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RESEARCH 
ID: BLT.24.292448 
Crowdsourced image-based surveillance for neglected tropical diseases, Nigeria
-  Uchechukwu Madukaku Chukwuocha, Ayoola Oluwaseun Bosede, Christopher Sule Oyamienlen, Joshua Chisom Ogboeze, David Chinecherem Innocent, Chidera Chisom Obasi, Akajiaku Chukwunyere Chukwuocha, Obiageli Nebe, Sammy Olufemi Sam-Wobo, Chinyere Nneka Ukaga, Ikechukwu Nosike Dozie & Bertram Ekejiuba Nwoke

ID: BLT.24.292597 
Community engagement in health guidelines and normative products: a methodological review
-  Meghan A Bohren, Rana Islamiah Zahroh, Martha Vazquez Corona, Thiago M Santos, Andrew Booth, Mercedes Bonet, Ana Pilar Betrán & Özge Tunçalp

ID: BLT.25.294638 
Quality and user satisfaction scores for prosthetic limbs provided in a fitting camp, Cambodia
-  Thearith Heang, Sisary Kheng, Maggie Donovan-Hall, Amos Channon, Alex Dickinson & Carson Harte

ID: BLT.24.292995 
Trend analysis and modelling of universal health coverage, Ethiopia
-  Yibeltal Assefa, Yalemzewod Assefa Gelaw, Aklilu Sinshaw, Eskinder Wolka & Anteneh ZewdiecHart

POLICY & PRACTICE   
ID: BLT.25.293141

Responses to increased rates of caesarean births
-  Rana I Zahroh, Meghan A Bohren & Ana Pilar Betrán

ID: BLT.24.292994
Protocol deviations in medicine quality tests
-  Esti Mulatsari, Ismail Dwi Saputro, Ronal Simanjuntak, Vicky Achmad Ginanjar, Ayu Rahmawati, Elizabeth Pisani  & Yusi Anggriani

ID: BLT.25.293560
Workforce, regulation and capacity needed for integration of traditional medicine
-  Vivian Lin, Rachel Canaway, Anne-Louise Carlton, Nadine Ijaz, Gupteswar Patel, Natewinde Sawadogo, Hongguo Rong & Kabir Sheikh

ID: BLT.25.294422
Target product profiles for paediatric formulations of azithromycin and nitrofurantoin
-  Yasir Bin Nisar, Giulia Brigadoi, Shabina Ariff, Narendra Kumar Arora, Adrie Bekker, Jay Berkley, Julia Anna Bielicki, Tim Cressey, Devika Dixit, Lisa Frigati, Amanda Gwee, Karim Manji, Rajiv Kshirsagar, Hilda A Mujuru, Victor Musiime, Mary Ojoo, Shalini Sri Ranganathan, Emmanuel Roilides, Michael Sharland, Catherine Tuleu, Robinson Wammanda, Phoebe Williams & Martina Penazzato

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW   
ID: BLT.24.291941
Use of snake antivenom in the Region of the Americas: a systematic review
-  Clara Guerra-Duarte, Viviane Pauline de Sousa, Gladstony de Oliveira-Sousa & Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol

PERSPECTIVES   
ID: BLT.25.293629  
Digital transformation and the 2030 Immunization Agenda
-  Mickey Chopra, Christopher Wolff, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Francesco Checchi, Mira Johri, Thabani Maphosa, Barni Nor, Katherine L O'Brien & Ephrem Tekle Lemango

ID: BLT.25.293235 
Artificial intelligence applied to local production of diagnostic tests
-  Jicui Dong, David Woo, Vasileia Kostaridou, Yan Wang & Virginia Maria Ferreira Resende