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RESEARCH 
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.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.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

ID: BLT.26.296096
Health sector influence on the transition from fossil fuels
-  Peter Newell & Tamsin Holland Brown

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.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