Factors associated with the consumption of ultra-processed food by Brazilian adolescents: National Survey of School Health, 2015 by Janiquelli Barbosa Silva, Bianca Caroline Elias, Sarah Warkentin, Laís Amaral Mais, Tulio Konstantyner

“…Conclusions: The results express the multifactorial characteristic of excessive consumption of ultra-processed foods and suggest the need for the development and implementation of health policies to guide the consumption of these foods and the importance of adopting healthy behaviors for this population group in both school and home environments.…”
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Spatial association and modelling of under-5 mortality in Thailand, 2020 by Suparerk Suerungruang, Kittipong Sornlorm, Wongsa Laohasiriwong, Roshan Kumar Mahato

“…Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the spatial distribution of U5MR and its associated factors, which highlights the need for tailored and localized health policies and interventions. …”
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Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Job Strain: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Amazon Basin by Davi Dantas Muniz, Kamile Santos Siqueira, Cristina Toledo Cornell, Miguel Morita Fernandes-Silva, Pascoal Torres Muniz, Odilson Marcos Silvestre

“…Given the high prevalence of poor CV health and lack of participants with ideal CV health, policies focusing on health education and lifestyle interventions are paramount to this population.…”
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Beyond the Plate: Uncovering Inequalities in Fruit and Vegetable Intake across Indonesian Districts by Ede Surya Darmawan, Dian Kusuma, Vetty Yulianty Permanasari, Vilda Amir, Dwi Hapsari Tjandrarini, Ika Dharmayanti

“…Despite its limitations, our study provides crucial insights for health policies in Indonesia and other LMICs.…”
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Overweight and obesity in 5- to 6-year-old schoolchildren in Switzerland from 2003 to 2018 by Luisa F. Narvaez, Per Mahler, Lynne Thadikkaran-Salomon, Emilien Jeannot

“…The significant increase in obesity observed since 2010 will have to be monitored and justifies pursuing public health policies and potentially some more aggressive approaches. …”
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A spatial indicator of environmental and climatic vulnerability in Rome by Chiara Badaloni, Manuela De Sario, Nicola Caranci, Francesca de' Donato, Andrea Bolignano, Marina Davoli, Letizia Leccese, Paola Michelozzi, Michela Leone

“…A new synthetic tool to summarize environmental and climatic vulnerability has been introduced for the city of Rome, Italy, to provide the basis for environmental and health policies. Methods: From a literature overview and based on the availability of data, several macro-dimensions were identified on 1,461 grid cells with a width of 1 km2 in Rome: land use, roads and traffic-related exposure, green space data, soil sealing, air pollution (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, C6H6, SO2), urban heat island intensity. …”
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Mortality trend analysis of ischemic heart disease in China between 2010 and 2019: a joinpoint analysis by Xiaoli Fu, Jing Wang, Shuai Jiang, Jian Wu, Zihan Mu, Yanyu Tang, Suxian Wang, Hang Fu, He Ma, Yaojun Zhao

“…Conclusions The upward trend in IHD mortality in China from 2010 to 2019, especially among female residents aged ≥ 75 years, poses continuing challenges to public health policies and actions.…”
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Public health and public trust: Survey evidence from the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in Liberia by Blair, Robert A., Morse, Benjamin Sherman, Tsai, Lily L.

“…Trust in government has long been viewed as an important determinant of citizens' compliance with public health policies, especially in times of crisis. Yet evidence on this relationship remains scarce, particularly in the developing world. …”
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Abdominal obesity in Malaysian adults: National Health and Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III, 2006) by Kee, Chee Cheong, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Mohamad Nor, Noor Safiza, A., Geeta, Khor, Geok Lin, Shahar, Suzana, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Rasat, Rahmah, Ali Zainuddin, Ahmad, Abdul Talib, Ruzita, Wong, NF, Yusoff, Ahmad Fauzi

“…There is an urgent need to revise public health policies and programmes aimed at prevention of abdominal obesity especially in the groups at risk.…”
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The effects of age on clinical characteristics, hospitalization and mortality of patients with influenza‐related illness at a tertiary care centre in Malaysia by Wong, Pui Li, Sii, Hoe Leong, P'ng, Chun Keat, Ee, Soon Sean, Yong Oong, Xiang, Ng, Kim Tien, Hanafi, Nik Sherina, Tee, Kok Keng, Tan, Maw Pin

“…Our findings will now inform future health policies on older persons and economic modelling of adult vaccination programmes. © 2019 The Authors. …”

Abdominal obesity in Malaysian adults: National Health and Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III, 2006) by Kee, Chee Cheong, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Mohammad Nor, Noor Safiza, Appannah, Geeta, Khor, Geok Lin, Shahar, Suzana, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Rasat, Rahmah, Zainuddin, Ahmad Ali, Abd Talib, Ruzita, Wong, N. F., Yusoff, Ahmad Faudzi

“…There is an urgent need to revise public health policies and programmes aimed at prevention of abdominal obesity especially in the groups at risk.…”
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Proceedings of the 23rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: part three by Riccardo Papa, Alessandro Consolaro, Francesca Minoia, Roberta Caorsi, Gianmichele Magnano, Marco Gattorno, Angelo Ravelli, Paolo Picco, Roberto Pillon, Denise Pires Marafon, Lidia Meli, Claudia Bracaglia, Andrea Taddio, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Enes Turan, Sara Sebnem Kilic, Yasuhiko Itoh, Tomoko Shigemori, Shingo Yamanishi, Hidehiko Nagasaki, Ela Tarakci, Nilay Arman, Devrim Tarakci, Yusuf S. Akgul, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Emily Wilson, Hanna Lythgoe, Eve Smith, Jenny Preston, Michael W. Beresford, Lynn R. Spiegel, Jennifer Stinson, Mark Connelly, Adam Huber, Nadia Luca, Argerie Tsimicalis, Stephanie Luca, Naweed Tajuddin, Roberta Berard, Julie Barsalou, Sarah Campillo, Brian Feldman, Shirley Tse, Paul Dancey, Ciaran Duffy, Nicole Johnson, Patrick McGrath, Natalie Shiff, Lori Tucker, Charles Victor, Lynn R. Spiegel, Chitra Lalloo, Lauren Harris, Joseph Cafazzo, Lori Tucker, Kristin Houghton, Brian Feldman, Nadia Luca, Ronald Laxer, Jennifer Stinson, Nilay Arman, Ela Tarakci, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Madeleine Rooney, Roisin Campbell, Catherine Wright, Wineke Armbrust, Otto Lelieveld, Jolanda Tuinstra, Nico Wulffraat, Joyce Bos, Jeanette Cappon, Marion van Rossum, Mariët Hagedoorn, Anna Vermé, Ylva Lampela, Ayse Huri Ozdogan, S. Ugurlu, K. Barut, A. Androvic, O. Kasapçopu, Emily Wilson, Jody Etheridge, Eve Smith, Katie Dobson, Sue Kemp, Michael W. Beresford, AnnaCarin Horne, Karin Palmblad, Malin Höglund, Natalia Stepanenko, Svetlana Salugina, Evgeny Fedorov, Irina Nikishina, Maria Kaleda, Nilay Arman, Ela Tarakci, Kenan Barut, Amra Adrovic, Sezgin Sahin, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Nilay Arman, Ela Tarakci, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Laurence Toumoulin, Johnny Frossard, Stephanie Archimbaut, Anne Paitier, Rolande Guastalli, Severine Guillaume Czitrom, Sirirat Charuvanij, Chollada Chaiyadech, Takako Miyamae, Hisashi Yamanaka, Cecile Picard, Guillaume Thouvenin, Caroline Kannengiesser, Jean-Christophe Dubus, Nadia Jeremiah, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Bruno Crestani, Véronique Secq, Christelle Ménard, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Françoise Thivolet-Bejui, Philippe Reix, Alexandre Belot, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Hafize Emine Sonmez, Abdulsamet Erden, Ekim Z. Taskiran, Omer Karadag, Umut Kalyoncu, İbrahim Oncel, Berkan Kaplan, Zehra Serap Arici, Cagri Mesut Temucin, Haluk Topaloglu, Yelda Bilginer, Mehmet Alikasifoglu, Seza Ozen, Lien Van Eyck, Ellen De Langhe, Isabelle Jéru, Erika Van Nieuwenhove, Vasiliki Lagou, Paul J. Baker, Jocelyn Garcia-Perez, James Dooley, Lien De Somer, Raf Sciot, Pierre-Yves Jeandel, Julia Ruuth-Praz, Bruno Copin, Myrna Medley-Hashim, Andre Megarbane, Sinisa Savic, An Goris, Serge Amselem, Adrian Liston, Seth Masters, Carine Wouters, Nami Okamoto, Yuko Sugita, Kousuke Shabana, Takuji Murata, Hiroshi Tamai, Juliana Ferenczová, Erika Banóova, Pavol Mrážik, Veronika Vargova, Dubravko Bajramovic, Ksenija Stekic Novacki, Kristina Potocki, Marijan Frkovic, Marija Jelusic, Irina Nikishina, Olga Kostareva, Svetlana Arsenyeva, Maria Kaleda, Anna Shapovalenko, Lennart Jans, Nele Herregods, Jacob Jaremko, Rik Joos, Joke Dehoorne, Nele Herregods, Jacob Jaremko, Xenofon Baraliakos, Joke Dehoorne, Rik Joos, Lennart Jans, Sofia Ramiro, Julio C. Casasola-Vargas, Désirée van der Heijde, Robert Landewé, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Shirley M. Tse, Gerd Horneff, Kristina Unnebrink, Jaclyn K. Anderson, Aysenur Paç Kisaarslan, Betül Sözeri, Zübeyde Gündüz, Gökmen Zararsız, Hakan Poyrazoğlu, Ruhan Düşünsel, Kazutaka Ouchi, Shinji Akioka, Hiroshi Kubo, Norio Nakagawa, Hajime Hosoi, Lovro Lamot, Fran Borovecki, Sanja Kapitanovic, Kristina Gotovac, Mandica Vidovic, Mirta Lamot, Edi Paleka Bosak, Miroslav Harjacek, Ricardo A. Russo, María M. Katsicas, Ruben Burgos Vargas, Ana L. Ortiz-Peyegahud, Zhang Pingping, Mou Yikun, Qi Jun, Jiang Yutong, Gu Jieruo, Mikhail M. Kostik, Shilova Ekaterina, Ilia Avrusin, Yuriy Korin, Olga Kopchak, Eugenia Isupova, Irina Chikova, Panova Tatyana, Margarita Dubko, Vera Masalova, Ludmila Snegireva, Tatyana Kornishina, Olga Kalashnikova, Vyacheslav Chasnyk, Mikhail M. Kostik, Irina Chikova, Eugenia Isupova, Margarita Dubko, Vera Masalova, Ludmila Snegireva, Tatyana Kornishina, Tatyana Likhacheva, Olga Kalashnikova, Vyacheslav Chasnyk, N. Ruperto, H. I. Brunner, P. Quartier, T. Constantin, E. Alexeeva, R. Schneider, I. Kone-Paut, K. Schikler, K. Marzan, N. Wulffraat, S. Padeh, V. Chasnyk, C. Wouters, J. B. Kuemmerle-Deschner, T. Kallinich, B. Lauwerys, E. Haddad, E. Nasonov, M. Trachana, O. Vougiouka, K. Leon, A. Speziale, K. Lheritier, E. Vritzali, A. Martini, D. Lovell, PRINTO/PRCSG, Nienke Ter Haar, Rianne Scholman, Wilco de Jager, Tamar Tak, Pieter Leliefeld, Bas Vastert, Sytze de Roock, Nienke Ter Haar, Rianne Scholman, Wilco de Jager, Ariane de Ganck, Nadia Ryter, Miha Lavric, Dirk Foell, Sytze de Roock, Bas Vastert, Renee F. Modica, Kathleen G. Lomax, Pamela Batzel, Armelle Cassanas, Melissa E. Elder, Rina Denisova, Ekaterina Alexeeva, Saniya Valieva, Tatyana Bzarova, Kseniya Isayeva, Tatyana Sleptsova, Olga Lomakina, Alexandra Chomahidze, Margarita Soloshenko, Meyry Shingarova, Elena Kachshenko, Wilco De Jager, Sebastiaan J. Vastert, Gerdien Mijnheer, Berent J. Prakken, Nico M. Wulffraat, Hafize E. Sönmez, Asuman N. Karhan, Ezgi D. Batu, Yelda Bilginer, Zehra S. Arıcı, Ersin Gümüş, Hülya Demir, Aysel Yüce, Seza Özen, Jasmina Ahluwalia, Bhavneet Bharti, Sweta Rajpal, Varun Uppal, Alaknanda Walia, Surjit S. Samlok, Narender Kumar, Clarissa C. Valões, Beatriz C. Molinari, Ana Claudia G. Pitta, Natali W. Gormezano, Sylvia C. Farhat, Kátia Kozu, Adriana M. Sallum, Simone Appenzeller, Ana Paula Sakamoto, Maria T. Terreri, Rosa M. Pereira, Claudia S. Magalhães, Cássia Maria Barbosa, Francisco Hugo Gomes, Eloisa Bonfá, Clovis A. Silva, Kubra Ozturk, Zelal Ekinci, Maie Helal, Natalia Cabrera, Alexandre Belot, Jean Christophe Lega, Jocelyne Drai, Rene Ecochard, O. V. Shpitonkova, N. S. Podchernyaeva, Y. O. Kostina, N. G. Dashkova, M. K. Osminina, Gozde Yucel, Sezgin Sahin, Amra Adrovic, Kenan Barut, Ela Tarakci, Ahmet Arvas, Nandini Moorthy, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Paraskevi Dimou, Angela Midgley, Matthew Peak, Simon C. Satchell, Rachael D. Wright, Michael W. Beresford, Rachel Corkhill, Eve M. Smith, Michael W. Beresford, Sagar Bhattad, Amit Rawat, Surjit Singh, Anju Gupta, Deepti Suri, Martin de Boer, Taco Kuijpers, Sagar Bhattad, Amit Rawat, Anju Gupta, Deepti Suri, Vignesh Pandiarajan, Surjit Singh, Sapna Sandal, Amit Rawat, Anju Gupta, Surjit Singh, Sebastian Giraldo, Roy Sanguino, Adriana S. Diaz, Selcuk Uzuner, Sezgin Sahin, Gizem Durcan, Amra Adrovic, Kenan Barut, Ali Guven Kilicoglu, Ayhan Bilgic, Kayhan Bahali, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Sezgin Sahin, Amra Adrovic, Kenan Barut, Sinem Durmus, Hafize Uzun, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Sezgin Sahin, Amra Adrovic, Kenan Barut, Nur Canpolat, Salim Caliskan, Lale Sever, Ozgur Kasapcopur, Tomomi Sato, Fuminori Kimura, Wafaa Suwairi, Reem Abdwani, Abdulaziz Al Rowais, Jubran Al qanatish, Abdulrahman Al Asiri, Kubra Ozturk, Zelal Ekinci, Ekaterina Gaidar, Mikhail Kostik, Margarita Dubko, Vera Masalova, Elena Serogodskaya, Ludmila Snegireva, Tatyana Nikitina, Vyacheslav Chasnyk, Olga Kalashnikova, Evgenia Isupova, Elham Sardar, Perrine Dusser, Antoine Rousseau, Marc Labetoulle, Emanuel Barreau, Bahram Bodaghi, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Ivan Foeldvari, Jordi Anton, Rosa Bou, Sheila Angeles-Han, Regitze Bangsgaard, Gabriele Brumm, Tamas Constantin, Clive Edelsten, Jens Klotsche, Kirsten Minden, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Susan Nielsen, Gabriele Simonini, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Ivan Foeldvari, Jordi Anton, Rosa Bou, Sheila Angeles-Han, Regitze Bangsgaard, Gabriele Brumm, Tamas Constantin, Clive Edelsten, Jens Klotsche, Kirsten Minden, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Susan Nielsen, Gabriele Simonini, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Ivan Foeldvari, Jordi Anton, Rosa Bou, Sheila Angeles-Han, Regitze Bangsgaard, Gabriele Brumm, Tamas Constantin, Clive Edelsten, Jens Klotsche, Kirsten Minden, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Susan Nielsen, Gabriele Simonini, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Ivan Foeldvari, Jordi Anton, Rosa Bou, Sheila Angeles-Han, Regitze Bangsgaard, Gabriele Brumm, Tamas Constantin, Clive Edelsten, Jens Klotsche, Kirsten Minden, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Susan Nielsen, Gabriele Simonini, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Juan Manuel Mosquera Angarita, Rosa Bou, Carmen Garcia de Vicuña, Maria Victoria Hernandez, Alfredo Adan, Victor Llorens, Rosa Alcobendas, Susana Noval, Juan Carlos Lopez Robledillo, Isabel Valls, Mari Carmen Pinedo, Alejandro Fonollosa, Jaime de Inocencio, Pilar Tejada, Beatriz Bravo, Manuel Torribio, María Jesús García de Yebenes, Jordi Antón, Uveitis Working Group of the Spanish Pediatric Rheumatology Society, Lorenza Maria Argolini, Irene Pontikaki, Maria Orietta Borghi, Laura Cesana, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Barbara Castiglioni, Maurizio Gattinara, Pierluigi Meroni, Pierre Quartier, Veronique Despert, Sylvaine Poignant, Amandine Baptiste, Caroline Elie, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Alexandre Belot, Laurent Kodjikian, Dominique Monnet, Michel Weber, Bahram Bodaghi, Laura Moal, Antoine Rousseau, LuuLy Pham, Emmanuel Barreau, Cherif Titah, Pascal Dureau, Marc Labetoulle, Bahram Bodaghi, Severine Guillaume Czitrom, Vanessa Cecchin, Maria Elisabetta Zannin, Daniele Ferrari, Francesco Comacchio, Irene Pontikaki, Claudia Bracaglia, Rolando Cimaz, Fernanda Falcini, Antonella Petaccia, Stefania Viola, Luciana Breda, Francesco La Torre, Fabio Vittadello, Giorgia Martini, Francesco Zulian, Caroline Galeotti, Guillaume Sarrabay, Olivier Fogel, Isabelle Touitou, Bahram Bodaghi, Corinne Miceli-Richard, Isabelle Koné-Paut, Hala Etayari, Hashad Soad, Ihab El Kadry, Habibullah Eatamadi, Kais AlAlgawi, Mustafa Al Maini, Khulood Khawaja, Sophie Van den Berghe, Ilse de Schryver, Ann Raes, Rik Joos, Joke Dehoorne, Lídia L. C. Teixeira, Ana Duarte, Sandra Sousa, Filipe Vinagre, Maria J. Santos, Nataly S. Shevchenko, Ludmila F. Bogmat, Marina V. Demyanenko, Navdha R. Ramchurn, Mark Friswell, Rebecca A. James, Lucy R. Wedderburn, Clive Edelsten, Reshma Pattani, Clarissa A. Pilkington, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Rebecca A. James, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Clive Edelsten, Reshma Pattani, Clarissa A. Pilkington, Lucy R. Wedderburn, Ana V. Villarreal, Nydia Acevedo, Enrique Faugier, Rocio Maldonado, Dilek Yılmaz, Hilal Bektaş Uysal, Evgeny Fedorov, Svetlana Salugina, Elena Kamenets, Ekaterina Zaharova, Stefka Radenska-Lopovok, Joao Nascimento, Helena Sofia, Carla Zilhão, Rui Almeida, Margarida Guedes, Kubra Ozturk, Murat Deveci, Zelal Ekinci, Svetlana Rodionovskaya, Vera Vinnikova, Svetlana Salugina, Evgeny Fedorov, Irina Tsymbal, Edyta Olesińska, Jacek Postępski, Agnieszka Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz, Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak, Beata Chrapko, Damjana Ključevšek, Nina Emeršič, Nataša Toplak, Tadej Avčin, Faina Rokhlina, Galina Glazyrina, Natalia Kolyadina, Kwangnam Kim, Sinae Eom, Daeyoung Kim, Jungwoo Rhim, Francesca Ricci, Paola Montesano, Barbara Bonafini, Veronica Medeghini, Ilaria Parissenti, Antonella Meini, Marco Cattalini, Paolo Airò, Nataliya Panko, Nataliya Shevchenko, Iryna Lebec, Yevgeniya Zajceva, Sara Rostlund, Marie André, Takuma Hara, Takayuki Kishi, Yumi Tani, Aki Hanaya, Takako Miyamae, Satoru Nagata, Hisashi Yamanaka, Velma Selmanovic, Aida Omercahic-Dizdarevic, Adisa Cengic, Almira Cosickic, Aida Omerčahić Dizdarević, Gemma Lepri, Paolo Picco, Clara Malattia, Eleonora Bellucci, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Fernanda Falcini, Margarita Dubko, Anton Solovyev, Elena Fedotova, Rocio Maldonado, Enrique Faugier, Ana Victoria Villarreal, Nydia Acevedo, Talia Diaz, Yuridiana Ramirez, Teresa Giani, Achille Marino, Gabriele Simonini, Rolando Cimaz, Daniel Hunt, Muthana Al Obaidi, Veli Veli, Charalampia Papadopoulou, Jochen Kammermeier, Edyta Olesińska, Anna Poluha, Jacek Postępski, Gangadhara C. Bharmappanavara, Alison Kelly, Lindsay Shaw, Teresa Giani, Giovanna Ferrara, Michele Luzzati, Achille Marino, Mattia Giovannini, Gabriele Simonini, Rolando Cimaz, Liliana Jurado, Sebastian Giraldo, Juliana Chamorro, Lorena Sarmiento, Adriana S. Diaz, Veronica Medeghini, Francesca Ricci, Paola Montesano, Barbara Bonafini, Ilaria Parissenti, Antonella Meini, Ester Conversano, Marco Cattalini, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Giulia Macchini, Carmela Granato, Assunta Tirelli, Alma N. Olivieri, Marija Perica, Lana Tambić Bukovac, Ludmila F. Bogmat, Nataly S. Shevchenko, Marina V. Demyanenko, Reza Sinaei, Vadood Javadi Parvaneh, Reza Shiari, Khosro Rahmani, Fatemeh F. Mehregan, Mehrnoush Hassas Yeganeh, Inmaculada Calvo Penadés, Berta López Montesinos, Ma Isabel González Fernández, Adriana Rodríguez Vidal, Anand Prahalad Rao, Ayesha Romana, Jyothi Raghuram, Ankur Kumar, Deepti Suri, Vishali Gupta, Amit Rawat, Surjit Singh, Elif Comak, Gülşah Kaya Aksoy, Aygen Yılmaz, Atike Atalay, Mustafa Koyun, Reha Artan, Sema Akman, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Giulia Macchini, Carmela Granato, Alma N. Olivieri, Maria I. Kaleda, Irina P. Nikishina, Sergei K. Soloviev, Victor A. Malievsky, Ekaterina V. Nikolaeva, Teresa Giani, Achille Marino, Gabriele Simonini, Rolando Cimaz, Agnieszka Gazda, Beata Kołodziejczyk, Lidia Rutkowska-Sak, Angela Mauro, Teresa Giani, Gabriele Simonini, Rolando Cimaz, Maria Francesca Gicchino, Pierluigi Marzuillo, Stefano Guarino, Alma N. Olivieri, Angela La Manna

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Correlations between oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) initiations and policies that enable the use of PrEP to address HIV globally. by Janki Tailor, Jessica Rodrigues, John Meade, Kate Segal, Lilian Benjamin Mwakyosi

“…Stronger advocacy efforts towards approving public health policies, such as those outlined in our analysis, that enshrine and enable access to HIV prevention are necessary.…”
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Survival of COVID-19 with Multimorbidity Patients by E. Bustos-Vázquez, E. Padilla-González, D. Reyes-Gómez, M. C. Carmona-Ramos, J. A. Monroy-Vargas, A. E. Benítez-Herrera, G. Meléndez-Mier

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Lifestyle and eating habits changes among adults during COVID-19 era in Egypt: a population-based study by Hebat-Allah Mohammed Salah Gabal, Ayat F. Manzour

“…Consequently, this calls for urgent public health policies and interventions to guard against the consequences of such unhealthy behaviors.…”
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Challenges and coping strategies among young adults living with perinatally acquired HIV infection in Botswana. A qualitative study by Grace Karugaba, Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, Mary M. Moleki, Mogomotsi Matshaba

“…Therefore, this study explores the challenges and coping strategies of YALPH in order to inform health policies and programming in Botswana. <h4>Methods</h4> In-depth interviews were conducted with 45 YALPH (ages 18–27 years) who were enrolled on antiretroviral therapy at the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (Botswana-Baylor Clinic). …”
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Knowledge and attitude towards strabismus among adult residents in Woreta town, North West Ethiopia: A community-based study by Henok Biruk Alemayehu, Kalkidan Berhane Tsegaye, Fozia Seid Ali, Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Getasew Alemu Mersha

“…Providing data in this area is important for planning health policies. <h4>Methods</h4> A community-based cross-sectional study was done in Woreta town from April–May 2020 with a sample size of 424. …”
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Association of urban inequality and income segregation with COVID-19 mortality in Brazil. by J Firmino de Sousa Filho, Uriel M Silva, Larissa L Lima, Aureliano S S Paiva, Gervásio F Santos, Roberto F S Andrade, Nelson Gouveia, Ismael H Silveira, Amélia A de Lima Friche, Maurício L Barreto, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa

“…Understanding how inequality and income segregation contribute to excess mortality by COVID-19 in Brazilian cities is essential for designing public health policies to mitigate the impact of the disease. …”
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Challenges and coping strategies among young adults living with perinatally acquired HIV infection in Botswana. A qualitative study. by Grace Karugaba, Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae, Mary M Moleki, Mogomotsi Matshaba

“…Therefore, this study explores the challenges and coping strategies of YALPH in order to inform health policies and programming in Botswana.<h4>Methods</h4>In-depth interviews were conducted with 45 YALPH (ages 18-27 years) who were enrolled on antiretroviral therapy at the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence (Botswana-Baylor Clinic). …”
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Machine learning modeling for identifying predictors of unmet need for family planning among married/in-union women in Ethiopia: Evidence from performance monitoring and accountabi... by Shimels Derso Kebede, Daniel Niguse Mamo, Jibril Bashir Adem, Birhan Ewunu Semagn, Agmasie Damtew Walle

“…Findings from this study suggest various sociocultural and economic factors might be considered while implementing health policies intended to decrease unmet needs for family planning in Ethiopia. …”
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