Concerns about the prospect of a global pandemic have been triggered many times during
the last two decades. These have been realised through the current COVID‐19 pandemic, …

Many emerging infectious diseases are caused by generalist pathogens that infect and
transmit via multiple host species with multiple dissemination routes, thus confounding the …

Parasitic diseases of humans and livestock are ubiquitous in the developing world and
have substantial impacts on human wellbeing. For the estimated one billion people living in …

Despite overwhelming burdens of disease, health care access in most developing countries
is extremely low. As governments work toward achieving universal health coverage, …

Reducing the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is one of the key strategic
targets advanced by the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the unprecedented effort …

Background Geographical accessibility to health facilities remains one of the main barriers
to access care in rural areas of the developing world. Although methods and tools exist to …

Introduction The Sustainable Development Goals framed an unprecedented commitment to
achieve global convergence in child and maternal mortality rates through 2030. To meet …

Poor geographic access can persist even when affordable and well-functioning health
systems are in place, limiting efforts for universal health coverage (UHC). It is unclear how to …

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc globally with particular concerns for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
where models suggest that the majority of the population will become infected. …

Background Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) is the agent responsible for Buruli Ulcer (BU), an
emerging skin disease with dramatic socioeconomic and health outcomes, especially in …