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Data utilisation and factors influencing the performance of the health management information system in Tanzania

Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a set of data regularly collected at health care facilities to meet the needs of statistics on health services. This study aimed to determine the utilisation of HMIS data and factors influencing the health system's performance at the district and primary health care facility levels in Tanzania.

Exposomes and metabolic health through a physical activity lens: a narrative review

In this narrative review, we provide an overview of the role of physical activity as part of differing exposomes (our combined non-genetic exposures from conception onwards) and environmental influences on metabolic health. We discuss 'beneficial' exposomes (green/natural outdoor spaces, sun exposure, healthy diets and features of built environments) that could synergise with physical activity to prevent metabolic dysfunction, particularly that related to lifestyle diseases of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Healing Anthropocene Syndrome: Planetary Health Requires Remediation of the Toxic Post-Truth Environment

The term “Anthropocene Syndrome” describes the wicked interrelated challenges of our time. We expand the discourse on positive social contagion and argue that empowerment through education can help lead to an information transformation with the aim of flourishing along every link in the person, place and planet continuum.

Strengthening health systems to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities in Fiji—A commentary

Leadership and collaboration has resulted in increased capacity in the Fijian health system to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities

Golden Age of Medicine 2.0: Lifestyle Medicine and Planetary Health Prioritized

We emphasize that barriers to planetary health and the clinical application of lifestyle medicine are maintaining an unhealthy status quo

Geo-visual integration of health outcomes and risk factors using excess risk and conditioned choropleth maps

Ghana remains a malaria hyperendemic region with district-level spatial heterogeneity

Evaluation in health promotion: Thoughts from inside a human research ethics committee

Health promotion research, quality improvement and evaluation are all activities that raise ethical issues.

Will Global Climate Change Alter Fundamental Human Immune Reactivity: Implications for Child Health?

We postulate several mechanisms whereby climate change sensitive exposures and conditions will subtly impair aspects of the human immune response

Emergency Department health professionals' reasons to invite or not invite Family Witnessed Resuscitation: A qualitative perspective

Family presence can be beneficial for staff and family and is likely to be motivated by family-specific factors where this choice is appropriate for all...

Tertiary paediatric refugee health clinic in Western Australia: Analysis of the first 1026 children

The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of common conditions in resettled paediatric refugees attending a tertiary multidisciplinary RHC.