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In a meta-ethnography, Dr Narinder Bansal and colleagues report insights into ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK.

Leen Farouki and colleagues discuss the global prevalence and distribution of female genital mutilation/cutting by World Health Organization region and country.

Evaluating the quantitative ubiquitylomics was performed to profile changes in the global ubiquitinome of BMECs infected with Streptococcus agalactiae

Benjamin Speich and colleagues investigate whether rates of trial completion and publication have increased over the past decade, the extent to which non-published trials can be identified in registries, and the association between reporting quality of protocols and premature discontinuation or non-publication of trials.

Author summary Why was this study done? Though cited in many countries’ national guidance, the evidence that individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are rendered non-infectious by 2 weeks of effective TB treatment is challenged. This systematic review was commissioned by the World Health Organization to provide evidence to inform TB infection prevention and control guidelines. We sought to synthesise the available data on the clearance of potentially infectious TB bacteria from the ...