International Health: Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026

Image title: From Struggle to Success: A teacher’s journey to deworming children.

This issue of International Health is led by a Special Issue on NTDs and Conflict. The Special Issue brings together evidence and lessons learned from diverse conflict settings. It illustrates that while conflict complicates the path to 2030 targets, it does not make them unattainable. Elsewhere, this issue of International Health includes reviews on atopic dermatitis in Ethiopia, pneumonia in Ghana, menstrual health in West Africa, and travel-related antimicrobial resistance across the globe. 

Lessons from the Field

Integrating community efforts, innovative government interventions and data in the fight against kala-azar: lessons from Dumka, India
Neha Arora, Ravi Shankar Shukla, Dhruv Pandey, Abhishek Paul
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 352–356, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf083

Delivering malaria services during the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and lessons from an international non-governmental organisation
Elisabeth G Chestnutt, Madeleine Marasciulo, Godfrey Magumba, Kolawole Maxwell, Christian Rassi, Andrew Parkes, Charles Nelson, James K Tibenderana
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 357–360, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihag004

Review Articles

Atopic dermatitis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kidane Zereabruk, Woldu Aberhe, Assefa Iyasu, Abrha Hailay, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Gebremeskel, Kibrom Abera Alemayehu, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklay Guesh, Negasi Asres Mesfin, Guesh Mebrahtom
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 361–368, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf125

Pneumonia in Ghana: prevalence, mortality and antimicrobial resistance—a systematic review and meta-analysis
Frederick Kungu, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Eric S Donkor
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 369–380, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf077

Systematic narrative review on Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and The Gambia
Sarah Funmilayo Kuponiyi, Adetoun Adedotun Amubode
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 381–394, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihag029

Global trends in travel-related antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review, 2020–2024
Georgina Tetteh-Ocloo, Alex Odoom, Nicholas T K D Dayie, Eric S Donkor
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 395–405, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf071

Original Articles

Epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal analysis of hand–foot–mouth disease in Shandong Province, China 
Lin Zhang, Yixin Zhang, Chaonan Yin, Yan Xi
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 406–418, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf162

Accelerating Nigeria towards malaria elimination requires moving away from business as usual: insights from a political economy analysis
Elisabeth G Chestnutt, Stefanie Meredith, Babatunde Ipaye, Dawit Getachew, James K Tibenderana, Ebere Anyachukwu, Timothy Obot, Kolawole Maxwell
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 419–430, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf113

The cost of dengue shock and septic shock in Vietnam: a patient-centred economic analysis
Angela McBride, Nguyen Van Hao, Phan Vinh Tho, Luong Thi Hue Tai, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Nguyen Anh Huyen, Trinh Manh Hung, Martin J Llewelyn, Sophie Yacoub, Louise Thwaites, Hugo C Turner
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 431–439, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf105

The population-level impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare utilization: evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
Monica Akinyi Magadi, Francis Onyango Obare
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 440–455, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf108

National progress towards the elimination of trachomatous inflammation-follicular: analysis of 11 regions in Ethiopia
Tsegaye Alemu, Fikre Seife, Dawit Seyum, Genet Kefilu, Fikreab Kebede, Hiwot Solomon, Tesfaye Teferi
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 456–465, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihag028

Developing strategies to address persistent and recrudescent trachoma in Ethiopia using the Delphi techniques
Dawit Seyum Buda, Naomi Lorrain Nkoane, Thinavhuyo Robert Netangaheni
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 466–479, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf155

Global burden and cross-country inequality of infectious skin diseases in children: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 
Lang Rao, Shu-Xia Chang, Qiao Peng, Li-Ming Xiang, Wei-Sen Zhao,  Pan Ran, Long Zhao, Yong-Hong Lu,  Dong-Ze Wu, Yong-Feng Chen
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 480–489, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf109

‘I chose to keep it secret:’ a qualitative study on the lived experience of women who underwent an abortion in Ethiopia
Tegenu Balcha, Elias Yadeta, Abraham Negash, Magarsa Lami, Kasiye Shiferaw, Mekitie Wondafrash
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 490–498, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf146

Equity of opportunity in China’s essential public health services: influencing factors and moderating mechanisms
Yihan Zhang, Jingyi Cheng, Lunhao Liu, Haifeng Wang, Xiang Zhan
International Health, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 499–509, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf164