The Lancet Global Health

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#LancetGlobalHealth is an #OpenAccess journal publishing robustly designed research on all aspects of #globalhealth.

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@lancetgh.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:36 PM

Global, regional, and national burden of exposure to chewing tobacco, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

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Global inequalities in #cardiometabolic care and achievable #cardiovascular risk reduction by wealth, region, and sex: a pooled analysis of individual participant data from 76 countries www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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@lancetgh.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 12:03 PM

"If HICs only commit to lasting action when their nations suffer serious climate events, it will be too late for SIDS... The existential threat facing SIDS should remind us all that we must take the final opportunity to change course and save lives." Our Editorial: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@lancetgh.bsky.social Jun 25, 2026, 9:20 AM

Our latest podcast was recorded live at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne/Naarm on the state of global SRHR with Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, DG of IPPF, and Kinza Hasan of Women Deliver on feminist health systems:

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podcasts.apple.comMaria Antonieta Alcalde Castro and Kinza Hasan at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne/NaarmPodcast Episode · The Lancet Global Health in conversation with · June 19 · 30m

@lancetgh.bsky.social Jun 23, 2026, 2:07 PM

Our June 2026 issue is online, #OpenAccess, including an editorial on refugee mental health and articles on beverage taxation, analysing demographic diversity, and adolescents in TB vaccine policy.

You can read it here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The Lancet Global Health's June 2026 cover, which prominently features an image of families arriving at a location and being confronted by German police.

@lancetgh.bsky.social May 11, 2026, 1:16 PM

Our new podcast finds @gavincleaver.bsky.social in conversation with Isata Dumbaya and Allison Adamson to discuss their work building the new Paul E. Farmer Maternal Centre of Excellence in Sierra Leone!

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podcasts.apple.comThe Lancet Global Health in conversation withMedicine Podcast · Every two months · Gavin Cleaver, Senior Editor at The Lancet Global Health, is joined in conversation by authors of new publications in the journal to explore their latest research...

@lancetgh.bsky.social Mar 24, 2026, 2:44 PM

This #WorldTBDay here are some recent bits from us to think about:

First, Mikaela Coleman and colleagues argue for reframing tuberculosis as a complex systems problem, in their Health Policy on the tuberculogenic environment www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

thelancet.comThe tuberculogenic environmentTuberculosis persists as the world's deadliest infectious disease, despite improved diagnostics and effective treatment. The tuberculogenic environment describes the sum of influences, vulnerabilities...

@lancetgh.bsky.social Mar 17, 2026, 1:23 PM

Our new issue is out today! In this month's edition we have an amazing new Series on #energy and health in LMICs, which covers everything from clean energy uptake to the burden of disease from energy production across five #OpenAccess papers www.thelancet.com/series-do/en...

thelancet.comEnergy and health in low-income and middle-income countriesReliable and affordable clean energy is essential for modern living and powering economies. Access to clean energy has increased substantially in low-income and middle-income countries over the past t...

@lancetgh.bsky.social Feb 19, 2026, 5:22 PM

Published today in @lancetgh.bsky.social: New primary estimates of the death toll in Gaza conducted via a household survey approximate mortality totals 34.7% above Gaza Ministry of Health figures, from the start of the conflict in Gaza up to Jan 2025: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

thelancet.comViolent and non-violent death tolls for the Gaza conflict: new primary evidence from a population-representative field surveyThis first independent population survey of mortality in the Gaza Strip shows that violent deaths have substantially exceeded official figures whereas the demographic composition of casualties aligns ...

@lancetgh.bsky.social Feb 18, 2026, 4:08 PM

🎙️ Our podcast this month features your TLGH editorial team! Zoë, Pingyue, Gavin, and Shangrong discuss the problems with conferences in HICs, equitable research partnership, and the research we'd like to see in 2026!
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podcasts.apple.comThe Lancet Global Health editors on conferences, implementation, and 2026Podcast Episode · The Lancet Global Health in conversation with · 02/16/2026 · 29m

@lancetgh.bsky.social Feb 17, 2026, 1:07 PM

The issue also features a Health Policy paper on AI, and how stakeholders in different settings think AI usage could be useful to health, "Research priorities for data science and artificial intelligence in global health: an international consensus exercise" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Table 3 from the paper, which contains too much text to put here, but if you click through to the paper your screen reader should be able to unpack it for you

@lancetgh.bsky.social Feb 17, 2026, 1:01 PM

Our new Open Access issue is online today! We lead off with an Editorial from our editors highlighting the dangers that AI poses to women around the world, titled "Safeguarding women and girls in the age of AI", ahead of #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A paragraph from the Editorial, which reads:
Although AI has the potential to identify neglected health issues and improve access to care, it can also reinforce existing biases and introduce new threats. Grok's misuse is one example of broader risks that under-regulated technological advancement can pose to women's dignity, safety, and wellbeing in patriarchal societies. As Bakelmen and Buse point out in this issue, AI-generated images risk repeating harmful stereotypes and denying people control over their portrayal. As highlighted by UN Women, AI technologies are increasingly used to facilitate and amplify online abuse against women, including harassment, stalking, and the non-consensual sharing or manipulation of intimate images. The scale and speed at which AI can generate and spread harmful content exacerbate digital violence against women and girls. Such misuse aggravates discrimination, inflicts psychological and social harm, and endangers the dignity and safety of women. AI's ease of creating abusive imagery raises urgent ethical concerns, such as privacy violations and non-consensual content, underscoring the need for robust governance and effective safeguards. These challenges are particularly worrisome for women and girls in low-resource settings, where legal and technical protections may be weakest.

@lancetgh.bsky.social Feb 5, 2026, 12:33 PM

"By embracing health equity, epistemic justice, Indigenous values, pluralist methodologies, and co-design with and for the communities, implementation research and practice in global health will be transformed." - Read our latest Editorial, on implementation science www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A screenshot of a paragraph from the Editorial, which reads:
The tug-of-war between adaptation to fit the context and fidelity to the original plan persists in implementation. Future research focusing on identifying the core elements directly responsible for intervention effects and on understanding the mechanisms by which the implementation strategy works best in given circumstances may help reconcile adaptation and fidelity. But before that, what should guide implementation? A promising pathway by which to realise the field's original purpose of scaling up health improvements equitably and sustainably is through community empowerment and participation. Applied to adaptation, such a process prioritises people's needs and values, and seeks to continuously remove systematic barriers that may marginalise at-risk populations or slow down adaptations.

@lancetgh.bsky.social Feb 3, 2026, 2:03 PM

Published today in The Lancet Global Health: A modelling study on current worldwide trends in humanitarian and developmental assistance finds that cuts up to 2030 are projected to cause up to 22.6m additional deaths, inc. 5.4m children u5. Available Open Access - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A research in context panel from the article, which reads:
Added value of this study
This study combined retrospective data and projections for the near future, up to 2030, across a broader set of countries, especially those most vulnerable to ODA shocks, to fully understand the effects of international cooperation and its potential fluctuations on mortality amidst the ODA funding crisis. Our models forecast an additional 22·6 million deaths across all ages, including 5·4 million deaths in children younger than 5 years, by 2030, under a severe defunding scenario; even under a mild defunding scenario, the projected number of excess deaths by 2030 is 9·4 million across all ages and 2·5 million among children younger than 5 years.
Implications of all the available evidence
Sudden and severe reductions in ODA funding could have catastrophic consequences, with a potential global death toll comparable to—or even exceeding—that of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even modest defunding that simply extends current downward trends is likely to lead to sharp increases in preventable adult and child mortality, potentially resulting in tens of millions of excess deaths in the coming years.

@lancetgh.bsky.social Dec 10, 2025, 3:30 PM

To learn more about our Series on sustainable HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa, published jointly with The Lancet HIV, listen to our latest podcast!
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open.spotify.comSolange Baptiste, Charles Holmes, and Kenneth Ngure on sustainable HIV prevention in Africa

@lancetgh.bsky.social Dec 3, 2025, 2:07 PM

📢 Out today! A new Series, jointly with The Lancet HIV, on sustainable #HIV prevention in Africa
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thelancet.comSustainable HIV prevention in AfricaDespite more than four decades of progress, HIV remains a global health challenge, with 1·3 million new infections a year. The six-paper Series on Sustainable HIV Prevention in Africa argues that epid...

@lancetgh.bsky.social Dec 1, 2025, 11:40 AM

Our December issue is now live! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Featuring:
👉🏻 The global burden of sepsis
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👉🏻 Violence against women in informal settlements
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👉🏻 Equitable RSV prevention in infants
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