Systems thinking for health emergencies: use of process mapping during outbreak response by Ambrose Talisuna, Mamadou Harouna Djingarey, Pierre Formenty, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Kara N Durski, Michael Osterholm, Ibrahim Mamadu, Sylvie Briand, Ibrahima-Soce Fall, Amara Jambai, Dhamari Naidoo, Shalini Singaravelu, Anita A Shah, James Banjura, Benoit Kebela, Womi Eteng, Mohamed Vandi, Charles Keimbe, Anwar Abubakar, Abulazeez Mohammed, Desmond E Williams, Margaret Lamunu, Jean Claude Changa Changa, Etienne Minkoulou, Dan Jernigan, Demba Lubambo, Asheena Khalakdina, Albert Mbule Kadiobo, Bruce Aylward

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The incidence and influencing factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese adults in 10 provinces: a prospective cohort study by Shujuan Li, Tingfang Ai, Run Zhang, Xiaoqing You, Jianhong Li

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Unveiling the Spectrum of Nosocomial Candiduria: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Punjab, Pakistan by Syed Fatima Nadeem, Muhammad Shahbaz Hussain, Farhan Rasheed, Israr Ahmad, Syed Sohail Ahmad

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Setting Up an NGS Sequencing Platform and Monitoring Molecular Markers of Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance in Djibouti by Nasserdine Papa Mze, Houssein Yonis Arreh, Rahma Abdi Moussa, Mahdi Bachir Elmi, Mohamed Ahmed Waiss, Mohamed Migane Abdi, Hassan Ibrahim Robleh, Samatar Kayad Guelleh, Abdoul-ilah Ahmed Abdi, Hervé Bogreau, Leonardo K. Basco, Bouh Abdi Khaireh

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Impact of Integrating Social and Health Home Care Services in Catalonia: A Retrospective Cohort-Based Two-Year Study by Emili Vela, Joan Carles Contel, Anna Vila, Sebastià J. Santaeugènia, Rosa Suñol, Jordi Amblàs-Novellas, Conxita Barbeta, Aina Plaza, Pilar Hilarión

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Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: A modelling study. by Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Piotr Bandosz, Colin D Rehm, Jose Penalvo, Laurie Whitsel, Tom Gaziano, Zach Conrad, Parke Wilde, Renata Micha, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Simon Capewell, Dariush Mozaffarian, Martin O'Flaherty

“…Data sources included the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, National Vital Statistics System, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and published meta-analyses. …”
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Epidemiology and Molecular Characterisation of Multidrug-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Cow Milk by Zarin Tasnim Mim, Chandan Nath, Abdullah Al Sattar, Rijwana Rashid, Mehedy Hasan Abir, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Md Abul Kalam, Shahanaj Shano, Rowland Cobbold, John I. Alawneh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan

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Bionomics and distribution of malaria vectors in Kisumu city, Western Kenya: implications for urban malaria transmission by Maxwell G. Machani, Shirley A. Onyango, Irene Nzioki, Sylvia Milanoi, Godfrey Nattoh, John Githure, Harrysone Atieli, Chloe Wang, Ming-Chieh Lee, Goufa Zhou, Andrew K. Githeko, Yaw A. Afrane, Eric Ochomo, Guiyun Yan

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Molecular characterization of VP1 gene during the foot and mouth disease virus outbreak in East Java, Indonesia, in 2022 by Zayyin Dinana, Suwarno Suwarno, Imam Mustofa, Jola Rahmahani, Kusnoto Kusnoto, Aussie Tahta Maharani, Anisa Lailatul Fitria, Adiana Mutamsari Witaningrum, Firdausy Kurnia Maulana, Nur Saidah Said, Deka Uli Fahrodi, Fedik Abdul Rantam

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Hajj vaccination strategies: Preparedness for risk mitigation by Majid Alshamrani, Fayssal Farahat, Mohammed Alzunitan, Musallam Abu Hasan, Nisreen Alsherbini, Ali Albarrak, Sameera M Al Johani, Atef shibl, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Alimuddin Zumla, Ziad A. Memish

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Confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in skuas, Antarctica 2024 by Benjamín Bennett-Laso, Benjamín Bennett-Laso, Bárbara Berazay, Bárbara Berazay, Gabriela Muñoz, Gabriela Muñoz, Naomi Ariyama, Naomi Ariyama, Nikita Enciso, Christina Braun, Lucas Krüger, Lucas Krüger, Miloš Barták, Marcelo González-Aravena, Victor Neira

“…From December 2023 to March 2024, a surveillance program aiming to detect Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was conducted on Antarctica territories, specifically at Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, Maritime Antarctic), and James Ross Island. …”
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Protection afforded by post-infection SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses: A cohort study in Shanghai by Bo Zheng, Bronner P Gonçalves, Pengfei Deng, Weibing Wang, Jie Tian, Xueyao Liang, Ye Yao, Caoyi Xue

“…Funding: This study was funded the Key Discipline Program of Pudong New Area Health System (PWZxk2022-25), the Development and Application of Intelligent Epidemic Surveillance and AI Analysis System (21002411400), the Shanghai Public Health System Construction (GWVI-11.2-XD08), the Shanghai Health Commission Key Disciplines (GWVI-11.1-02), the Shanghai Health Commission Clinical Research Program (20214Y0020), the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (22ZR1414600), and the Shanghai Young Health Talents Program (2022YQ076).…”
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Implementing a group singing intervention for postpartum depression within the Italian health service by Ilaria Lega, Ilaria Luzi, Simona Mastroeni, Claudia Ferraro, Silvia Andreozzi, Serena Donati, Pietro Grussu, Valentina Cavazzana, Patrizia Proietti, Patrizia Magliocchetti, Chiara Monaldi, Cristina Biglia, Rossana Oreggia, Catterina Seia, Calum Smith, Calum Smith, Katey Warran, Katey Warran, Nils Fietje, The Italy and GLOBUS Music and Motherhood Groups

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Community engagement for birth preparedness and complication readiness in the Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) Trial in India: a mixed-method evaluation by Marianne Vidler, Peter von Dadelszen, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Jeffrey N Bone, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Richard Derman, Umesh Charantimath, Avinash Kavi, Umesh Y Ramadurg, Geetanjali M Katageri, Chandrashekhar C Karadiguddi, Narayan V Honnungar, Shashidhar G Bannale, Geetanjali I Mungarwadi, Laura Magee, Ashalata Mallapur, Mrutyunjaya Bellad, The CLIP India Working Group

“…Pre-eclampsia knowledge, birth preparedness, health services engagement and perinatal outcomes was evaluated within trial surveillance. Outcomes were compared between trial arms using a mixed effects logistic regression model on RStudio (RStudio, Boston, USA). …”
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Lipid metabolism reprograming by SREBP1‐PCSK9 targeting sensitizes pancreatic cancer to immunochemotherapy by Mengyi Lao, Xiaozhen Zhang, Zejun Li, Kang Sun, Hanshen Yang, Sicheng Wang, Lihong He, Yan Chen, Hanjia Zhang, Jiatao Shi, Daqian Xu, Tingbo Liang, Xueli Bai

“…In vivo studies using PDAC‐bearing mice, humanized patient‐derived tumor xenograft (PDX) models, and autochthonous model of mutation (GEMM‐KTC) evaluated the efficacy and mechanisms of programmed death receptor 1 (PD‐1) antibodies and lipid inhibitors. …”
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SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) skin sores and scabies trial: study protocol for a cluster randomised, stepped-wedge trial for skin disease control in remote Western Australia by Marianne J Mullane, Timothy C Barnett, Jeffrey W Cannon, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ray Christophers, Juli Coffin, Frieda Mc Loughlin, Vicki O'Donnell, Rebecca Pavlos, Bec Smith, Andrew C Steer, Steven Y C Tong, Roz Walker, Asha C Bowen

“…The primary outcome is the diagnosis of impetigo in children (5–9 years) at school-based surveillance. Secondary outcome measures include scabies diagnosis, other child health indicators, resistance to cotrimoxazole in circulating pathogenic bacteria, determining the economic burden of skin disease and evaluating the cost effectiveness of SToP activities.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol was approved by the health ethics review committees at the Child and Adolescent Health Service (Approval number RGS0000000584), the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (Reference number: 819) and the University of Western Australia (Reference RA/4/20/4123). …”
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Postoperative radiotherapy improves survival in completely resected non-small cell lung cancer with pathologic N2 stage IIIA and positive lymph node count greater than one: a SEER-... by Diyang Zhu, Yuanyuan Xiao, Yuanyuan Xiao, Shancheng He, Shancheng He, Baochang Xie, Baochang Xie, Wenqi Zhao, Wenqi Zhao, Yuhui Xu

“…This study seeks to evaluate the effect of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) on overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with resected pathologic N2 (pN2) stage IIIA NSCLC.MethodsData from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) 17 registry (2010–2019) were analyzed. …”
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Visual communication of public health data: a scoping review by Michael Arthur Ofori, Stella Lartey, Polina Durneva, Niharika Jha, Nidhi Mittal, Shongkour Roy, Zebunnesa Zeba, Stella Chirwa, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, Michelle Taylor, Ashish Joshi

“…These visuals were displayed employing different programming and statistical tools and libraries like R, Python, Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS, and custom web-based applications. …”
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Emergence and characterization of a ST852 Klebsiella quasipneumoniae clinical isolate coharboring blaNDM-1 and blaKPC-2 in China by Chongmei Tian, Yaping Zhao, Su Dong, Zhixin You, Jingbai Chen, Hongfeng Xu, Yuejuan Fang, Yapei Zhang

“…Antimicrobial resistance determinants were identified using the ABRicate program in the ResFinder database. Insertion sequences (ISs) were identified using ISFinder. …”
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Revolutionizing oncology care: pioneering AI models to foresee pneumonia-related mortality by Qunzhe Ding, Yi Zhang, Zihao Zhang, Peijie Huang, Rui Tian, Zhigang Zhou, Ruilan Wang, Yun Xie

“…This study aimed to determine the incidence of pneumonia as a cause of death in patients with cancer, analyze trends and risk factors associated with mortality, and develop corresponding predictive models.MethodsWe included 26,938 cancer patients in the United States who died from pneumonia between 1973 and 2020, as identified through the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program. …”
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