Lancet Global Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Lancet Global Health is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Global health research funding applications: brain drain under another name?891
Bringing home manufacturing of medical products359
Queering global health: a feminist and lesbian, gay, and bisexual perspective – Authors' reply316
Influenza vaccination in failing hearts314
Periconceptional diet and the risk of gestational diabetes in south Indian women: findings from the BAngalore Nutrition Gestational diabetes LiFEstyle Study (BANGLES)310
Preventing pellagra during isoniazid preventive treatment307
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2024; published online Sept 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00320-6284
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2021; 9: e1679–87255
The cause of nodding syndrome remains unknown245
Mpox vaccination strategies in DR Congo237
Investing in late-stage clinical trials and manufacturing of product candidates for five major infectious diseases: a modelling study of the benefits and costs of investment in three middle-income cou235
Racism and health: the need for urgent action217
Prenatal exposure to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and birth, growth, and social–emotional developmental outcomes throughout early childhood in Kenya: a prospective cohort study205
Is now the time for revisiting supplements for pregnant women?195
Automated oxygen control for preterm infants receiving continuous positive airway pressure in southwest Nigeria: an open-label, randomised, crossover trial176
Assessing the prevalence and impact of preserved ratio impaired spirometry in low-income and middle-income countries: a post-hoc cross-sectional analysis175
Financial incentives for reduced alcohol use and increased isoniazid adherence during tuberculosis preventive therapy among people with HIV in Uganda: an open-label, factorial randomised controlled tr161
Potential benefit of extended dose schedules of human papillomavirus vaccination in the context of scarce resources and COVID-19 disruptions in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical m159
The future of the International Health Regulations157
Enhancing global cancer care for sexual and gender minority populations: regional perspectives and global implications154
Outcomes of rheumatic fever in Uganda: a prospective cohort study152
Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 before and after SARS-CoV-2 omicron emergence in maternity facilities in Malawi (MATSurvey): data from a national maternal surveillance platfor151
Resolving the CD4-testing crisis to help end AIDS-related deaths150
C-reactive protein: another addition to our armamentarium against tuberculosis?148
Indonesia's first nationwide health screening programme144
Intravenous versus oral iron for anaemia among pregnant women in Nigeria (IVON): an open-label, randomised controlled trial143
Challenges in operationalising clinical trials in India during the COVID-19 pandemic137
Health effects of routine measles vaccination and supplementary immunisation activities in 14 high-burden countries: a Dynamic Measles Immunization Calculation Engine (DynaMICE) modelling study136
Global and regional sepsis and infectious syndrome mortality in 2019: a systematic analysis134
The drug drought in maternal health: an ongoing predicament134
The health status of Indonesia's provinces: the double burden of diseases and inequality gap128
Efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine in Nepal: final results of a phase 3, randomised, controlled trial127
The state of health in Pakistan and its provinces and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019127
Performance of standardised colposcopy to detect cervical precancer and cancer for triage of women testing positive for human papillomavirus: results from the ESTAMPA multicentric screening study125
Mortality in patients admitted to hospital with heart failure in China: a nationwide Cardiovascular Association Database-Heart Failure Centre Registry cohort study122
The cost of inaction on physical inactivity to public health-care systems: a population-attributable fraction analysis122
Effectiveness and safety of fexinidazole for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis and exploration of adherence in outpatients: a phase 3b, prospective, open-label, non-randomised, cohort study122
Global patterns and trends in Kaposi sarcoma incidence: a population-based study117
Human papillomavirus vaccine effect against human papillomavirus infection in Rwanda: evidence from repeated cross-sectional cervical-cell-based surveys112
Implementation of the 7-1-7 target for detection, notification, and response to public health threats in five countries: a retrospective, observational study111
Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study102
WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics: strengthening diagnostics capacity to transform health care for all101
Locally validated biomarker cutoffs should inform micronutrient deficiency burdens – Authors' reply99
Addressing the complex needs of people with severe mental health disorders in low-resource settings99
Commitment and innovation on the road to people-centred PHC financing97
Mpox: evidence for strengthening and sustaining global surveillance97
Achieving sensible targets for a diabetes care cascade in LMICs93
Pregnancy in people who have survived Ebola virus disease92
From child institutions to family reunification: challenges and opportunities in building family-centred care89
Lessons for future implementation of the E-MOTIVE bundle88
Payment in arrears: a global health inequity that must be corrected87
Addressing the social inequities of vaccination: an imperative to close the gap87
Child, maternal, and adult mortality in Sierra Leone: nationally representative mortality survey 2018–2086
A call for an Africa-centric health research ethics framework: a way forward for shaping global health research84
Introduction and rollout of malaria vaccines in Cameroon and Burkina Faso: early lessons learned83
Improving access to liposomal amphotericin B worldwide83
Mathematical modelling to accurately quantify the benefits of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine82
Impact of excluded studies on medical male circumcision and HIV risk compensation82
Experiences of an Israeli hospital in the management of repatriated civilian hostages81
Bridging the gap between science and policy in global health governance79
Using verbal autopsy to enhance mortality surveillance78
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10: e1443–5277
Complementary medicine as a risk factor for catastrophic expenditures in people with cancer75
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2023; 11: e1978–8575
Staying focused on protecting young people from the harms of tobacco smoke74
Uncertainty in key population size estimates in sub-Saharan Africa74
Highlighting the need for investment and innovation in ART retention interventions74
How to DREAMM and end HIV-related deaths74
Infertility—why the silence?73
Pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and infant growth and development after recovery from Ebola virus disease in Liberia: an observational cohort study72
The social determinants of tuberculosis in the Philippines72
Cholera rapid diagnostic tests recycled for PCR confirmation71
Next generation economics of universal HIV treatment70
Policy prioritisation to address the global burden of rheumatic heart disease68
Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals: WHO indicators, measurement, and improvement68
Advancing maternal and perinatal health through clinical trials: key insights from a WHO global consultation68
Understanding deaths from diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years68
Climate change and health: the next challenge of ethical AI66
Global, regional, and national health-care inefficiency and associated factors in 201 countries, 1995–2022: a stochastic frontier meta-analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 202365
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2015; 3: e19665
Innovative blood transfusion strategies to address global blood deserts: a consensus statement from the Blood Delivery via Emerging Strategies for Emergency Remote Transfusion (Blood DESERT) Coalition65
Sustainability of a 12-month lifestyle intervention delivered by community health workers in reducing blood pressure in Nepal: 5-year follow-up of the COBIN open-label, cluster randomised trial64
Cervical cancer elimination: actions needed in the COVID-19 era63
Changes in incidence of HPV-related cancers in South Africa (2011–21): a cross-sectional analysis of the South African National Cancer Registry63
Catastrophic health expenditure during the COVID-19 pandemic in five countries: a time-series analysis62
Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 202662
Aedes albopictus invasion across Africa: the time is now for cross-country collaboration and control61
Cost-effectiveness and health impact of screening and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among formerly incarcerated individuals in Brazil: a Markov modelling study61
Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security60
The availability, cost, and affordability of essential medicines for asthma and COPD in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review60
Using theory to understand how interventions work and inform future implementation60
TAK-003 dengue vaccine as a new tool to mitigate dengue in countries with a high disease burden58
COVID-19 in the 47 countries of the WHO African region: a modelling analysis of past trends and future patterns58
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10: e1115–2757
Precision in prescription: multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy57
Implementation strategies to build mental health-care capacity in Malawi: a health-economic evaluation56
Migrants and displaced people: intentionally endangered and inconsistently visible54
People who inject drugs in the Eastern Mediterranean region54
Lots of considerations when evaluating the FujiLAM assay – Author's reply52
Withholding liberty, not the right to health52
Maternal intimate partner violence and child health outcomes50
Reducing antibiotic use with diarrhoeal vaccines50
Family-based approach in cardiovascular risk reduction50
Equity challenges in Indonesian health care50
Respiratory syncytial virus infection among children younger than 2 years admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit with extended severe acute respiratory infection in ten Gavi-eligible countries: 49
Every baby counts: eliminating all preventable child deaths49
COVID-19 in pregnancy: evidence from LMICs49
Unveiling the crisis of the double burden of malnutrition48
Characterisation of febrile non-traumatic coma in sub-Saharan Africa47
Identifying gaps in the HIV treatment cascade in Africa: a model comparison study47
Keeping an eye on eye care: monitoring progress towards effective coverage46
Low risk, high impact: the hidden burden of cardiovascular disease46
Live-attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine, MTBVAC, in adults with or without M tuberculosis sensitisation: a single-centre, phase 1b–2a, double-blind, dose-escalation, randomised controlled t46
The impact of ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine citrate, and albendazole mass drug administration on the prevalence of scabies and soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children in three municipaliti45
Reciprocal innovation: a new approach to equitable and mutually beneficial global health research and partnerships45
The landscape for rare diseases in 202444
Safety and immunogenicity of the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen in infants: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Guinea and Sierra Le44
Pulse oximetry to detect paediatric hypoxaemia—the fifth vital sign44
Addressing global micronutrient inadequacies: enhancing global data representation43
Diagnostic yield of urine lipoarabinomannan and sputum tuberculosis tests in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data43
Economic evaluation of combined population-based screening for multiple blindness-causing eye diseases in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis43
Characteristics, management, and outcomes in women and men with congestive heart failure in 40 countries at different economic levels: an analysis from the Global Congestive Heart Failure (G-CHF) regi42
Residual risk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus infection despite timely birth-dose vaccination in Cameroon (ANRS 12303): a single-centre, longitudinal observational study42
Hepatitis E vaccination: continued benefit for pregnant women in vulnerable settings42
The incalculable costs of tuberculosis41
Insights from Zimbabwe's SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance41
Tuberculosis and undernutrition in India – Authors’ reply41
Impact of excluded studies on medical male circumcision and HIV risk compensation – Authors' reply41
Geospatial disparities in survival of patients with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa from the African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes cohort (ABC-DO): a prospective cohort study40
Can resistance testing improve outcomes for children and adolescents with HIV?40
More treatment options for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: the role of economic evaluation in informing uptake40
Can the ShangRing bring us closer to endorsing early infant male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa?40
Universal health coverage is fundamental to preparing for a healthier and better tomorrow39
Clinical and regulatory development strategies for Shigella vaccines intended for children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries38
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2024; 12: e1389–9038
Maximising human health and development through synergistic partnerships: the African Biobank and Longitudinal Epidemiological Ecosystem38
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2020; 8: e1186–9438
Innovative methods of determining health expenditure efficiency are urgently needed37
Avoiding another lost decade in reducing malaria burden in African infants and young children37
Predicting mortality within 1 year of ART initiation in children and adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective observational cohort study37
Donor aid and research funding for newborn babies and preventing stillbirths37
Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines36
Cost-effectiveness of the expansion of PrEP for HIV infection in the Asia Pacific region35
Prices, availability, and affordability of adult medicines in 54 low-income and middle-income countries: evidence based on a secondary analysis35
Social and health factors associated with adverse treatment outcomes among people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sierra Leone: a national, retrospective cohort study35
Estimating the cost of achieving basic water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management services in public health-care facilities in the 46 UN designated least-developed countries: a modelling study35
Homing in on haemoglobinopathies35
Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities35
Incidence of and risk factors for small vulnerable newborns in north India: a secondary analysis of a prospective pregnancy cohort34
Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems34
The Global Retinoblastoma Outcome Study: a prospective, cluster-based analysis of 4064 patients from 149 countries34
Climate change and the right to health of people with disabilities34
Nutritional support for adult patients with microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis: outcomes in a programmatic cohort nested within the RATIONS trial in Jharkhand, India34
The challenge of promoting physical activity in low-income and middle-income countries34
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, west Africa: a prospective cohort study34
Prevalence of syphilis among men who have sex with men: a global systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000–2034
How the EAT–Lancet Commission on food in the Anthropocene influenced discourse and research on food systems: a systematic review covering the first 2 years post-publication34
Moving beyond standard RMNCH coverage indicators33
Infant-level and child-level predictors of mortality in low-resource settings: the WHO Child Mortality Risk Stratification Multi-Country Pooled Cohort33
Finding balance in Nigeria's mandatory health insurance33
Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on routine immunisation services: evidence of disruption and recovery from 170 countries and territories33
Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing in Nigeria – Authors' reply33
Uncertainty in computerised analysis of maternal deaths33
Enhancing cervical and breast cancer training in Africa with e-learning32
Aminoglycosides, deafness, and non-tuberculous mycobacteria32
Combating antimicrobial resistance in neonatal infections: a South African perspective32
Ethical considerations for introducing RTS,S/AS01 in countries with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission31
Questions about the HELIX trial31
Trans Reform: an initiative for the recognition of transgender rights in a university in Lima, Peru31
Mpox vaccination strategies in DR Congo31
Defining the usefulness of oral swabs in tuberculosis diagnosis31
Global variations in barriers to exercise for individuals with intellectual and developmental disability31
Efficacy of a family-based cardiovascular risk reduction intervention in individuals with a family history of premature coronary heart disease in India (PROLIFIC): an open-label, single-centre, cluste31
Urgent call for the prioritisation of palliative care in Syria31
Navigating AMR with innovative diagnostics31
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2025; 13: e528–8430
Prevention of pneumococcal diseases: the challenge remains30
Relapse after recovery from acute malnutrition30
The challenging road to universal health coverage30
Nodding syndrome and doxycycline: promising findings with open questions30
The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial30
Human versus equine intramuscular antitoxin, with or without human intrathecal antitoxin, for the treatment of adults with tetanus: a 2 × 2 factorial randomised controlled trial29
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2025; 13: e309–1829
The effect on HIV transmission and cost-effectiveness of programmes for female sex workers in East, Central, and Southern Africa: a modelling study29
The SARS-CoV2 pandemic and routine immunisation29
Catastrophic health expenditure and chronic respiratory disease: evidence from Kenya29
Pragmatic global health29
The need for a One Health approach for influenza surveillance29
Targeting malaria control to schoolchildren28
The need for epidemiological data on HIV-related CNS infections in low-income and middle-income settings28
Azithromycin for the prevention of rehospitalisation and death among Kenyan children being discharged from hospital: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised controlled trial28
The continuum of menstrual health through the life course28
Postnatal morbidity: prevalent, enduring, and neglected28
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10: 1715–4328
Neonatal mortality during the war in Tigray: a cross-sectional community-based study28
Distinguishing between mortality rates for heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction – Authors' reply28
Enabling access to quality abortion care: WHO's Abortion Care guideline28
Colorectal cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa28
Implementation of non-communicable disease policies from 2015 to 2020: a geopolitical analysis of 194 countries27
National diabetes prevention programmes in LMICs are now a necessity27
Balancing global access to opioids27
Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research27
Scarcity of research on breastfeeding and Ebola diseases is placing the lives of women and infants at risk: a call to specific action27
Integrating mental health care to reduce intimate partner violence in complex humanitarian emergencies27
Variability and social patterning of cancer mortality in 343 Latin American cities: an ecological study27
The health toll of economic sanctions27
Primary care institutional characteristics associated with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in the China PEACE-Million Persons Project and primary health-care survey: a cross-sectional s26
Global retinoblastoma survival and globe preservation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of associations with socioeconomic and health-care factors26
Global radiotherapy demands and corresponding radiotherapy-professional workforce requirements in 2022 and predicted to 2050: a population-based study26
Long-term efficacy and safety of a tetravalent dengue vaccine (TAK-003): 4·5-year results from a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial26
The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study26
Are current systems of global health academia fit for purpose?26
Global, regional, and national causes of death in children and adolescents younger than 20 years: an open data portal with estimates for 2000–2126
Clearing our heads over alcohol25
The impact of COVID-19 on antimalarial supply chains in Ghana25
Current testing systems are a barrier to achieving the 7-1-7 target for detection, notification, and response to public health threats25
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2024; 12: e1209–1325
Indigenous and minority groups in diabetes trials25
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2024; 12: e25–2725
Prevalence of all epilepsies in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: a two-stage population-based study25
Obstetric fistula in Bangladesh: estimates from a national survey with clinical validation correction25
Strengthening health-care systems to reduce child mortality25
Where are the opportunities to address system barriers preventing equitable cardiovascular outcomes for indigenous populations?25
Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2021; 9: e1610–1725
Short-term aid or long-term gains? Harnessing Sudan's humanitarian response for the resilience of its health system25
Bridging the divide between religion and health care24
Why and for whom are we decolonising global health?24
Redefining implementation science for global health decolonisation24
Malaria guidelines fall short in diagnosing acute kidney injury24
Low-value health care in the COVID-19 pandemic24
Effectiveness of a new vaccine for outbreak response and the increasingly complicated polio endgame24
Evolving crises and unprecedented need: research on health in humanitarian settings must not be overlooked24
Postpartum maternal and infant haematological effects of second-trimester ferric carboxymaltose versus standard-of-care oral iron in Malawi: longitudinal follow-up of a randomised controlled trial24
Transmission reduction, health benefits, and upper-bound costs of interventions to improve retention on antiretroviral therapy: a combined analysis of three mathematical models24
Research ethics systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systemic assessment using indicators24
Maximising the value of nudge units for global health24
Peripheral artery disease: a global need for detection, prevention, and treatment24
Estimating dementia prevalence using remote diagnoses and algorithmic modelling: a population-based study of a rural region in South Africa24
Population size, HIV prevalence, and antiretroviral therapy coverage among key populations in sub-Saharan Africa: collation and synthesis of survey data, 2010–2324
What can we learn from developments in primary health care in south Asia?24
Exposure to household air pollution from cooking fuel in Ugandan households and associated household factors: a retrospective analysis of demographic and health survey data24
A call to action: the global failure to effectively tackle maternal mortality rates23
The global economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 204 countries and territories in 2020–50: a health-augmented macroeconomic modelling study23
Escalating burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ethiopia23
Mpox outbreaks in Africa constitute a public health emergency of continental security23
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: a call to action23
Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in India stratified by known and undiagnosed diabetes, urban–rural locations, and socioeconomic indices: results from the SMART India population-based cross-sectiona23
Socioeconomic inequalities in palliative care access: insights from SHARE23
Prevalence and changes of intimate partner violence against women aged 15 to 49 years in 53 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2021: a secondary analysis of population-based surveys23
Nigeria's mandatory health insurance and the march towards universal health coverage23
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