The second epidemiological transition describes a shift in predominant causes of death from infectious to degenerative (non-communicable) diseases associated with the demographic transition from high ...

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The last pandemic was bad, but COVID-19 is only one of many infectious diseases that emerged since the turn of this century. While some of these discoveries reflect better detection methods, genetic ...

Economic and programmatic transitions are changing the global health landscape profoundly. A cohort of countries that have historically relied on development assistance for health (DAH) is ...