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NEWS RELEASE
September 22, 2026
Infectious disease epidemics are associated with global losses in human resources for health, with low- and middle-income countries impacted relatively more, according to analysis over 20 years and 194 countries
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Image caption 1: World map and leading 10 countries with greatest annual AP and AF of HRHs attributable to epidemics from 1990 to 2019.
Image credit 1: Chen M et al., 2026, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Image caption 2: Global and regional trends of annual HRHs attributable to epidemics from 1990 to 2019, by time and GBD regions.
Image credit 2: Chen M et al., 2026, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Article title: Global, regional, and national impact of epidemic disasters on health workforce equality between 1990 and 2019: An ecological and modeling study
Funding: This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (825B2103 to M.C.), National Natural Science Foundation of China (82204067 to X.W.), and Beijing Nova Program (20250484916 to C.Y.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. National Natural Science Foundation: https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/english/site_1/index.html. Beijing Nova Program: https://kw.beijing.gov.cn/.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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