Global Health Action Template
Writing for Global Health Action? This template gives you a submission-ready structure—sections, abstract, and references—so you focus on the research, not the formatting.
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How to Use the Global Health Action Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 25 July, 2026
Submitting to Global Health Action goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Global Health Action guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
What is the Global Health Action Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Global Health Action. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Global Health Action journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a GHA submission:
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Global Health Action guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Global Health Action guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Global Health Action Template include?
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the Taylor & Francis submission portal.
Steps to Use This Template with Scispace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The Scispace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for GHA.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Global Health Action guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the Taylor & Francis submission portal.
Global Health Action Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | GHA requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstracts with the headings: Background, Objective(s), Methods, Results, and Conclusions (maximum 250 words) are required for Research and PhD Synthesis articles. Unstructured abstracts (maximum 250 words) are required for the following article types: Review, Methods Forum, Study Design, Capacity Building, Current Debate, and Short Communication. |
| Main text | Section order and length per article type |
| Declarations | Ethics, competing interests, funding, data as required |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 5 to 10 keywords or subjects. Words already in the title will be automatically indexed. |
| References | NLM style or format. If there are more than three authors list the first six followed by et. al. Otherwise list all authors and initials. Author name(s), journal or book title, article or chapter title, year of publication, volume and issue (where appropriate) and page numbers are essential. The addition of DOI (Digital Object Identifier) where available is required. |
| Peer review | Single anonymized peer review (single-blind) |
| Submission | authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com |
Quick Tips for Using the Global Health Action Template
Read the Global Health Action guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Global Health Action in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent GHA papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Global Health Action journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Global Health Action guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the Taylor & Francis submission portal.
