Articles

Rejection of the hijab is not a psychiatric diagnosis

Elsevier,

The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 12, February 2025

Letter examines the right for women to make decisions that might be unpopular without having their mental health questioned.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Middle East

Effectiveness of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination against high-grade cervical lesions by age and doses: a population-based cohort study

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 49, February 2025

Findings support the World Health Organization’s recommendation of using a two-dose or one-dose HPV vaccine regimen in girls and young women. As many countries are switching to one-dose regimen to scale up the coverage of HPV vaccination, these findings based on nationwide Swedish registries and real-life programs provided high-quality evidence to support such policy changes and decision-making for HPV vaccination programs globally.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing, Europe

Does women empowerment alone influence contraception utilization in Bangladesh perspective? Findings from the 2017–2018 Demographic Health Survey using a structural equation model analysis

Elsevier,

AJOG Global Reports, Volume 5, February 2025

This study implies that greater women empowerment may not always act as a stronger determinant of contraceptive use. Other contributing factors such as age, education and religion should be considered.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality
Global

Association between HPV vaccination and cervical screening policy changes and cervical cancer incidence and grade-3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia incidence in England, 2006–2020: a population-based trends analysis

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 49, February 2025

Women offered vaccination at age 12–13 years have around 80% lower rates of Cervical cancer than they would have had in the absence of a national vaccination programme.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Europe

Adaptive HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence interventions for young women in Johannesburg, South Africa: a sequential multiple-assignment randomised trial

Elsevier,

The Lancet HIV, Volume 12, February 2025

African young women, a key population in HIV that represent a growing share of people living with HIV worldwide, but adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) reamains low in this population. Differenciated PrEP-adherence support strategies to avoid HIV acquisition are a fundamental to curve new HIV acquisitions in women.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Gender equality and women's empowerment, Africa

Multipurpose trees on farms can improve nutrition in Malawi

Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 8, 21 February 2025

Trees on farms are an important source of micronutrient-rich foods, yet their contributions to people’s diets remain poorly quantified. Using data collected in rural Malawi, this study shows how different uses of on-farm trees for food, income, and fuelwood are positively associated with women’s micronutrient adequacy.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality
Africa

Female versus viral: Understanding the UK gender health inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic using e-archives

Elsevier,

Social Science and Medicine, Volume 366, February 2025

This transdisciplinary study, through health, feminist, and infrastructural geographical lens, examines how gender health inequalities may have emerged or worsened during Covid-19 in the UK. 
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality
Europe

Increasing diversity in the nutrition, obesity, and diabetes biomedical workforce: the BRIDGES consortium

Elsevier,

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 2025, Volume 121, Issue 2

The BRIDGES consortium, the first initiative of its kind funded by NIDDK, is designed to increase diversity and support early-career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in securing research funding in nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and related fields. By providing tailored mentoring, career development, grant-writing support, and pilot funding across four leading programs nationwide, BRIDGES empowers the next generation of scientific leaders to drive innovation and address critical health disparities.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Reducing inequalities, Global

What contributes to out-of-pocket health expenditure in Cambodia's uncovered population? A distributional and decomposition analysis using survey data

Elsevier,

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 117783

This study analyzes how healthcare, health, and social factors contribute to high out-of-pocket health expenditures (OOPE) among informally employed Cambodian households without prepayment schemes, finding that healthcare-related factors are the largest drivers of financial hardship. The authors recommend expanding prepayment schemes focused on comprehensive outpatient care, essential medications, and higher-level services, while also addressing noncommunicable diseases and injuries to improve financial protection.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Asia

Mixed-method analysis of published national one health strategic plans

Elsevier,

iScience, Volume 28, Issue 2, 21 February 2025, 111803

This study evaluates eight National One Health Strategic Plans using a mixed analytical approach, revealing varying degrees of alignment with core One Health principles and highlighting strengths and gaps to inform future initiatives. The framework combines qualitative, quantitative, and network analyses to assess content, terminology, and conceptual relationships within the plans.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

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National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Health and wellbeing, Global

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