A longstanding debate on health system organization relates to the benefits of integrating programs that emphasize specific interventions into mainstream health systems to increase access and improve health outcomes. This debate has long been characterized by polarization of views and...

The health workforce plays a key role in increasing access to health services for the poor in developing countries. Recent evidence has demonstrated an important link between staffing levels and both service delivery and health outcomes. Various global and country-level estimates have also shown...

Shortages, geographic imbalances, and poor performance of health workers pose major challenges for improving health service delivery in developing countries. In response, development agencies have increasingly recognized the need to invest in Human Resources for Health (HRH) to assist countries...

Background: Economic losses due to herpes simplex infections in low and middle-income countries are unknown. We estimated economic and quality-of-life losses due to genital herpes and HIV-attributable-to-HSV-2 in 2019, in 90 low and middle-income countries, and up to 2030 in 45 countries in the...