Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Article	Citations
The world report on hearing, 2021	189
COVID-19-related misinformation on social media: a systematic review	161
Infodemics and health misinformation: a systematic review of reviews	147
Economic burden of COVID-19, China, January–March, 2020: a cost-of-illness study	101
The <i>WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book</i> and prevention of antimicrobial resistance	64
Prevalence and risk factors of violence against women and children during COVID-19, Germany	57
Burnout among primary health-care professionals in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis	52
Transgender health in medical education	45
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic bronchitis in eight countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	45
Immunity certification for COVID-19: ethical considerations	43
Air quality standards for the concentration of particulate matter 2.5, global descriptive analysis	38
Community surveillance of COVID-19 by village health volunteers, Thailand	37
Thailand's national strategic plan on antimicrobial resistance: progress and challenges	37
Violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic	36
Scoping review of rehabilitation care models for post COVID-19 condition	35
Unhealthy geopolitics: can the response to COVID-19 reform climate change policy?	33
Catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Developing global guidance on human milk banking	31
COVAX and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines	29
Global genomic surveillance strategy for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential 2022–2032	29
Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa	29
Ensuring equitable access to vaccines for refugees and migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic	28
Inequitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution and its effects	26
Childhood immunization during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences in Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia and Malawi	25
National surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia and nursing plan, Nigeria	24

Advancing rehabilitation through health policy and systems research	24
Antibiotics needed to treat multidrug-resistant infections in neonates	23
Improving malaria control by understanding human behaviour	23
Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand	22
Overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	22
Mental health interventions by lay counsellors: a systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Maternal mortality: near-miss events in middle-income countries, a systematic review	21
Alignment of national COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant and lactating women	21
Risk factors for cooking-related burn injuries in children, WHO Global Burn Registry	21
Quality of stroke guidelines in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	21
WHO recommendations for resilient health systems	21
Gaps in health security related to wildlife and environment affecting pandemic prevention and preparedness, 2007–2020	20
Training community health workers for the COVID-19 response, India	20
Telemedicine to deliver diabetes care in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Antimicrobial resistance and the COVID-19 pandemic	19
Public health challenges and opportunities after COVID-19	19
Performance-based incentives and community health workers’ outputs, a systematic review	19
Social, cultural and economic aspects of antimicrobial resistance	18
Interrupted time-series analysis of active case-finding for tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zambia	18
Digital health and COVID-19	18
Frequency of visits to health facilities and HIV services offered to men, Malawi	18
Anaemia in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries: progress towards the 2025 global nutrition target	18
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of early COVID-19 cases, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	18
Strengthening our resolve for primary health care	17
Policy-makers’ perspectives on implementation of cross-sectoral nutrition policies, Western Pacific Region	17
Water, sanitation and hygiene in national action plans for antimicrobial resistance	17
Improving care of migrants is key for viral hepatitis elimination in Europe	17
School closures and teenage pregnancy	17
Concurrence of water and food insecurities, 25 low- and middle-income countries	17
Health and economic benefits of WHO air quality guidelines, Western Pacific Region	16
Environmental burden of disease from unsafe and substandard housing, New Zealand, 2010–2017	15
Understanding geopolitical determinants of health	15
Feasibility of screening for diabetic retinopathy using artificial intelligence, Brazil	15
Including oral diseases and conditions in universal health coverage	15
Surveillance to improve physical activity of children and adolescents	15
Vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 of migrants and refugees, Jordan	14
Systems science for developing policy to improve physical activity, the Caribbean	14
Mental health of adolescents associated with sexual and reproductive outcomes: a systematic review	14
Implementing antenatal care recommendations, South Africa	14
Strengthening the evidence base for decisions on public health and social measures	13
COVID-19 outbreaks among isolated Amazonian indigenous people, Ecuador	13
Access to female contraceptives by Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh	13
European collaborations on medicine and vaccine procurement	13
Addressing production gaps for vaccines in African countries	13
Supply chain transparency and the availability of essential medicines	12
Supply-chain strategies for essential medicines in rural western Kenya during COVID-19	12
Vaccine manufacturing capacity in low- and middle-income countries	12
Life-course inequalities in intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing, China	12
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response: a systematic review of qualitative studies	12
Assessing the continuum of care for maternal health in Mexico, 1994–2018	12

Control of sexually transmitted infections and global elimination targets, South-East Asia Region	12
A global priority: addressing violence against children	12
Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review	12
Child health, inclusive education and development	12
Integrated disease management: arboviral infections and waterborne diarrhoea	11
COVID-19 social distancing measures and informal urban settlements	11
Ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines	11
Vaccination coverage among older adults: a population-based study in India	11
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in antenatal care and maternity services, Mozambique	11
Emergency response and the need for collective competence in epidemiological teams	11
Access to eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic, India	11
Legal strategies to improve physical activity in populations	11
Environmental sanitation and the evolution of water, sanitation and hygiene	11
National action plans for antimicrobial resistance and variations in surveillance data platforms	11
Progress towards antibiotic use targets in eight high-income countries	10
New global indicator for workers’ health: mortality rate from diseases attributable to selected occupational risk factors	10
Engaging religious leaders to promote safe burial practices during the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak, Sierra Leone	10
Differentiating sex and gender in health research to achieve gender equity	10
National dengue surveillance, Cambodia 2002–2020	10
Comparison of national antimicrobial treatment guidelines, African Union	10
Towards a universal understanding of post COVID-19 condition	10
Tobacco supply and demand strategies used in African countries	10
Accessibility and efficiency of mental health services, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	10
Insights into vaccine hesitancy from systems thinking, Rwanda	10
Travel restrictions and variants of concern: global health laws need to reflect evidence	10
Promotion of behavioural change for health in a heterogeneous population	10
Viral transmission and evolution dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in shipboard quarantine	9
Global access to affordable direct oral anticoagulants	9
A survey of national ethics and bioethics committees	9
Financing and protection for the health and care workforce	9
Quantifying convergence on health-related indicators of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development	9
Attribute-centred theorizing to address behavioural changes	9
COVID-19 response: effectiveness of weekly rapid risk assessments, Italy	9
Hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship, India	9
Protecting noncommunicable disease prevention policy in trade and investment agreements	9
Intergovernmental engagement on health impacts of climate change	9
Primary health care: realizing the vision	9
Engaging citizens to improve service provision for oral health	9
Impact of tropical cyclones on food security, health and biodiversity	9
Vaccine equity: there is no time to waste	8
Digital health technologies and adherence to tuberculosis treatment	8
Building resilient health-care supply chains to manage pandemics in low- and middle-income countries	8
Promoting health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic, United States	8
Hypertension care in demographic surveillance sites: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam	8
Normalizing the political economy of improving health	8
Validation of a screening test for alcohol use, the Russian Federation	8
Death registration coverage 2019–2021, India	8
A global mandate to strengthen emergency, critical and operative care	8
Racial disparities in the COVID-19 response affecting the Marshall Islands diaspora, United States of America	8
Introducing a national essential diagnostics list in India	8
Future directions and priorities in sepsis epidemiology research: a call for action	8
Achieving sustainable health equity	7
Missed opportunities for hypertension screening: a cross-sectional study, India	7
Rehabilitation and primary care treatment guidelines, South Africa	7
Emergency, critical and operative care services for effective primary care	7
WHO method for estimating congenital syphilis to inform surveillance and service provision, Paraguay	7
Screening for Hepatitis B in partners and children of women positive for surface antigen, Burkina Faso	7
Data gaps towards health development goals, 47 low- and middle-income countries	7
Using behavioural science for better health	7
National policy responses to maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Tuberculosis care models for children and adolescents: a scoping review	7
Implementation of an infant male circumcision programme, Pakistan	7
Venezuela: out of the headlines but still in crisis	7
Health policy and systems research for rehabilitation: a call for papers	7
Examining the evidence base for burnout	6
Implementation of targeted cholera response activities, Cameroon	6
Modelling COVID-19 vaccination status and adherence to public health and social measures, Members of Eastern Mediterranean Region and Algeria	6
Health and nutritional status of children hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh	6
Harnessing the power of behavioural science to improve health	6
Controlled temperature chain for vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a realist evidence synthesis	6
Health practitioner regulation and national health goals	6
Systemic antibiotic sales and WHO recommendations, India	6
Target product profiles: tests for tuberculosis treatment monitoring and optimization	6
A shorter post-exposure prophylaxis regimen for rabies, Pakistan	6
Subnational inequalities in diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis immunization in 24 countries in the African Region	6
Changing hygiene behaviours: a cluster-randomized trial, Ethiopia	6
Modelling the global economic costs of tobacco product waste	6
Mobile methadone dispensing in Delhi, India: implementation research	6
Building climate-sensitive nutrition programmes	6
Monitoring continuity of maternal and child health services, Indonesia	6

Ultra-processed food for infants and toddlers; dynamics of supply and demand	6
Improvements to a framework for gender and emerging infectious diseases	6
Inpatient antibacterial use trends and patterns, China, 2013–2021	6
Pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2, options for efficiency at scale	6
Coordinating COVID-19 vaccine deployment through the WHO COVID-19 Partners Platform	6
Implementation research on kangaroo mother care, Bangladesh	6
WHO’s Robson platform for data-sharing on caesarean section rates	6
Developing an agenda for the decolonization of global health	6
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of migrants: strengthening regional research capacity	6
Physiotherapy as part of primary health care, Italy	6
A digital transformation for primary health care	5
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and patient support groups, southern India	5
Iron and folic acid consumption and changing social norms: cluster randomized field trial, Odisha, India	5
Effectiveness of a helmet promotion campaign, China	5
Health inequity focus in pandemic preparedness and response plans	5
Saliva-based methods for SARS-CoV-2 testing in low- and middle-income countries	5
Treatment-adjusted prevalence to assess HIV testing programmes	5
Uptake of orphan drugs in the WHO essential medicines lists	5
COVID-19 vaccines: resolving deployment challenges	5
COVID-19 and investment in applied epidemiology	5
Sodium content targets for pre-packaged foods, China: a quantitative study and proposal	5
Artificial intelligence for global health: cautious optimism with safeguards	5
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths after vaccination: a cohort event monitoring study, Islamic Republic of Iran	5
Linking health and finance ministries to improve taxes on unhealthy products	5
Transforming the health information system using mobile and geographic information technologies, Papua New Guinea	5
COVID-19 response and mitigation: a call for action	5
Provision of rehabilitation for congenital conditions	5
Stillbirth undercount in the sample registration system and national family health survey, India	5
WHO's health inequality data repository	5
WHO air quality database: relevance, history and future developments	5
Social participation, universal health coverage and health security	5
A National Cancer Grid pooled procurement initiative, India	5
Emergency preparedness and readiness; anticipating the need for rehabilitation	5
Cervical cancer screening aided by artificial intelligence, China	5
An integrated surveillance network for antimicrobial resistance, India	5
Pandemic prevention and unsustainable animal-based consumption	5
Behavioural intervention for adolescent uptake of family planning: a randomized controlled trial, Uganda	5