Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-09-16DOI: 10.1177/00494755261489898
Josh Compton
{"title":"Inoculation theory and tropical medicine: A partnership worth exploring?","authors":"Josh Compton","doi":"10.1177/00494755261489898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261489898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inoculation theory offers a communication strategy for building resistance to misinformation, misconceptions, and myths through preexposure to weakened challenges. Health communication has been one of its most productive areas of application, yet inoculation remains understudied in tropical medicine. Tropical Doctor has addressed health myths, misunderstandings, and misconceptions for decades, suggesting an opportunity to explore whether inoculation theory-based messaging might contribute to existing health communication efforts in LMIC settings. Doing that work well will require partnerships with health workers and other experts who know those settings. Inoculation theory is no panacea, but its record as a health communication strategy makes its potential contribution to tropical medicine worth exploring.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261489898"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148984020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel technical modification for the reduction of temporomandibular joint dislocation.","authors":"Arvind R, Sandeep K Madhu, Joanna Baptist, Premalatha Shetty, Sthuthi Kumar, Kriti Kaushik","doi":"10.1177/00494755261485396","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261485396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conventional methods of chronic temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation reduction demand application of strong force and technical expertise. We describe a new and easy technique for reduction, which is less cumbersome and time consuming to patient and practitioner. This technique was formulated by learning through experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261485396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148978466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-09-14DOI: 10.1177/00494755261489131
Shahid Akhtar Siddiqui, Gulnaz Fatima Siddiqui
{"title":"Data centre expansion and water insecurity in low- and middle income countries.","authors":"Shahid Akhtar Siddiqui, Gulnaz Fatima Siddiqui","doi":"10.1177/00494755261489131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261489131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261489131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148972193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outbreak memory as a preparedness asset: Lessons from the 2026 Ebola outbreak and hantavirus clusters.","authors":"Christos Tsagkaris, Dimitrios Stylianakis, Priyanka Chahal","doi":"10.1177/00494755261488191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261488191","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261488191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148972199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-09-14DOI: 10.1177/00494755261489897
Shahid Akhtar Siddiqui
{"title":"Confronting the hidden strain of overdiagnosis and overtreatment in LMICs.","authors":"Shahid Akhtar Siddiqui","doi":"10.1177/00494755261489897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261489897","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261489897"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148972150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Donor milk access in low- and middle-income countries: Overcoming barriers to protect vulnerable newborns.","authors":"Shahid Akhtar Siddiqui, Nandita Mishra, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Anubha Shrivastava, Manisha Maurya","doi":"10.1177/00494755261488607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261488607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The vast majority of vulnerable and premature neonates are born in low- and middle-income countries where infant mortality remains high. Pasteurised donor human milk is a lifesaving intervention for these infants; yet, human milk banks are profoundly scarce in the very regions that need them most. This report highlights this geographic imbalance and calls for urgent infrastructure investments to scale up human milk banking across the global tropics.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261488607"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148946003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-09-09DOI: 10.1177/00494755261488212
Thotanolla Surya Prakash
{"title":"Severe anticholinergic toxicity following social media-promoted Datura flower consumption in a family: A cautionary correspondence.","authors":"Thotanolla Surya Prakash","doi":"10.1177/00494755261488212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755261488212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"494755261488212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148914033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}