The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only exerted an enormous human toll in terms of ill health and mortality, but has brought inequities in vaccine provision and other areas of health into sharp focus. What lessons can be learned for health research and for anticipated future health challenges, including the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and impacts of climate change in low- and middle-income countries? In a Perspective, PLOS Medicine editors Beryne Odeny and Callam Davidson report from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference 2022, under the theme of "Healthy People, Healthy Planet Social Justice".
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Research Articles
Simplified hypertension screening methods across 60 countries: An observational study
PLOS Medicine: published April 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003975
Prenatal influenza vaccination and allergic and autoimmune diseases in childhood: A longitudinal, population-based linked cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published April 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003963
Reproductive factors and the risk of incident dementia: A cohort study of UK Biobank participants
PLOS Medicine: published April 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003955
Symptom burden and health-related quality of life in chronic kidney disease: A global systematic review and meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published April 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003954
Association of trends in child undernutrition and implementation of the National Rural Health Mission in India: A nationally representative serial cross-sectional study on data from 1992 to 2015
PLOS Medicine: published April 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003957
Patient-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-summary
PLOS Medicine: published April 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003961
Vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy and lactation for women living with HIV in Tanzania: A randomized controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published April 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003973
Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate “Lifestyle Africa” in South Africa
PLOS Medicine: published April 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003964
Evaluation of an online intervention for improving stroke survivors’ health-related quality of life: A randomised controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published April 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003966
Temporal trends in associations between severe mental illness and risk of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published April 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003960
Clustering of physical health multimorbidity in people with severe mental illness: An accumulated prevalence analysis of United Kingdom primary care data
PLOS Medicine: published April 20, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003976
Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC–WHO clinical characterisation protocol
PLOS Medicine: published April 20, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003969
Evaluation of the Mexican warning label nutrient profile on food products marketed in Mexico in 2016 and 2017: A cross-sectional analysis
PLOS Medicine: published April 20, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003968
Genetic associations of adult height with risk of cardioembolic and other subtypes of ischemic stroke: A mendelian randomization study in multiple ancestries
PLOS Medicine: published April 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003967
Brain-based measures of nociception during general anesthesia with remifentanil: A randomized controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published April 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003965
School performance in Danish children exposed to maternal type 1 diabetes in utero: A nationwide retrospective cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published April 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003977
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Polygenic scores, diet quality, and type 2 diabetes risk: An observational study among 35,759 adults from 3 US cohorts
PLOS Medicine: published April 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003972
Food environment and diabetes mellitus in South Asia: A geospatial analysis of health outcome data
PLOS Medicine: published April 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003970
Correction
Correction: Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake and comparison to seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Greater Manchester, UK: A cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published April 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003982