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RESEARCH 
ID: BLT.25.294847
Diplomatic roles of regional coordinators for WHO Member States
-  Nikica Daraboš, Monica Stanovic & Danira Matijaca

ID: BLT.25.293810
A public–private partnership for facility-based tuberculosis screening using chest radiographs, Viet Nam
-  Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Andrew James Codlin, Tushar Garg, Rachel Forse, Luong Van Dinh, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Tuan Dinh Nguyen, Tom Wingfield, Mohammed Ahmed Yassin, Jamie Tonsing, Minh Huy Pham, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Jad Shedrawy, Knut Lönnroth & Jacob Creswell

ID: BLT.25.294390 
Telephone versus in-person administration of the Early Childhood Development Index 2030: a crossover study, Brazil, Canada, India and Malawi
-  Nicholas Kuzik, Sabrina Buchanan, Sarita de Mendonça Bacciotti, Madison Boyd, Emily Bremer, Brianne A Bruijns, Hilary AT Caldwell, Claudia Cappa, Valerie Carson, Guy Faulkner, Alex Antonio Florindo, Anelise Reis Gaya, Kianoush Harandian, Uddhavi Kand, Janine Kayange, Himangi Lubree, Clarice Martins, Tawonga Mwase-Vuma, Anthony Okely, Linda S Pagani, Nicole Petrowski, Morgan Potter, Evelyn Helena Corgosinho Ribeiro, Patricia Tucker, Roseanne Autran & Mark S Tremblay

ID: BLT.25.295896
A model for the epidemiological impact of tuberculosis policy options
-  Sandip Mandal, Srinath Satyanarayana, Finn McQuaid, Peter J Dodd, Nicolas A Menzies, Richard G White, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Rein MGJ Houben, David W Dowdy, Mikaela Smit, Suvanand Sahu & Carel Pretorius

ID: BLT.25.295053
Market landscape of penicillin for syphilis and rheumatic heart disease, WHO South-East Asia Region
-  Gereltuya Dorj, Uhjin Kim, Po-lin Chan, Pradeep Joshi, Abishek Royal & Karina Razali

POLICY & PRACTICE   
ID: BLT.25.294093
Application of tobacco control experience to alcohol consumption
-  Prashant Kumar Singh, Chandan Kumar & Shalini Singh

ID: BLT.25.293246
An umbrella protocol for the clinical evaluation of diagnostics in infectious disease
-  Edward Blandford, Sarah Tunkel, Elizabeth Coates, Carolina R Arevalo, Simon E Kolstoe, Obaghe Edeghere, Fiona Maleady-Crowe, David Chapman, Carolyn Lewis, Raghavendran Kulasegaran-Shylini, Richard Vipond, Deborah A Williamson, Richard Pebody, Isabel Oliver, Susan Hopkins, Sue Hill & Tom Fowler

ID: BLT.25.293951
Systemic path to global health 2050
-  Joachim Sturmberg, Maru Mormina, Holger Pfaff, Federica Russo, Mathew Mercuri, Rika Preiser, Valéry Ridde, Peter Delobelle, Garrett Wallace Brown, Fareed Abdullah, Eivind Engebretsen, Kurt C Stange, David Bell, Carmel M Martin, Chris Burman, Felix Tretter & Elisabeth Paul

ID: BLT.25.295493
Expedited research and approval of medicines for drug-resistant bacterial infections in children
-  Phoebe CM Williams, Gary J Noel, Sumati Nambiar, Seamus O’Brien, David L Paterson, Julia A Bielicki, Michael Sharland & John S Bradley

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD 
ID: BLT.25.293592 
Evaluation of an application for investments in cataract surgery, Ethiopia
-  Dominque Geoffrion, Noelle Whitestone, Jennifer L Patnaik, Samson Tesfaye, Dawit Seyum, Nigusie Fetene, Enock Nsokolo, Lucia Nadaf, Ruth Nswana, Alemayehu Sisay, David H Cherwek, Serge Resnikoff, Phylis Moonga, Jonathan Ncheengamwa & Nathan Congdon

ID: BLT.25.294930 
Solar power for maternal and neonatal care after the Jajarkot earthquake, Nepal
-  Samriddha Rana, Rabin Khadka, Bhoj Raj Bam, Prahlad Dahal, Saugat Pratap KC & Allison Gocotano

ID: BLT.25.295347 
Third-party governance and artificial intelligence for diabetes management in primary health care, China
-  Wenxi Tang, Qian Peng, Minlin Li, Na Zheng, Tao Zhang, Yipeng Guo & Xing Lin Feng

ID: BLT.25.295299 
Identification of unvaccinated children, Madagascar
-  Nadine Muller, Apollinaire F Mahafeno, Andrinirina C Rasolofondraibe, Gabrielle T Andriantiantsoa, Andry NS Randrianirisoa, Elgiraud Ramarosaiky, Fanjatiana RLR Rakotoarisoa, Fanilo N Valitera, Zavaniarivo Rampanjato, Miora M Andriamanjay, Elsa N Rajemison, Riana S Ramanantsoa, Julius V Emmrich, Lara M Press, Christian H Ravelomahafaly & Maurin Mananatitra

ID: BLT.25.293876 
Digital epidemiology investments, Saudi Arabia
-  Haytham A Sheerah, Ahmed Arafa, Mansour A Alfaya, Ashraf B AlDerbas, Nouf Bin Muammar, Sarah A Alsalhi, Abdulmajeed Y Alahdal, Hessah A Alsalamah, Abdulrahman M Alqahtani & Shada Alsalamah

PERSPECTIVES   
ID: BLT.25.294908
Fundamental changes in regulation to improve access to biosimilars
-  Hye-Na Kang, Ivana Knezevic, Meenu Wadhwa & Eun Kyung Kim

ID: BLT.25.293752
The need for standardized tracking of investments in digital health
-  Kirsten M Mathieson & Mathilde Forslund

ID: BLT.25.294862
A controversial change in the sustainable development goal indicator for access to medicines
-  Iris R Joosse, Laura Doblas Rodriguez de Guzman, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse & Hendrika A van den Ham

ID: BLT.25.295382
WHO recommendations for pregnancy and postpartum care should include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
-  Andrea Solnes Miltenburg, Albert Kihunrwa, Richard Kiritta, Joyce Browne, Benedikte V Lindskog, Johanne Sundby, Joseph R Mwanga & Anne Cathrine Staff

ID: BLT.25.295240
Palliative care in humanitarian responses
-  Hanna Kaade, Felix Muehlensiepen, William E Rosa, Martin Heinze, Marcel Kamp & Matthew J Allsop