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Global Health

Global health is the field concerned with health issues that transcend national boundaries and with achieving equitable improvement in health for populations worldwide, with particular attention to low- and middle-income countries. It draws on epidemiology, public health, medicine, and the social sciences to underst…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 25× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-9383 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Global health is the field concerned with health issues that transcend national boundaries and with achieving equitable improvement in health for populations worldwide, with particular attention to low- and middle-income countries. It draws on epidemiology, public health, medicine, and the social sciences to understand the distribution and determinants of disease and to design interventions that reduce health disparities. Core concerns include infectious and non-communicable disease burden, environmental and climate-related threats, health-systems strengthening, and the social and economic factors that shape health outcomes. Research in this area examines the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, the public-health impact of climate change, tobacco control and other prevention efforts, mental health in the context of pandemics, vaccine uptake among healthcare workers, the effectiveness of quality-improvement strategies in healthcare facilities, and the structure and performance of health systems in developing settings. Further strands address nutrition, ageing, bioethics, and the determinants of substance use across populations. Global health matters because disease, environmental change, and health inequity are interconnected challenges that require coordinated, evidence-based responses across countries and disciplines. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the determinants of population health, disease prevention and control, and health-systems and policy questions in international and resource-varied contexts.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic

Yadav RavinderCorresponding author
Medical Social Welfare Officer Department of Medical Record Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367
2020

Health Systems of Underdeveloped and Developing Countries

Mango LucioCorresponding author
Head for Higher Education in Healthcare, University of International Studies (UNINT) – Rome, Italy
Exact topic International Journal of Global Health Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3489

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 25 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Global Health, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Health Research (ISSN 2576-9383).

Journal editorial board
Irma Brito · Portugal Suelen Boschen · United States Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui · Saudi Arabia

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