Just as individuals are aging with HIV, so too are entire societies. HIV treatment has reversed drops in life expectancy in many countries where PEPFAR and other global HIV/AIDS programs have worked. With this astonishing public health success comes a generational question: Will these added...

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, the journal’s editors–Bridget O’Brien, PhD, Jonathan Amiel, MD​, Megan Brown, MBBS(H), PhD, and Laura Hirshfield, PhD–join host Toni Gallo to share practical guidance for designing and reporting qualitative research. They make recommendations for getting started, choosing a methodology,...

Data collection historically has disregarded the experiences of women and marginalized communities. This has resulted in women's unpaid care work being excluded from labor force statistics, leading to an undervaluing of care work in public policy. Additionally, a lack of data on women, particularly black...

What is gender-responsive health research, and why is it important? The health of individuals and communities is influenced by a variety of factors, including biological characteristics, socio-cultural and political-economic dynamics, and physical environment. Each of these factors is also shaped by gender, and the impacts...

Stakeholder engagement (SE) refers to the involvement of impacted communities and individuals as partners in—rather than mere subjects of—research. Or, in other words: the active, iterative process of “soliciting the knowledge, experience, judgment and values of [selected] individuals… represent[ing] a broad range of direct interest in a particular...

Recent international initiatives show an increasing concern with gender data gaps, and—thanks in large part to decades of feminist advocacy—a growing awareness of the significant harm that can be caused by research that excludes women, girls, and other marginalized communities' experiences. These gaps have become...

The Global Health Network Annual Report 2021 Supporting equitable access to conducting and benefiting from health research during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. This report captures our first ten years and the remarkable uptake and impact of being able to share protocols, procedures, standards and approaches...

Epidemic Ethics Resource Library A free online resource offering the latest regional news, guidance and policy, videos and structured online courses surrounding ethical issues that arise out of global health emergencies....

Glossary of Drug Safety Terms Some terms used in drug safety can vary in how they are interpreted and used. This glossary largely reflects relevant ICH and/or European regulatory agency definitions. It may be helpful particularly at a time when vaccine safety is under a global...

EDCTP Protocol Development Toolkit Protocol development is an essential first step in turning your research question into a study. This Protocol Development Toolkit has been developed to support researchers in this process, to provide the tools and guidance to produce a high-quality health research Protocol....