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ArticlePublic health challenges2023

Top 10 public health challenges to track in 2023: Shifting focus beyond a global pandemic.

Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, Deborah Oluwaseun Shomuyiwa, M B N Kouwenhoven, Thinley Dorji, Goodness Ogeyi Odey, Adriana Viola Miranda, Isaac Olushola Ogunkola, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Junjie Huang, Lin Xu and 17 more

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Article in Public health challenges, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Don Eliseo Lucero-PrisnoDepartment of Global Health and Development London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-6365
Deborah Oluwaseun ShomuyiwaFaculty of Pharmacy University of Lagos Lagos Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-9439
M B N KouwenhovenDepartment of Physics Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1805-0570
Thinley DorjiDepartment of Internal Medicine Central Regional Referral Hospital Gelephu Bhutan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-8704
Goodness Ogeyi OdeyDepartment of Public Health University of Calabar Calabar Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2374-9909
Adriana Viola MirandaGlobal Health Focus Asia Bandung Indonesia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8548-1592
Isaac Olushola OgunkolaDepartment of Public Health University of Calabar Calabar Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2220-1869
Yusuff Adebayo AdebisiNuffield Department of Population Health University of Oxford Oxford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-0984
Junjie HuangJC School of Public Health and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2382-4443
Lin XuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery The First Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China.
Joseph Christian ObnialEast Avenue Medical Center Quezon Philippines.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-4094
Aminath HudaSchool of Medicine The Maldives National University Malé Maldives.
Sarawut ThepanondhFaculty of Public Health Mahidol University Bangkok Thailand.
Manuel Millar DayritAteneo School of Medicine and Public Health Manila Philippines.
Salvador B EvardoneEastern Visayas Regional Medical Center Tacloban City Philippines.
M D LamawansaDepartment of Surgery Teaching Hospital Peradeniya Faculty of Medicine University of Peradeniya Kandy Sri Lanka.
Samrawit Solomon EthiopiaSchool of Public Health St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College Addis Ababa Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3863-4995
Lydia AziatoDepartment of Adult Health School of Nursing College of Health Sciences University of Health and Allied Sciences Volta Region Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7813-5525
Philip Baba AdongoDepartment of Social and Behavioural Science School of Public Health University of Ghana Accra Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0614-4756
Mohamed Hindolo SamaiCollege of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences Freetown Sierra Leone.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1427-9482
Fernando B GarciaCollege of Public Health University of the Philippines Manila Philippines.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-2180
Joselito F VillaruzWest Visayas State University Iloilo City Philippines.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-4220
Indika Mahesh KarunathilakeDepartment of Medical Education Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-116X
Hao LiGlobal Health Institute Wuhan University Wuhan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5155-4033
Patrick Alain AzanzaOffice of the University President Catanduanes State University Virac Catanduanes Philippines.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0589-6442
Ian FindlayUniversity of Puthisastra Phnom Penh Cambodia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7787-1076
Martin C S WongJC School of Public Health and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-9370

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The year 2022 saw COVID-19 as the primary public health concern, with vaccine rollout and mandates at the forefront. Other viral infectious diseases, such as Monkeypox and Ebola, emerged as public health concerns. Climate change and political conflicts significantly impacted global health, increasing the demand for humanitarian assistance and protection. In 2023, it remains crucial to identify global and public health priority areas to coordinate and implement effective solutions. Through discussions with public health practitioners and researchers, we have identified key priority areas for 2023, namely, health systems, the mental health crisis, substance abuse, infectious diseases, malnutrition and food insecurity, sexual and reproductive health challenges, environmental pollution, the climate crisis, cancer, and diabetes. These priority areas highlight shared concerns that should be addressed to facilitate proactive and innovative health interventions and practices. To achieve universal healthcare targets for 2030, prioritization, financial investment, international cooperation, and collaboration in addressing these global health challenges are crucial. This requires coordination among public health decision-makers, the private health sector, and opinion leaders to implement country-specific healthcare financing and food security measures. Research, scientific knowledge, and technical capacities must be leveraged to produce sustainable interventions that effectively reduce health disparities and improve health system responsiveness to prevent these challenges from progressing to public health emergencies.

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