Article TextOriginal researchImpact and effect mechanisms of mass campaigns in resource-constrained health systems: quasi-experimental evidence from polio eradication in NigeriaBackground Mass campaigns are a key strategy for delivering life-saving interventions under Global Health Initiatives, especially in weak health system contexts. They are frequently designed parallel to the health system to rapidly achieve programme targets such as vaccination coverage, but we lack quantitative evidence demonstrating their impact and effect mechanisms on health system performance at sub-/national...…Article TextOriginal researchImpact and effect mechanisms of mass campaigns in resource-constrained health systems: quasi-experimental evidence from polio eradication in NigeriaBackground Mass campaigns are a key strategy for delivering life-saving interventions under Global Health Initiatives, especially in weak health system contexts. They are frequently designed parallel to the health system to rapidly achieve programme targets such as vaccination coverage, but we lack quantitative evidence demonstrating their impact and effect mechanisms on health system performance at sub-/national...WW…

Article TextOriginal researchPrecarity and clinical determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour and antibiotic use in rural Laos and ThailandBackground The social determinants of health are a decisive yet persistently understudied area for tackling global health challenges like antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Precarity is one determinant whose importance is increasingly recognised, which we define here as ‘a form of pernicious self-dependence that undermines individuals’ control over their own lives and limits their ability to flexibly respond to crises’. We aimed to assess the...…Article TextOriginal researchPrecarity and clinical determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour and antibiotic use in rural Laos and ThailandBackground The social determinants of health are a decisive yet persistently understudied area for tackling global health challenges like antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Precarity is one determinant whose importance is increasingly recognised, which we define here as ‘a form of pernicious self-dependence that undermines individuals’ control over their own lives and limits their ability to flexibly respond to crises’. We aimed to assess the...WW…

Article TextOriginal researchTales of treatment and new perspectives for global health research on antimicrobial resistanceGlobal health champions modernism and biomedical knowledge but tends to neglect knowledge, beliefs and identities of rural communities in low-income and middle-income countries. The topic of antimicrobial resistance represents these common challenges, wherein the growing emphasis on public engagement offers a yet underdeveloped opportunity to generate perspectives and forms of knowledge that are not typically incorporated into research and policy. The medical humanities...…Article TextOriginal researchTales of treatment and new perspectives for global health research on antimicrobial resistanceGlobal health champions modernism and biomedical knowledge but tends to neglect knowledge, beliefs and identities of rural communities in low-income and middle-income countries. The topic of antimicrobial resistance represents these common challenges, wherein the growing emphasis on public engagement offers a yet underdeveloped opportunity to generate perspectives and forms of knowledge that are not typically incorporated into research and policy. The medical humanities...WW…