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Table 2 Analysis of thematic categories and sub-themes published in Globalization and Health 2005-2015

From: Globalization and Health: developing the journal to advance the field

(A) Thematic categories

(B) Sub-themes

Health systems

Accreditation

Private health sector

Public health sector

Economic impact

Reform of systems for localisation

Patient care and safety

Resources

Access to healthcare

Education

Pharmaceuticals

Cost of medicines

Access to medicine

Local production of medicine

Implications of drug patents

Antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance

Governance in the pharmaceutical sector

Bilateral trade

Drug trials

Non-communicable diseases

Economic and health burden

Prevention and intervention

Diabetes

Policy making around NCDs

Home based vs community based care for NCDs

Socio-economic status

Cardio vascular disease

Diabetes and nutrition

Communicable diseases

HIV and AIDS

ART- sustained delivery and adherence

Programme sustainability

Community based awareness and prevention

Health rights of HIV patients

Healthcare equity

AIDS free generation and HIV/AIDS as a chronic illness

Research

Contrasting global north and south

Drug development

Funding

Open access publishing

Conducting research on diseases

Scientific rigour

Underreporting in low and middle income countries.

Policy making – national & global levels

Home based care

Implementation of policies

Incentives to improve

Spending on health

Millennium development goals and future policy

Development

Global fund

Migration

Obesity

Sexual violence against migrants-prevention

Migrant health access

Refugees and NCDs

Brain drain

Therapeutic relationships

Technology

eHealth governance and legislation

mHealth and NCDs

mHealth and mental health

Standardisation in health technology

Telemedicine

International aid

Foreign aid

Volunteering

Ethical and sustainable volunteering

Coordination of aid

Satisfaction and effectiveness (with usage)

Global health as a field of study

Contributions to global health

Governance of global health

Evolution of the field

Priorities

Partnerships & knowledge sharing

Reverse partnerships in volunteering

International cooperation

‘Reverse innovation’

Open innovation in low resource settings

Nutrition

Obesity in children

Nutrition and chronic disease

Global response to obesity

Implications of trade agreements on nutrition

Mental health

Suicide and socio-economic status

Work stress, ageing and depression

Human rights

Psychological impact of caregiving

Global threats

Weapon control

Nutrition issues

Organised crime

Climate change

Tobacco

Tobacco control

Nicotine replacement

Health and economic burden of consumption

Maternal health

Maternal mental health

Mother to child HIV transmission

Infection control and maternal mortality

Trade

Pesticide residue on imported food

TRIPS

Trade related diseases

Sustainable development

Sustainable impact of volunteerism

Nutrition

Sustainable water sanitation

Sex workers

Health interventions

Alcohol use and HIV vulnerability

Human rights violations

Global disease

NCDs

Multi-morbidity

Epidemiology