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RESEARCH 
ID: BLT.25.295244  
The international legal framework for transporting infectious substances
-  Markus Huber, Ekin Sahin, Lance D Presser, Kazunobu Kojima & Joanna Salvi Le Garrec

ID: BLT.25.294853  
Patterns and trends of maternal mortality, Sierra Leone 2018–2024
-  Catherine Meh, Binyam Getachew Hailu, Anteneh Assalif, Hellen Gelband, Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Alimatu Vandi, Tom Sesay, Francis Moses, Zainab Bah, Foday Sahr, Rashid Ansumana, Prabhat Jha & Austin Demby

ID: BLT.25.295406  
Antenatal care quality and postpartum health, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and South Africa
-  Catherine Arsenault, Monica Chaudhry, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Jacinta Nzinga, Prashant Jarhyan, Sailesh Mohan, Damen Haile Mariam, Irene Mugenya, Beatrice Amboko, Sindhu Ravishankar, Londiwe Mthethwa, Nokuzola Cynthia Mzolo, Gebeyaw Molla Wondim, Theodros Getachew, Tefera Taddele, Adiam Nega, Sein Kim, Shalom Sabwa, Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Dorairaj Prabhakaran & Margaret E Kruk

ID: BLT.26.296294  
Cost–effectiveness of a target point-of-care triage test for neonatal sepsis
-  Maxim Sharakin Fedorov, Akhil Bansal, Georgia Bradley, Daniel Chong, Yasir Bin Nisar, Edwine Barasa, Yah Ru Juang, Teerawat Wiwatpanit, Siriyada Kitbamrung, Nga Man Juliana Lui, Xue Li & Yi Wang

ID: BLT.26.295844  
Essential components for reporting in evidence products for improved efficiency and transparency of health decision-making
-  Michelle M Haby, Ariel Izcovich, Lorenzo Moja, Martin Ragusa, Lisa M Askie, Andrew Mirelman, Evelina Chapman, Jorge OM Barreto, Pura Rayco-Solon, Malén Hollmann, Vania Cristina Canuto Santos, Mehrmaz Kheirandish & Ludovico Reveiz

ID: BLT.26.296032  
Climate-related displacement and continuity of maternal health care, Bangladesh
-  Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Md Mashiur Rahman, Vibhavendra Singh Raghuvanshi, Md Rabiul Haque & Nuruzzaman Khan

POLICY & PRACTICE   
ID: BLT.25.295599
Health and economic impacts of China’s rural Toilet Revolution
-  Zhenyu Zhang, Qijiong Zhu, Runming Du, Jiarui Wang, Zhisheng Liang, Jingtao Ding, Xiangqun Zheng, Yujun Shen & Zhijie Zheng

ID: BLT.26.295763
When normal ends at the median: a design flaw in child growth charts, India
-  Seetharaman Narayanan, Rajeshwari A Biradar & Yogeswaran Nehru Sivasubramanian

ID: BLT.26.296013
The use of public procurement to address commercial power asymmetries affecting health
-  Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf, Evelyn Thsehla, Eric Buch & Benjamin Djoudalbaye

ID: BLT.26.295961
The WHO interim Medical Countermeasures Network for public health emergencies
-  Tim Nguyen,a Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande,a Emanuele Bruni,b David Manuel Cuenca,c Reena H Doshi,d Daniel Eibach, Ioana Ghiga, Shoshanna Goldin, Alexandra Hill, Qiu Yi Khut, John Lee, Ramona Ludolph, Constance McDonough-Thaye, Paul Molinaro, Murat Hakan Ozturk, Edwin Ceniza Salvador, Laetitia Sieffert, Lorenzo Subissi, Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe & Maria Van Kerkhove

ID: BLT.25.295479
Operationalizing equity in pathogen genomic data sharing
-  Diya Uberoi, Ashwin Budden, Charlotte Barclay, David Bujold, Anja Bedeker, Deborah Gleeson, Yann Joly, Nishan Katuwal, G Owen Schaefer, Mercury Shitindo, Emily Smith, Ma’n Zawati, Gultekin Unal, Emma Griffiths, Finlay Maguire & Dianne Nicol

ID: BLT.26.296909
National essential medicine lists, 2017–2023
-  Nav Persaud, Camila Heredia, Moizza Zia Ul Haq, Amal Rizvi & Aine Workentin

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD 
ID: BLT.25.294262 
Peer-country support for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programmes, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo
-  Casimir Manzengo, Mariama Baissa, Laurent Moyenga, Yeba L Kaaga, Raoul Saizonou, Dismas Baza, Ndoungou S Ba, Rose Diasso-Tingueri, Fatima Aboubakar, Winiga L Koudema, Moussa Bachabi, Dissou Affolabi, Codjo Dandonougbo, Sidzabda CB Kompaore, Dieudonné N Soma, Adjima Combary, Abou Yahaya, Oum R Ganda, Alphazazi Soumana, Anoumou C Dagnra, Abdou G Gbadamassi, Abraham Atekpe, Benita Manzengo, Issa Guire & Omarou Seybou Moussa

PERSPECTIVES   
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.25.294954 
Establishment of a One Health workforce for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
-  Ong-orn Prasarnphanich, Carla Berger, Philip AbdelMalik, Uzma Bashir, Raquel Medialdea Carrera, Renee Christensen, Sebastien Cognat, Virginie Dolmazon, Stacie Dunkle, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Melinda Frost, Paula Gomez, Stefany Ildefonso, Gunel Ismayilova, Sylvio Menna, Marion Muehlen, Pryanka Relan, Flavio Salio, Chadia Wannous, Mathieu Boniol & Stéphane de la Rocque

ID: BLT.26.295870 
Physician assignment of causes of death from verbal autopsies
-  Chalapati Rao, Henry D Kalter, Daniel Chandramohan, Daniel Cobos & Jordana Leitao

ID: BLT.26.296273 
WHO recommendations for pregnancy and postpartum care clarified
-  Mercedes Bonet, Maria Barreix, Özge Tunçalp & Anayda Portela

ID: BLT.26.296285 
A definition for wastewater and environmental surveillance
-  Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Michio Murakami, Monica Nolan, Kate O Medlicott & Masaaki Kitajima

ID: BLT.26.296176 
Lead in paint and children’s health
-  Savannah M Sturla Irizarry, Allison R Sherris, Martha M Téllez Rojo, Nosiku Sipilanyambe Munyinda & Rob McConnell

ID: BLT.26.295859 
Gradual transition between methods used for cervical cancer screening, India
-  Michael Petros, Joyita Dey, Subhadra Goala, Priyansh Nathani, Foram Gandhi & Anita Gadgil