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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.25.293665 
Use of traditional medicine for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia measured in 71 surveys
-  Mubarak Ayodeji Sulola, Abla M Sibai, Albertino Damasceno, Alpamys Issanov, Antonio Sarria-Santamera, Binur Orazumbekova, Bolormaa Norov, Brice Bicaba, Corine Houehanou, David Guwatudde, Gibson B Kagaruki, Gladwell Gathecha, Jutta A. Jorgensen, Kibachio Joseph Mwangi, Kokou Agoudavi, Lela Sturua, Mary T Mayige, Mongal Gurung, Nahla Hwalla, Nuno Lunet, Omar Mwalim, Roy Wong McClure, Sarah Quesnel-Crooks, Silver Bahendeka, Rifat Atun, Till Bärnighausen, Justine Davies, David Flood, Pascal Geldsetzer, Lindsay Jaacks, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Michaela Theilmann, Sebastian Vollmer & Maja-Emilia Marcus

ID: BLT.25.293527 
Global research funding for traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
-  Amie Steel, Kirsten Baker, Jon Adams, Hope Foley, Tristan Carter, Sarah Charnaud, Gustavo Martin Rossell De Almeida, Philippe Doo-Kingue, Pradeep Dua, Pawankumar Ramesh Godatwar, Eunkyung Han, Geraldine Hill, Ossy Muganga Julius Kasilo, Immaculee Mukankubito, Adi Al-Nuseirat, Dorina Pirgari, Anna Laura Ross, João Paulo Souza, Robert F Terry & Geetha Krishnan G Pillai

POLICY & PRACTICE   
ID: BLT.25.293437
Regulatory frameworks and evidence requirements for traditional, complementary and integrative medicines; Australia, Canada, China, Republic of Korea, the United States of America and the European Union
-  Qi Chen, Hao-Jin Cheng, Zhao-Xiang Bian, Ai-Ping Lyu, Yue Yang & Kam Wa Chan

ID: BLT.25.293414
Policy implications of WHO’s global traditional medicine strategy 2025–2034
-  Yuk Ming Alice Wong, Sangyoung Ahn, Aditi Bana, Pradeep Kumar Dua, Rudi Eggers, Shyama Kuruvilla, Yachan Li, Qin Liu, Yunhui Shen & Sungchol Kim

ID: BLT.25.293487
Traditional knowledge on health: balancing innovation, ethics and intellectual property
-  Sumeet Goel, Motlalepula Matsabisa, Fei Jiao, Caio Portella, Vijayalakshmi Asthana, Nilce Ekandzi, Manjeet S Saluja, Stefan Germann & João P Souza

ID: BLT.24.292882
Indigenous rights, health and traditional medicine systems
-  Nicole Redvers, Kelly Menzel, Danya Carroll, Carol Zavaleta, Sylvia Kokunda, Daniel M Kobei & Juan Nelson Rojas

ID: BLT.25.293411
Data on the use of traditional and complementary medicine, WHO Region of the Americas
-  Natalia Houghton, Herfina Nababan & Ernesto Bascolo

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

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW   
ID: BLT.25.293465
Integration of traditional and complementary medicine into primary health-care systems, a systematic review
-  Minmin Wang, Zuokun Liu, Yinuo Sun, Yuyang Zhang, Abdul Ghaffar & Minghui Ren

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

ID: BLT.25.293420
Acupuncture recommendations for migraine in headache treatment guidelines: a systematic review
-  Shuo Cui, Xiaoyu Wang, Zhenshan Luo, Yaping Liu, Yushan Zhang, Wenqian Ma, Jing Hu, Zhongjie Chen, Jin Huo, Ziwei Song, Qi Gao, Xianghong Jing, Yachan Li & Jingjing Wang

PERSPECTIVES   
ID: BLT.24.292888 
Artificial intelligence in traditional medicine: policy and governance strategies
-  Sameer Pujari, Rajeshwari Singh, Goh Cheng Soon, Tanuja Nesari, Ricardo Ghelman, Yu Zhao, Kanika Kalra, Shada Alsalamah, Richelle George, Shyama Kuruvilla & Alain Labrique

ID: BLT.24.292879 
A global approach to safety assessment of medicinal plants
-  Bhushan Patwardhan, Sarika Chaturvedi, Roy Upton, Jennifer Hunter, L Susan Wieland, Nessma El-Nabawy, Anchalee Chuthaputti, Chunyu Wei, Kofi Donkor, Kim Sungchol, Evelyn Wolfram, Geetha Krishnan Gopalakrishna Pillai & Shyama Kuruvilla

ID: BLT.25.293714 
An evidence base for Zhang-fu acupuncture and polyherbal formulations for in supportive care of people with cancer
-  Vu Thi Thu Trang, Le Thi Thuy, Lai Thanh Hien, Tran Thi Hai Van & Le Van Truong

ID: BLT.25.293503 
Whole health implementation lessons from the Veterans Health Administration, United States of America and other countries
-  Alex H Krist & Tracy Gaudet

ID: BLT.25.293540 
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and data gaps in traditional medicine
-  Ye-Seul Lee, Yangmu Huang, Jon Wardle, Claudia M Witt & Myeong Soo Lee

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