About the GHSP Journal

Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP) is a no-fee, open access, peer-reviewed online journal aimed to improve health practice, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Our goal is to reach those who design, implement, manage, evaluate, and otherwise support health programs. We are especially interested in advancing knowledge on practical program implementation issues, with information on what programs entail and how they are implemented. 

Topics

Issued four times a year, GHSP includes articles on all global health topics, covering diverse programming models and a wide range of cross-cutting issues that impact and support health systems. Examples include but are not limited to:

Health

  • Addiction and harm reduction
  • Child Health
  • Communicable and Emerging Diseases
  • Disaster Preparedness and Response
  • Environmental Health
  • Family Planning/Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Malaria
  • Maternal Health
  • Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Non-Communicable Diseases/Injuries
  • Nutrition
  • Tuberculosis
  • Water and Sanitation

Cross-Cutting Issues

  • Commodities
  • Digital Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Gender
  • Health Communication/ Healthy Behavior
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Health Systems
  • Human Resources/Training
  • Immunication/Vaccine
  • Knowledge Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Management and Governance
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Scale Up
  • Technology
  • Youth

Article Types

Manuscripts submitted to GHSP should reflect new thinking, careful analysis, and clear writing that can be translated into action to improve public health practice. We encourage a crisp, direct writing style designed for both busy readers as well as those interested in rich detail.

Types of articles include:

  • Original Articles that are research-based or focused on systematic experiential knowledge gained from implementation and management of health programs.
  • Commentaries including debate articles and analysis pieces.
  • Viewpoints that describe the perspective of authors on significant public health issues.
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses using a formal process to critically review the body of knowledge on health topics.
  • Field Action Reports that provide useful experiential description but without the rigor of a study
  • Resources that describe useful materials such as policy documents, training materials, websites etc
  • Innovations that describe promising new methods, tools, or approaches.
  • Stories from the Field that provide poignant and personal portrayals of actionable, generalizable programmatic issues.

Indexes

GHSP is currently indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Web of Science Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, EBSCO, CABI Global Health, and the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC). 

Editorial Team

Stephen Hodgins, MD, MSc, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
Matt Barnhart, MD, Associate Editor
Cara Chrisman, PhD, Associate Editor
Elaine Menotti, MPH, Associate Editor
​Jim Ricca, MD, MPH, Associate Editor
Madeleine Short Fabic, MHS, Associate Editor

Bruce Cogill, MS, PhD, Associate Editor for Nutrition
France Donnay, MD, MPH, Associate Editor for Maternal Health
Marge Koblinsky, PhD, Associate Editor for Maternal Health
Alain Labrique, PhD, Associate Editor for Digital Health
Michael Macdonald, ScD, Associate Editor for Malaria
James D. Shelton, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus

Natalie Culbertson, Managing Editor
Sonia Abraham, MA, Scientific Editor

Publisher

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
Knowledge SUCCESS
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-6134
editorialoffice@ghspjournal.org

Funding

GHSP is made possible by the support of the American People through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Knowledge SUCCESS (Strengthening Use, Capacity, Collaboration, Exchange, Synthesis, and Sharing) Project Cooperative Agreement No. 7200AA19CA00001 with the Johns Hopkins University. The journal is published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and the University of Alberta, School of Public Health. GHSP is editorially independent and does not necessarily represent the views or positions of USAID, the United States Government, the Johns Hopkins University, or other publishing partners.