GHM Open latest issue (2024 July, Vol. 4, No.1) is available online

August 1, 2024
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Center for Clinical Sciences
Division of Global Health & Medicine

This issue contains a diverse selection of research articles. Topics include the prevalence of hepatitis B and C and their association with care among drug abusers attending a psychiatric hospital in Hiroshima, a clinical decision rule to exclude central vertigo in the emergency department, the role of endocrine gland derived vascular growth factor/ Prokineticin-1 in human prostate cells, hilar clamping and renorrhaphy influence postoperative renal function after partial nephrectomy. Articles describing COVID-19 in Japan, including trends in prescription days and intervals between physician visits and their impact on glycemic control before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the difference in clinical course and causes of COVID-19-related deaths in hospitalized patients infected with omicron and delta variants, the potential association between COVID-19 and Parkinson's disease-like symptoms, the COVID-19 pandemic-altered epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus infections in young children, antibody levels and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron surge, and international efforts and behavioral strategies to combat COVID-19 vaccine wastage.

GHM Open (Print ISSN 2436-293X, Online ISSN 2436-2956) is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM). As the second international academic journal published by NCGM, the goal of the Journal is to create a network to share global health information and findings from basic science and clinical science for use in practice. For more information, please visit https://www.globalhealthmedicine.com