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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the health systems desk.
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A BMJ opinion article argues that reproductive, maternal and community health services should be funded as essential climate adaptation infrastructure. It highlights how climate shocks can disrupt care and deepen risks for women and marginalised communities.
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A letter in The BMJ argues that similar findings across maternity reviews over 11 years point to problems shared across the maternity system, rather than isolated hospital failures.
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A medRxiv preprint found that appropriate-use guidance reduced nuclear stress-test ordering for some emergency observation-unit patients. Echocardiogram use increased, leaving combined use of the two tests essentially unchanged.
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A medRxiv preprint describes severe neuroimaging access constraints in Chad, where one older 0.35 T MRI scanner serves a population of about 21 million. The analysis identifies cost, centralisation, unreliable electricity, maintenance support and workforce shortages as linked barriers.