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Available online 22 January 2026:

RESEARCH 
ID: BLT.25.294638 
Quality and user satisfaction scores for prosthetic limbs provided in a fitting camp, Cambodia
-  Thearith Heang, Sisary Kheng, Maggie Donovan-Hall, Amos Channon, Alex Dickinson & Carson Harte

ID: BLT.25.293745
Community-based integrated care for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, Thailand
-  Tanyaporn Wansom, Akaphot Thongmee, Salyavit Chittmittrapap, Tunyaluck Saraporn, Karuna Chavalertsakul, Nuntisa Chotirosniramit, Suta Pattarakijroongrueng,fThitisant Palakawong Na Ayuthaya, Viroj Verachai, Paisarn Traisirichok, Benjamas Intharabut, Nyan Linn, Rapeeporn Teuansiri, Kewalin Kulprayong, Arrini Waesateh, Sureena Lawseng, Tikumporn Chumwangwapee, Smith Pattarasuteewong, Nee Pudpong, Duangsamon Unchit, Jukraphan Photipap, Chutarat Wongsuwon, Nattapon Werapattanawong, Suhainong Smahoh, Pilanthana Sae-chee, Sakda Phueakchai, Prommin Kittikoonprasert, Pongsri Bootsan, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Philippe Creac’H, Stephen Mills, Pornsak Yoocharoen, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Nittaya Phanuphak, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, Nicolas Duriera on behalf of the C-Free Study Group.

ID: BLT.24.293446 
Tuberculosis notifications among children and young adolescents, 2008–2019 compared to 2020–2023, Brazil
-  Antônio Candido Paiva Figueiredo dos Santos, Daniele Maria Pelissari, Marcos Otávio Brum-Antunes, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Eduardo de Souza Alves, Renato T Stein, Leonardo Araújo Pinto, Fernanda Dockhorn Costa, Frederico Friedrich & Marcelo Comerlato Scotta

ID: BLT.25.294289 
Medicines for treatment of older people in guidelines and essential medicines lists, WHO African Region
-  Ke Wei Foong, Amelia Paveley, Isabella Alcock, Pamela Gorejena-Chidawanyika, Celia L Gregson & Grace ME Pearson

POLICY & PRACTICE   
ID: BLT.25.294184
Changes needed in health information systems to support an ageing population
-  Ana Mendez-Lopez, Kidong Park & Roland D Hensman

ID: BLT.25.293627
Investments in health and mortality reduction to address population decline
-  Stuart Gietel-Basten, Wiraporn Pothisiri & Sergei Scherbov

ID: BLT.25.294493
A healthy cities agenda for extreme heat adaptation in urban settings
-  Alaha Nasari & Sammer Marzouk

ID: BLT.25.293973
WHO's ethical criteria for health research priority-setting in the context of climate change
-  Bridget Pratt, Rieke van der Graaf & Gabrielle Samuel

ID: BLT.25.294080
Valuing reductions in the risk of death in benefit–cost analyses of environment- and climate-health actions
-  Frank Pega, Natalie C Momen, Samuel A Agyemang, Laura Bojke, Joan Costa-Font, Laure de Preux, Eli P Fenichel, Bruce Gordon, Martin C Hensher, Richard Johnston, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Antonios Kolimenakis, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Hiroaki Matsuura, Nhung Nghiem, Bernadette O’Hare, Megha Rathi, Lisa A Robinson & Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum

ID: BLT.25.294147
Research ethics committees and regulation of climate change and health research
-  Godwin Pancras, Winfred Nazziwa, David Nderitu, Jovine Bachwenkizi & Renatha Joseph

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD   
ID: BLT.25.294416
Projects to support people with dementia, Shanghai, China
-  Qiuling An & Fei Sun

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS   
ID: BLT.25.294318
Effect of donor exclusion criteria on blood safety and volume of donations: a systematic review of modelling studies
-  Luce Mosselmans, Mart P Janssen, Hendrik B Feys, Emmy de Buck, Fritz Schiltz, Peter Vandenberghe, Philippe Vandekerckhove & Hans Van Remoortel

PERSPECTIVES   
ID: BLT.25.294210 
Infertility services in the context of decreasing total fertility rates
-  Gitau Mburu, James Kiarie & Pascale Allotey

ID: BLT.25.294091 
Diagnosis of the first few cases of a novel respiratory pathogen: the FFX-Dx protocol
-  Claudia M Denkinger, Jane Cunningham, Verena Faehling, Lukas E Brümmer, Kim Hanson, Richard Molenkamp, Melissa B Miller, Adrian J Marcato, David J Price, Sandra Ciesek, Emmanuel Agogo, Joseph Fitchett, Ute Ströher, Pragya D Yadav, Isabel Bergeri, Nicki L Boddington & Nira R Pollock

ID: BLT.25.293220 
Accounting for inequality in dementia prevention programmes
-  Timothy Daly, Andrea Slachevsky, Dominic Trépel, Sebastian Walsh & Agustin Ibáñeze

ID: BLT.25.293587 
Improving neonatal outcomes through better access to human milk
-  Emily M Njuguna, Ghislain Franck Houndjahoue, Olufunke Bosede Bolaji, Ogah Adenike Oluwakemi, Judith Cosmas Lamosai, Priscilla Njeri Ng'ang'a, Kimberly Mansen, Kiersten Israel Ballard & Alexander Stevenson

ID: BLT.25.294147 
Filial piety and fertility decisions, Thailand
-  Nopphol Witvorapong, Jim Stankovich & Thant Zin

ID: BLT.25.294211 
Towards a shared vision for research on evidence-informed policy-making
-  Bastien Kolt, Tanja Kuchenmüller, Ahmed Mandil, Annette Boaz, Daniel F Patiño-Lugo, John C Reeder, Kathryn Oliver, Robert F Terry, Sarah C Charnaud, Tarang Sharma & Tikki Elka Pangestu

ID: BLT.25.295004 
Population changes and demographic dividends
-  David E Bloom, Michael Kuhn & Klaus Prettner