Yusuf Hared Abdi, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Walid Abdulkadir Osman, Ahmed Abdinasir Abdulle
{"title":"WHO's 2026 emergency appeal and global health security.","authors":"Yusuf Hared Abdi, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Walid Abdulkadir Osman, Ahmed Abdinasir Abdulle","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01211-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01211-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13091268/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147716600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why health diplomacy should be understood as a deterrence instrument: evidence from Sweden's health system.","authors":"Matteo Maria Cati","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01210-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01210-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147689755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hadi Pashapour, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Ali Nikfarjam, Amir Kavousi, Manoochehr Karami
{"title":"Challenges and barriers to effective COVID-19 screening at Iran's air border crossings: a qualitative study and proposed solutions.","authors":"Hadi Pashapour, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Ali Nikfarjam, Amir Kavousi, Manoochehr Karami","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01208-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01208-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13088837/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147672473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tom Shore, Shaun Larkin, Adam G Elshaug, Preet Kalkat, Jenn Lacy-Nichols
{"title":"Market strategies used by private hospital providers to consolidate and increase power; a systematic scoping review and evaluative synthesis.","authors":"Tom Shore, Shaun Larkin, Adam G Elshaug, Preet Kalkat, Jenn Lacy-Nichols","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01206-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01206-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147633134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Ankomah, Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah, Grace Adjei Okai, Lily Yarney, Anita Asiwome Adzo Baku
{"title":"An account of health systems resilience to emergencies in Africa: a scoping review.","authors":"Martin Ankomah, Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah, Grace Adjei Okai, Lily Yarney, Anita Asiwome Adzo Baku","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01209-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01209-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147627537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beth Nichol, Devashish Ray, Louise Tanner, Emily J Oliver, Ivo Vlaev, Falko Sniehotta, Laura McGowan
{"title":"Decision-making about bariatric and cosmetic medical tourism from countries with universal healthcare: a rapid systematic review.","authors":"Beth Nichol, Devashish Ray, Louise Tanner, Emily J Oliver, Ivo Vlaev, Falko Sniehotta, Laura McGowan","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01207-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01207-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13151202/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147528390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen Hill, Troy Walker, Fiona Mitchell, Alessandro Crocetti, Sarah Sheridan, Laura Thompson, Jennifer Browne
{"title":"'Pride not profit': A commercial determinants of Indigenous health case study from Australia.","authors":"Karen Hill, Troy Walker, Fiona Mitchell, Alessandro Crocetti, Sarah Sheridan, Laura Thompson, Jennifer Browne","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01197-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01197-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The role of the commercial sector in driving population health outcomes is gaining attention; yet the influence of commercial entities and practices on Indigenous health is underexplored. This case study examined the separate legal disputes between Clothing The Gaps (an Aboriginal business, social enterprise and B-Corp) and two for-profit commercial clothing companies, investigating their potential impact on Aboriginal health and wellbeing, and how Aboriginal business and advocacy can overcome powerful commercial interests.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This qualitative case study combined data from interviews with key informants (n = 3) and data extracted from media articles and stakeholder submissions (n = 74) to the Senate Select Committee on the Aboriginal Flag. Data were analysed for key themes with Aboriginal researchers central to the analysis process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings suggest that the legal avenues taken by two non-Indigenous companies were enabled by Australia's existing legal and regulatory systems, coupled with notable resource disparities. WAM Clothing and GAP Inc. asserted their legal rights against Clothing The Gaps to protect their respective branding and profits. The 'Free The Flag' campaign demonstrated how Aboriginal business advocacy can garner public and political support to counter profit-focused commercial interests.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This case study underscores the importance of recognising the impact of the commercial sector's lawful pursuit of their intellectual property on Indigenous peoples' rights, culture, health and wellbeing, and on the transformative potential of Aboriginal-led advocacy campaigns. Further work is needed to safeguard Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights, and to investigate the diverse industries influencing Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial number: </strong>Not applicable.</p>","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13147838/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147528395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ariadna Villalobos-Pérez, Vania Lara-Mejía, Florence L Théodore, Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo
{"title":"Corporate influence on food and nutrition policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: key determinants and policy directions.","authors":"Ariadna Villalobos-Pérez, Vania Lara-Mejía, Florence L Théodore, Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01198-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01198-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13104243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147528374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denise L Spitzer, Erlinda Castro-Palaganas, Penelope Simons, Kenesh Dzhusupov, Flavio Wittlin, Jean Grassman, Janelle Baker, Ronald Labonté
{"title":"Canadian mines, global issues: examining health impacts, demanding action.","authors":"Denise L Spitzer, Erlinda Castro-Palaganas, Penelope Simons, Kenesh Dzhusupov, Flavio Wittlin, Jean Grassman, Janelle Baker, Ronald Labonté","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01204-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01204-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13141277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147520998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient organizations involvement in healthcare: a rapid review and conceptual framework.","authors":"Arianna Gentilini, Iva Parvanova, Samra Ghazi, Kristy M Scarfone, Jillian Kohler","doi":"10.1186/s12992-026-01205-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12992-026-01205-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient organizations have become increasingly influential in the healthcare sector, offering unique insights into unmet health needs, disease impact, and patients' quality of life. These groups have evolved from advocates for access to treatment, as seen during the HIV/AIDS crisis, to active participants in the research and policy-making processes. Despite growing recognition of their critical role, a comprehensive understanding of their interactions with various healthcare actors remains limited.</p><p><strong>Main body: </strong>This rapid review aims to map the landscape of patient organization involvement in healthcare, particularly in high-income settings. We conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE, focusing on literature published between 2000 and 2024, and identified 61 relevant articles. The analysis revealed that patient organizations interact with a range of actors, including pharmaceutical companies, healthcare professionals, payers, health technology assessment bodies, and regulatory agencies. Key themes were identified around conflicts of interest, especially with regards to the pharmaceutical industry, where concerns about transparency and independence were prevalent. The review also highlighted the vital role patient organizations play in research and development, regulatory approval processes, and reimbursement decisions. The conceptual framework developed from this review outlines these interactions across the pharmaceutical lifecycle, emphasizing the varied and significant contributions of patient organizations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This review underscores the need for more transparency and meaningful engagement of patient organizations in healthcare decision-making. While their involvement has been primarily studied in the context of pharmaceutical industry relations, further research is needed to explore their interactions with other relevant actors. Addressing funding challenges and expanding research beyond well-studied regions are crucial for fully understanding and optimizing the role of patient organizations in healthcare.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial number: </strong>Not applicable.</p>","PeriodicalId":12747,"journal":{"name":"Globalization and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13141336/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147520990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}