Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Papers
(The median citation count of Bulletin of the World Health Organization is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Public health round-up349
In this month’s Bulletin172
Increasing immunization coverage, Solomon Islands, 202284
Public health round-up73
Knowledge and practices related to snakebite prevention, China: a cross-sectional study69
Health systems and policy research needed to strengthen the rehabilitation workforce56
Collaborations between product development partnerships and the World Health Organization54
Global surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants51
Policy lessons from a vaping ban, Singapore51
Harnessing the power of behavioural science to improve health51
Public health round-up48
Antimicrobial resistance and the COVID-19 pandemic42
Tackling skin lightening’s harms40
Public health round-up36
Shanna H Swan: environmental exposure to chemicals and their consequences for36
Maria Munir Yusuf: empowering the survivors of gender-based violence36
Development of alcohol control law, Sao Tome and Principe35
Medicine availability and affordability for paediatric cancers, China34
Simultaneous screening for COVID-19 and tuberculosis, India33
Towards a more accurate global picture of perimenopause32
Using behavioural science for better health32
Associations between sexual health and well-being: a systematic review32
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response: a systematic review of qualitative studies32
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Scaling friendship29
A human rights approach to preventing racial discrimination in health care28
Barriers to WHO prequalification of similar biotherapeutic insulin28
Cultivating tobacco-free farms26
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Establishing the impact of WHO’s normative and standard-setting functions: a call for papers24
Wild poliovirus case in Malawi reinforces need to continue eradication efforts23
Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in humanitarian contexts22
In this month’s Bulletin22
Assessing health system performance22
Political commitments needed to address health impacts of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss21
Midwifery models of care in the context of increasing caesarean delivery rates21
Promotion of behavioural change for health in a heterogeneous population20
Trial of an mHealth intervention to improve HIV prophylaxis for female sex workers, United Republic of Tanzania20
Iron and folic acid consumption and changing social norms: cluster randomized field trial, Odisha, India20
Acute unexplained hepatitis in children20
Screening programmes and breast cancer mortality: an observational study of 194 countries20
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Towards a universal understanding of post COVID-19 condition19
Rabies elimination in the WHO African Region19
Contemporary demographic challenges and population policies18
Surveillance to improve physical activity of children and adolescents18
Self-care interventions and universal health coverage17
In this month’s Bulletin17
Impact of climate change on biodiversity, agriculture and health: a call for papers17
Implementation research: including breast examinations in a cervical cancer screening programme, Rwanda17
Vaccines designed to reduce antimicrobial resistance17
Corrigenda16
Public health round-up16
In this month’s Bulletin15
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Continuing professional development system for health-care professions, Egypt15
Indicators for maternal near miss: an observational study, India15
Need for guidelines on prevention of abuse in the health-care sector15
Polio outbreak response, Yemen15
A digital transformation for primary health care14
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Health workforce data needed to minimize inequities associated with health-worker migration14
Examining the evidence base for burnout14
2024 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research14
COVAX and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines14
Travel restrictions and variants of concern: global health laws need to reflect evidence14
Wastewater surveillance to track influenza viruses14
Adapting emergency care guidance for better outcomes13
Testing indoor residual spraying coverage targets for malaria control, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea13
Newborn screening for hearing and sight, Cameroon13
De Wet Swanepoel: using digital technologies to improve access to hearing health13
Community engagement in WHO guideline development13
Effects of kangaroo mother care on maternal and paternal health: systematic review and meta-analysis12
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene: a persistent health burden12
Target product profile: diagnostic test for Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense12
Health sector advocacy for repurposing agricultural investments affecting fruits, vegetables and legumes12
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Equitable distribution of SARS-CoV-2 tests12
Protecting nutrition in a food crisis12
Public health round-up12
Proposal for a fourth indicator on vaccine uptake in the joint external evaluation tool12
The <i>WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book</i> and prevention of antimicrobial resistance12
Solar panels bring power to rural health facilities12
Provision of rehabilitation for congenital conditions12
Finance and health dialogue needed to build resilient health systems12
Spatiotemporal trends in COVID-19 vaccine sentiments on a social media platform and correlations with reported vaccine coverage12
Reassessing potential economic value and health impact of effective Shigella vaccines11
Supply-chain factors and antimicrobial stewardship11
Hypertension care in demographic surveillance sites: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam11
Tackling mosquito-borne viruses in the Region of the Americas11
In this month’s Bulletin11
Controlled temperature chain for vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a realist evidence synthesis11
Shedding light on occupational exposure to the sun11
COVID-19 response: effectiveness of weekly rapid risk assessments, Italy11
In equalities in diarrhoea, pneumonia and measles deaths: estimates for 21 sub-Saharan African countries11
Antibiotics needed to treat multidrug-resistant infections in neonates11
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in antenatal care and maternity services, Mozambique11
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Public health round-up10
Economic evaluation of thermal ablation compared to cryotherapy and loop diathermy in a screen-and-treat approach to cervical cancer, Zambia10
Menstruation and sexual health, well-being and justice10
National Cancer Grid initiative for electronic medical records, India10
In this month’s Bulletin10
Progress needed on climate and health goals, Timor-Leste10
Rosanna Peeling: improving diagnostic capacity of health systems10
Advancing rehabilitation through health policy and systems research10
Training community health workers for the COVID-19 response, India10
In this month’s Bulletin10
The impact of urban fires on public health10
New WHO classification of genetic variants causing G6PD deficiency10
Mass gathering events and COVID-19; lessons learnt from the 2020 European football championship10
Lessons from a global antimicrobial resistance surveillance network9
In this month’s Bulletin9
Mpox and stigma9
Access to eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic, India9
Strengthening guideline contextualization in the WHO European Region9
Towards an inclusive digital health ecosystem9
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Public health round-up9
Integration of mental health services with HIV prevention, treatment and care9
Understanding the WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 20239
The health economic–industrial complex: production and innovation for universal health access, Brazil9
Climate change and increased risk of respiratory infections in humans9
Sexual health and well-being in later life9
National policy responses to maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Hypertension diagnosis and management in Bamako, Mali9
Research Health policy implications of corporate social responsibility provisions in international investment agreements9
An observational prospective cohort study of naloxone use at witnessed overdoses, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine9
National health examination surveys; a source of critical data8
Digitalization of health care in low- and middle-income countries8
Antibacterial innovation: parachutes needed8
Urban agrobiodiversity, health and city climate adaptation plans8
Considering vulnerable communities in climate mitigation and adaption plans, India8
From infrastructure to impact: why foundations matter in digital health8
The impact of mosquito sampling strategies on molecular xenomonitoring prevalence for filariasis: a systematic review8
Autonomous mobile clinics8
Towards a global plastics treaty8
Rectal artesunate for severe malaria, implementation research, Zambia8
Classification needed of the private health sector8
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Inequalities in geographical access to emergency obstetric and newborn care7
Revising WHO Guidelines on the management of hypoglycaemia in children7
Corrigendum7
Monitoring of health inequalities to improve health equity7
Routine data in a primary care performance dashboard, Ethiopia7
Malaria innovation: new nets, old challenges7
Benjie Foscablo: nursing in the pandemic7
Nurse-led initiation of hepatitis C care in rural Cambodia7
Developing global guidance on human milk banking7
Guidelines for contributors7
Climate risks in urban areas7
Surveillance for variants of SARS-CoV-2 to inform risk assessments6
Expanding provision of professional education for nurses, Africa6
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Costing of HIV services, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania6
Implementation of a tuberculosis elimination project, India 2018–20196
Julie Makani: leveraging innovation to tackle sickle cell disease6
Target product profile for readers of rapid diagnostic tests6
Risk negotiation: a framework for One Health risk analysis6
Invasive fungal pathogens6
Establishing links between drug registers and essential medicine lists6
Public health round-up6
Behavioural intervention for adolescent uptake of family planning: a randomized controlled trial, Uganda6
Vaccine equity: there is no time to waste6
Cigarette consumption from a life-course perspective in low- and middle-income countries6
Sexual health and well-being across the life course: call for papers6
A mobile messaging service for families on postnatal knowledge and practices: a cluster randomized trial, India6
How to finance national antimicrobial resistance action plans5
Addressing production gaps for vaccines in African countries5
Age-group associations of schistosomiasis prevalence from trial data, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania5
Rabih El Chammay: addressing mental health in crises5
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Participatory development of training videos for respiratory equipment5
Public health round-up5
Public health round-up5
Joy Shumake-Guillemot: linking climate to health5
Health worker protests and the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis5
Environmental sanitation and the evolution of water, sanitation and hygiene5
A global mandate to strengthen emergency, critical and operative care5
Ending the pandemic is not a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice5
Endometriosis: disease mechanisms and health disparities5
Declining fertility in urban areas5
Life-course inequalities in intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing, China5
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A critical pathway to reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality5
In this month’s Bulletin5
Glenda Gray: overcoming obstacles, driving innovation5
WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction model performance in 10 regions, China5
Modelling international spread of clade IIb mpox on the Asia continent5
Expansion of the measles and rubella laboratory network, India5
Stopping attacks on health care5
Ivanilda (Vanny) Reis: encouraging physical activity and sport for everyone5
Cognitive testing in 19 countries to refine WHO’s Sexual Health Assessment of Practices and Experiences5
Treatment-adjusted prevalence to assess HIV testing programmes5
Global health inequities: a call for papers5
Health laboratory licensing: a policy and best-practice analysis4
Comparative performance of national civil registration and vital statistics systems: a global assessment4
A finance and health collaboration to counter pandemic threats4
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Public health round-up4
Evaluating global health initiatives to improve health equity4
Health practitioner regulation and national health goals4
Policy implications of Codex Alimentarius guidelines on nutrition labelling4
Advancing the “sexual” in sexual and reproductive health and rights: a global health, gender equality and human rights imperative4
WHO recommendations for resilient health systems4
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Quantifying alcohol’s harm to others: a research and policy proposal4
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Mapping urban physical distancing constraints, sub-Saharan Africa: a case study from Kenya4
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In this month’s Bulletin4
Negotiating the plastics treaty to protect health and the environment4
Building climate-sensitive nutrition programmes4
Implementation of digital HIV services in Guangzhou’s primary health-care system, China4
Hamid Jafari: the polio endgame and its challenges4
Multisectoral interventions and health system performance: a systematic review4
Monitoring continuity of maternal and child health services, Indonesia4
Global vaccine coverage and childhood survival estimates: 1990–20194
Mitigating the unintended consequences of health-care initiatives4
Vaccinations for older adults4
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A health financing policy agenda for climate mitigation and adaptation4
In this month’s Bulletin4
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The role of mortality surveillance in pandemic preparedness and response4
Vaccinating humanitarian workers against COVID-194
Climate finance opportunities for health and health systems4
Caesarean section for stillborn babies, Benin, Malawi, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania4
Guidelines for contributors4
Gulnaz Azhymambetova: leading change in nursing care4
Measuring the value of the WHO Model list of essential medicines4
Helping people to die3
In this month’s Bulletin3
Outcomes of sugar reduction policies, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland3
Corrigendum3
Inpatient antibacterial use trends and patterns, China, 2013–20213
District-level monitoring of universal health coverage, India3
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths after vaccination: a cohort event monitoring study, Islamic Republic of Iran3
Migrants and health care3
In this month's Bulletin3
Improving management of hypoglycaemia in children3
Water quality and child undernutrition: evidence from 29 low- and middle-income countries3
In this month's Bulletin3
Using the WHO-INTEGRATE framework to develop a COVID-19 guideline for schools, Germany3
Environmental impact of menstrual hygiene products3
Preventing road deaths through safe system design3
Patient satisfaction and value based purchasing in hospitals, Odisha, India3
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