The latest issue of Global Health & Medicine (GHM) (Vol. 7, No. 6, December 2025) is available online

The latest issue (Vol. 7, No. 6, December 2025) of Global Health & Medicine (GHM) has been officially published online. The articles are now indexed in the PubMed and Web of Science Core Collection databasess.

Current Issue: https://www.globalhealthmedicine.com/?issues=2025%2C6
Whole Issue (PDF): https://www.globalhealthmedicine.com/site/archives.html
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22Glob+Health+Med%22%5Bjour%5D&sort=date

This issue presents selected articles by researchers from around the world, spanning diverse scientific fields. Author affiliations (countries) are indicated in brackets:

• Converging threats: The intersection of seasonal influenza surges and zoonotic highly pathogenic avian influenza (China)
• Surgical treatments for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: Resection versus transplantation (Japan & Switzerland)
• Improved prognostic predictability of the latest Japanese TNM Classification in patients undergoing resection for distal cholangiocarcinoma (Japan)
• The impact of healthy lifestyles on cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China (China)
• Survey and analysis of sleep status among community-dwelling elderly diabetics: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China (China)
• Responding to a super-aged society: A community-based model for early frailty detection using AI and smart meter data – Insights from Japan (Japan)
• Prevalence and risk factors of tuberculosis among slum dwellers and unhoused individuals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Insights from a pilot study (Japan & Vietnam)
• Optimization of cefepime dosage regimens for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Japanese patients based on a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis considering efficacy and safety: Is a 6 g daily dose and continuous infusion necessary? (Japan)
• Breast cancer screening challenges in women with breast augmentation: Evidence from a comprehensive health checkup program (Japan)

GHM is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS). Issued bimonthly in both print and electronic formats (Print ISSN: 2434-9186; Online ISSN: 2434-9194), the journal launched its inaugural issue in October 2019. Articles published in GHM span the fields of global health, public health, and health care delivery, and include seminal and cutting-edge research at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice. Articles published in GHM are indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, PubMed/PMC, and Scopus. The journal currently holds an Impact Factor of 1.4 and a CiteScore of 3.1.

By engaging a globally diverse and representative community of readers, advisory board members, authors, and reviewers, GHM is committed to maintaining the highest standards of peer review and publication, with the goal of fostering international academic exchange in the field of global health and medicine. For more information, please visit: https://www.globalhealthmedicine.com.