemic: The impact of social media on public health
  100. Somalia’s Medical Education and Regulation: A Review of the Health Regulatory Landscape
  101. Addressing language inequities in global health science scholarly publishing
  102. Knowledge, perception, and willingness of emerging Public Health Advocates to effectively communicate about smoking cessation and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Africa
  103. Exacerbation of food insecurity in Africa: A consequence of the dual threat of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine crisis
  104. Awareness, Coverage, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination among Undergraduate Students in Nigeria
  105. How the World Bank's Pandemic Fund can address health inequities
  106. Drug take-back program: assessment of knowledge, practices, and barriers to safe disposal of unused medication among healthcare students in a Nigerian university
  107. Ten golden rules for optimal antibiotic use in hospital settings: the WARNING call to action
  108. Antimicrobial stewardship: community pharmacists’ antibiotic dispensing practices, knowledge, and perception regarding antibiotics and antibiotic resistance
  109. Exploring electronic cigarette portrayals: a content and thematic analysis of African online news coverage
  110. Beyond rhetoric in the pandemic treaty: Prioritizing equity and inclusion for marginalized populations
  111. The hidden mental health crisis of antimicrobial resistance
  112. The Roles of Pharmacists in Responding to Public Health Emergencies: A Case of COVID-19
  113. Public Health Word of the Year 2022 – New Normal
  114. Knowledge, Perception, and Willingness of Emerging Public Health Advocates to Effectively Communicate about Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Africa
  115. The global antimicrobial resistance response effort must not exclude marginalised populations
  116. Taliban's war on educating girls and women must end now: A call for global actions
  117. Top 10 public health challenges to track in 2023: Shifting focus beyond a global pandemic
  118. Balancing the risks and benefits of antibiotic use in a globalized world: the ethics of antimicrobial resistance
  119. Portrayal of electronic cigarettes in the news
  120. Decolonizing Epidemiological Research: A Critical Perspective
  121. The Pandemic Treaty, the Pandemic Fund, and the Global Commons: our scepticism
  122. Revisiting COVID-19 Response in Nigeria: An Overview
  123. Monkeypox virus among seafarers is not to be neglected
  124. Strengthening Africa’s capacity for vaccine research: Needs and challenges
  125. The COVID-19 pandemic and health workforce brain drain in Nigeria
  126. Bibliometric analysis of contributions to COVID-19 research in Malaysia
  127. Socioeconomic inequalities in prostate cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries: An analysis of the demographic and health surveys between 2010 and 2019
  128. Fixing Data Gaps for Population Health in Africa: An Urgent Need
  129. Self-medication practices among seafarers: a bibliometric review
  130. Monkeypox outbreak: The need to include prisons in public health response
  131. Mental health implications of monkeypox: An urgent need for action
  132. Nigeria End Malaria Council: What to expect
  133. Navigating the COVID-19 outbreak in Zambia
  134. Perspective Chapter: Tobacco Control in Sub-Saharan Africa – Challenges and Recommendations
  135. Increasing challenges of malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for public health research and policymakers
  136. Undergraduate students’ involvement in research: Values, benefits, barriers and recommendations
  137. Neglecting antibiotic stewardship in prisons: A concern for antimicrobial resistance response
  138. Targeting the wrong enemies: Monkeys are not responsible for the current outbreak of monkeypox
  139. Top ten public health challenges to track in 2022
  140. Addressing the social issues around vaccination could be the pivotal strategy to achieve the 2022 COVID-19 vaccination coverage target
  141. Tobacco control needs a choice-based approach to curb cigarette smoking
  142. Nigeria's scientific contributions to COVID-19: A bibliometric analysis
  143. Why are missed opportunities for immunisation and immunisation defaulting among children indistinguishable?
  144. Factors influencing severity of recurrent malaria in a conflict-affected state of South Sudan: an unmatched case-control study
  145. Revisiting the issue of access to medicines in Africa: Challenges and recommendations
  146. Decisive or impulsive? Re-examining Africa’s lockdown response to COVID-19
  147. Exposure to household air pollution from cooking fuel in Ugandan households and associated household factors: a retrospective analysis of demographic and health survey data
  148. Medical Use of Cannabis in Africa: The Pharmacists’ Perspective
  149. Why many African countries may not achieve the 2022 COVID-19 vaccination coverage target
  150. Impact of Nyiragongo Volcanic Eruptions on the Resilience to the COVID-19 and Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  151. Community engagement in global health research
  152. Challenges facing pharmaceutical care provision in Nigerian tertiary hospitals: A short review
  153. COVID 19 and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa: Perspectives from Ghana
  154. Could seafarers serve as medium of transmission of resistant bacteria?
  155. COVID-19 surveillance systems in 13 African countries
  156. The status of neglected tropical diseases amidst COVID-19 in Africa: Current evidence and recommendations
  157. Can Africa achieve herd immunity?
  158. Why climate change can cause new diseases, and what we need to do about it
  159. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on antenatal healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa
  160. Leveraging mobile health technology towards Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria
  161. The African continent needs to prioritise planetary health
  162. Dealing with two ‘SARS’ outbreaks in Nigeria: The public health implications
  163. Enhancing preventive medicine over curative medicine: Role of telemedicine
  164. Increasing coverage of vaccination by pharmacists in Nigeria; an urgent need
  165. Prison health during the COVID-19 era in Africa
  166. Uneven power dynamics must be levelled in COVID-19 vaccines access and distribution
  167. How West African countries prioritize health
  168. What sub-Saharan African countries can learn from malaria elimination in China
  169. Self-medication with antibiotics among seafarers: a public health issue
  170. Zoonotic infectious diseases and maritime seaport: areas of concern
  171. Cost Implications of Menstrual Hygiene Management in Nigeria and Its Associated Impacts
  172. Trends in Household Air Pollution Contributed by the Type of Cooking Fuel Used in Ugandan Households from 2000 to 2016 and Associated Household Factors: An Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys
  173. COVID‐19 calls for health systems strengthening in Africa: A case of Nigeria
  174. Ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines among marginalised populations in Africa
  175. COVID-19 and its impacts: The situation in Niger republic
  176. COVID‐19 and progress towards achieving universal health coverage in Africa: A case of Nigeria
  177. The use of antibiotics in COVID-19 management: a rapid review of national treatment guidelines in 10 African countries
  178. Prevalence, risk factors and impact of cellular immunity on intestinal parasitosis among people living with HIV at Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria
  179. Pharmacoeconomics in Africa: needs, prospect and challenges
  180. Risk communication and community engagement strategies for COVID-19 in 13 African countries
  181. Community distribution of oxygen: a unique COVID-19 intervention
  182. Factors influencing severity of recurrent malaria in a conflict-affected State of south Sudan
  183. Towards improving community pharmacy-based mental health services in Nigeria
  184. Vaccinate people in Africa’s prisons against COVID-19
  185. UK aid and research double accounting hits SDG projects
  186. COVID-19: A novel burden on the fragile health system of Angola
  187. COVID-19 in a shattered health system: Case of Libya
  188. Dam if You Do, Dam if You Don't: Politics and Floods in the Shadow of COVID-19 in Sudan
  189. Psychosocial factors of stigma and relationship to healthcare services among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Kano state, Nigeria
  190. Willingness to Vaccinate against COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: An Online Survey in 10 Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
  191. Who Will Pay for the COVID-19 Vaccines for Africa?
  192. Towards 90-90-90 Target: COVID-19 and HIV Response in Africa
  193. COVID-19 Highlights the Need for Inclusive Responses to Public Health Emergencies in Africa
  194. Drug supply shortage in Nigeria during COVID-19: efforts and challenges
  195. Drug supply situation in Rwanda during COVID-19: issues, efforts and challenges
  196. Toward pharmacy-based smoking cessation services in Nigeria: Knowledge, perception and practice of community pharmacists
  197. “Annals of Public Health Issues” Has Come to Stay!
  198. COVID-19 and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review
  199. The challenge of dearth of information in Tanzania’s COVID-19 response
  200. Towards an inclusive health agenda: people who inject drugs and the COVID-19 response in Africa
  201. Volcanic and Limnic eruption: a potential threat to one health
  202. When it is available, will we take it? Social media users’ perception of hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria
  203. Key population of HIV should not be forgotten in Africa's COVID-19 response: Nigeria as a case study
  204. Psychosocial Factors of Stigma and Relationship to Healthcare Service among Adolescents Living With HIV/AIDS in Kano State, Nigeria
  205. Identifying the Gaps in HIV Prevention and Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria
  206. Lesson learned from student-led one hundred days awareness on antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria
  207. The impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy students in Sudan: A cross-sectional survey
  208. Sex Workers Should not Be Forgotten in Africa’s COVID-19 Response
  209. COVID-19 in Nigeria: Is the pharmaceutical sector spared?
  210. Drug shortage crisis in Sudan in times of COVID-19
  211. Last fight of wild polio in Africa: Nigeria’s battle
  212. Impact of COVID-19 on Pharmacy Education
  213. Polio in Afghanistan: The Current Situation amid COVID-19
  214. Addressing COVID-19 in Afghanistan: What are the efforts and challenges?
  215. When it is available, will we take it? Public perception of hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria
  216. Conflict and COVID-19: a double burden for Afghanistan’s healthcare system
  217. Prospects of BNAbs in Management of HIV/AIDS
  218. Impact of COVID‐19 on access to healthcare in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Current evidence and future recommendations
  219. Nigeria, COVID-19 and the dearth of health workers
  220. Rural communities in Africa should not be forgotten in responses to COVID ‐19
  221. Assessment of Health Budgetary Allocation and Expenditure Toward Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria
  222. Philippines braces for the typhoon season amidst COVID-19
  223. COVID-19 in the Elderly and the Immunocompromised
  224. Proposed model for hospital and community pharmacy services during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
  225. COVID-19: Community Pharmacy Practice in Africa
  226. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on medicine security in Africa: Nigeria as a case study
  227. Addressing COVID-19 in Malawi
  228. Mineral composition of two Stylosanthes species oversown in natural pasture: effect of tillage practice and sowing method
  229. COVID-19 Pandemic: Medical and Pharmacy Education in Nigeria
  230. Current efforts and challenges facing responses to 2019-nCoV in Africa
  231. SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Africa: needs and challenges
  232. The formidable task of fighting COVID-19 in Sudan
  233. The First Eighty-Four (84) Days of COVID-19 in Africa: Analysis of Incidence and Deaths Associated with COVID-19
  234. Coronavirus disease-19 and access to medicines in Africa
  235. Depression Among Pharmacy Students in Nigeria: Is It a Neglected Issue?
  236. Burden of Tuberculosis and Challenges Facing Its Eradication in West Africa
  237. Letter to the Editor: Pharmacy Education in Africa
  238. Prevalence and Socio-economic Impacts of Malnutrition Among Children in Uganda
  239. Policy Reform Towards Implementing Harm Reduction in Nigeria
  240. Assessment of self-medication practices with antibiotics among undergraduate university students in Rwanda
  241. Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Access to HAART by Pregnant Women Living with HIV