Cervical cancer is a major public health concern in China,accounting for almost one-fifth of the global incidence and mortality.The recently prequalified domestic bivalent human papillomavirus(HPV)vaccine offers a pra...
Background:China is still faced with the public health challenge of tuberculosis(TB),and a robust surveillance system is critical for developing evidence-based TB control policies.The Tuberculosis Information Manageme...
Background:The National Plan for Malaria Elimination(NPME)in Myanmar(2016–2030)aims to eliminate indigenous Plasmodium falciparum malaria in six states/regions of low endemicity by 2020 and countrywide by 2030.To ach...
This study used funding from the Ministry of Health in Nicaragua(MoH)and Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA);The MoH played an important role in the design of the study and data collection as described in the paper.Neither organization were not involved in analysing and interpreting data or in writing the manuscript.
Background:Chagas disease is one of the neglected tropical diseases(NTDs).International goals for its control involve elimination of vector-borne transmission.Central American countries face challenges in establishing...
The study about which this paper was written is part of a large program entitled“China National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Gates Foundation TB Project,”a collaboration between the Government of China and the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(Grant No.51914),and implemented by the China CDC.
Background:In the 1990s,China introduced a“free”tuberculosis(TB)care policy under the national TB control program.Recently,as a part of a new TB diagnosis and treatment model,it has been recommended that the integra...