Overview
Global health is the field of study, research, and practice that addresses health issues transcending national borders and emphasizes equitable improvement of health for populations worldwide. It combines epidemiology, public health, and health-systems analysis with attention to the political, economic, and environmental forces that shape health across high-, middle-, and low-income settings. Central concerns include the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, examined alongside geopolitical context and questions surrounding gain-of-function research, and the cross-border dynamics of pandemics such as COVID-19, including their interaction with environmental exposures and vulnerable older populations. Work in this area also evaluates disease-incidence trends, vaccine uptake among healthcare workers, and the structural challenges facing health systems in underdeveloped and developing countries. Climate change and its impact on population health, bioethical frameworks for global biological consciousness, and quality-improvement strategies in resource-constrained healthcare facilities further reflect the field's breadth. Behavioral and social determinants, including substance use among adolescents, connect individual risk to broader patterns of disparity. By integrating international collaboration, comparative analysis, and policy, global health seeks to reduce inequities in access and outcomes, strengthen health systems, and coordinate responses to threats whose causes and consequences are shared across countries and regions.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Features of the Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases, Geopolitics and Gain-of-Function Research
COVID-19, and Vitamin D, and Air Pollution Global Epidemics Impact on Older Adults
Building on Success in Tobacco Control: A Roadmap Towards Tobacco-Free Oman (Perspective Review)
Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic
Extended Bioethics as a Response to Global Biological Consciousness
Adopting High Fat Diets for Fat Loss and Improving Brain Health.
Impact of Climate Change on Public Health in Rwanda
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Strategies in Mid-Level Private Healthcare Facilities of Lagos State: A Donabedian Model-Based Approach
Psychosocial Determinants of Marijuana Utilization among Selected Junior High School Students in the Central Region of Ghana
Health Systems of Underdeveloped and Developing Countries
Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Healthcare Workers in Kiambu County, Kenya
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.
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2026 · BMJ Open Quality
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2025 · Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
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2025 · BMC Research Notes
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Rachael Asantewaa Darko et al. · 2025 · BMC Research Notes
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2025 · Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
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2025 · Frontiers
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Thamra Al Ghafri et al. · 2025 · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
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