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2018

March 14, 2018
Ensuring long lives are healthy lives in Singapore
Acting on data

In his 2017 National Day Rally speech, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed his commitment to tackling an important challenge facing the country: Singaporeans are living some of the longest lives in the world, but, particularly in old age, they are not always healthy ones.  

March 2, 2018
Zooming in on advances and opportunities
Acting on data

Precision maps reveal significant health and education disparities within African nations.

February 22, 2018
Burden of disease data help to illuminate new policy priorities in Rwanda
Acting on data

In Rwanda, IHME’s collaborators are using GBD data as they tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and improve care for people living with disabilities.

February 2, 2018
Using GBD to reform Ukraine’s health system
Acting on data

Ukraine has revamped its health system using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study to better address the health problems of its people. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine is also working with IHME to improve the science behind the estimates.

2017

October 26, 2017
Tackling diarrhea: An ‘Aha’ moment that changed the course of global health
Acting on data

According to Harvard Business Review, people often make great decisions not while actively trying. These “aha!” moments can lead to brilliant, unexpected ideas or solutions. In 1993, a man in Seattle had such an “aha!” moment reading a study about diarrhea. Nearly 25 years later, that moment, unquestionably, helped change the course of global health.

October 18, 2017
Bill Gates: GBD ‘best chance of saving lives’
Acting on data

The Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) has been compared to many landmark events: the advent of the encyclopedia, the mapping of the human genome, and the first landing on the moon.

September 12, 2017
Progress and prospects: Health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Acting on data

These updated findings are important to understanding today’s gains and gaps for the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are essential for decision-makers as they aim to improve the health of populations. We have highlighted some uses and coverage of last year’s SDG report and paired them with particularly interesting or notable findings from GBD 2016.

August 8, 2017
Neglected disease burden compounded by the impact of conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Acting on data

In a new series of papers published yesterday, the GBD Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) collaborators describe the disease burden of the 22 countries that make up the EMR. While wars and civil unrest are currently the primary cause of death and disability in many Middle Eastern countries, the authors of the studies point out that other pressing issues are also multiplying both due to and alongside the ongoing unrest.

June 21, 2017
FIA Foundation using burden of disease data to make streets safer for youth in Africa
Acting on data

The FIA Foundation’s recent report, “Step Change: An Action Agenda on Safe Walking for Africa’s Children,” uses data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study to highlight the high burden of road traffic injuries among children in sub-Saharan Africa. The FIA Foundation is a UK-based charity that promotes road safety, the environment, and sustainable transport, and funds research on motor sport safety.

June 16, 2017
Michael Bloomberg uses burden of disease data to focus attention on NCDs
Acting on data

In his annual letter on philanthropy, Michael Bloomberg – founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and former mayor of New York City – emphasizes the importance of following the data no matter where it leads us in global health. And by drawing on data from the GBD study, Bloomberg and his organization find themselves looking squarely at non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and their growing impact worldwide.

June 8, 2017
New study reveals inequities in healthcare access and quality
Acting on data

A new analysis by Global Burden of Disease collaborators highlights that people are still dying from preventable, treatable causes, and reveals inequitable global progress in improving healthcare access and quality. Having already sparked global interest, results from this analysis are a reminder that development is not the only indicator of healthcare access and quality, and that improvements can occur more rapidly, particularly in countries that are lagging behind. 

May 26, 2017
New book highlights influence of global health financing on burden of disease
Acting on data

With rising threats from non-communicable diseases and emerging infectious diseases, effective global health leadership is vital. In their new book, Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why, Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar use findings on global health spending from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) to better understand the different actors in the global health space and look at how well they are helping address the world’s health problems. 

May 18, 2017
New paper focuses attention on health inequality in the US
Acting on data

A new study from IHME contributors on “Inequalities in life expectancy among US counties, 1980 to 2014” has provoked widespread attention and discussion from media organizations, decision-makers, and the public.While life expectancy has increased for the US as a whole, the inequality among counties and regions was far more dramatic than most expected, with differences of as much as 20 years between the counties with the highest and lowest life expectancies.

May 10, 2017
Government of Ethiopia using Global Burden of Disease evidence to achieve equity and access to health care for all
Acting on data

In Ethiopia the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study is being used to support the Ministry of Health’s drive to strengthen evidence-based decision-making, in collaboration with key partners.

May 3, 2017
Global health decision-makers face “uncertain, dramatic, unprecedented” moment
Acting on data

Those who influence decisions on development assistance for health are facing a “very uncertain, dramatic moment that is unprecedented,” said Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director of the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, speaking April 20 at a policy briefing in Washington, DC. The discussion focused on two newly published papers on financing global health by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

April 24, 2017
Global Burden of Disease findings helping make Stockholm County healthier
Acting on data

In Sweden, the Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, and the Center for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (CES) collaborated with IHME to develop estimates for the burden of disease in Stockholm County. These are now a key feature of the county’s Public Health Guide, which serves as a valuable reference for Stockholm’s government and civil society as they work to promote health and prevent disease. 

April 18, 2017
New burden of tobacco paper provides novel insights and tools for policymakers
Acting on data

Earlier this month, the GBD 2015 Tobacco Collaborators published a new report on smoking prevalence and the global burden of tobacco use in The Lancet.

April 11, 2017
Brookings Institute uses Global Burden of Disease data to explore dangers of smoking
Acting on data

Some people smoke and live seemingly long lives. Yet tobacco is unquestionably harmful. How do we reconcile the two? A recent post published on the Brookings Institute’s Future Development blog used Global Burden of Disease data to educate readers about “selection bias,” or the human tendency to focus on anecdotal accounts that defy the trends while ignoring the much larger body of evidence that supports them. 

April 6, 2017
Using a new network of collaboration to reduce burden of disease in Europe
Acting on data

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) and its members view burden of disease data as an essential component of population health monitoring, and an important indicator for policy change. As a result, these bodies have joined forces with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) to carry out detailed disease burden analyses in the region.

March 28, 2017
A new way of measuring development helps assess health system performance
Acting on data

During his recent visit to IHME’s offices, we sat down with Dr. Yohannes Kinfu, member of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study’s Scientific Council and the person who came up with the idea that led to the creation of the Socio-demographic Index (SDI), a new metric for measuring development. SDI allows people to compare countries’ health outcomes and the performance of health systems, and better understand what tomorrow’s health landscape will look like. 

March 22, 2017
CSIS Women’s and Family Health Task Force uses IHME research to call for major US initiative to improve health of adolescent girls and young women
Acting on data

On March 21, 2017, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) Task Force on Women’s and Family Health outlined a road map for the Trump administration to improve the lives of adolescent girls and young women in 13 low-income countries, using IHME’s research to make their case.

March 14, 2017
Understanding the ‘big picture’ can lead to a healthier population in Ghana
Acting on data

The Ministry of Health of Ghana is using burden of disease data to identify the biggest health problems in the country and guide health planning.

March 7, 2017
In Norway, burden of disease informs public and policymakers on health status and risks
Acting on data

In Norway, the government is helping improve the science behind the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study and incorporating it into their decision-making. The March 2016 launch of the report on GBD findings in Norway has received extensive coverage by the Norwegian media.

February 28, 2017
Global Health 2.0: A new era of population health measurement and action
Acting on data

On February 8, the University of Washington Department of Global Health (UWDGH) convened renowned thought leaders from around the world to explore the evolving field of global health through presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A’s. Health metrics sciences play an important role in driving decisions and programs aimed at improving the health of the world’s populations, and the significance of good evidence and IHME’s impact was made apparent by many speakers during the event.

February 16, 2017
Portugal joins Global Burden of Disease enterprise to improve community health
Acting on data

In the historic city of Porto, famous for being a critical center of trade, health organizations from across Portugal have come together to celebrate a new partnership between Portugal and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to advance the work of the Global Burden of Disease enterprise and provide insight to guide policymaking in the country.

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