People are living much longer worldwide than they were two decades ago, as death rates from infectious diseases and cardiovascular disease have fallen, according to a new, first-ever journal publication of country-specific cause-of-death data for 188 countries.
News
December 17, 2014
News Release
December 17, 2014
News Release
Life expectancy improved for both men and women in the United States, at an average of 3.5 years gained since 1990. But at the same time a number of diseases, including chronic kidney disease and Alzheimer's disease, claimed more lives in the United States in 2013 than in 1990.
September 29, 2014
News Release
Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist and mayor of Cali, Colombia, is the first winner of the Roux Prize, a new US$100,000 award for turning evidence into health impact and the largest prize of its kind.
Events
February 18, 2015
Workshop
Assistant Professor Mohammad Forouzanfar will give the talk “Global health burden of particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution, an update from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) 2013 study” at the 2015 Coordinating Res
November 5, 2014
Conference
Acting Assistant Professor Jeff Stanaway, PhD, will speak on the global burden of typhoid fever at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 63rd Annual Meeting.
October 2, 2014
Symposium
IHME Director Christopher Murray will take part in the panel discussion “Understanding and measuring what works” during the symposium “The Science of Global Health: What’s Next,” hosted by the University of California, San Francisco.