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2020

December 9, 2020
JACC: Cardiovascular Disease Burden, Deaths Are Rising Around the World
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The number of people dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is steadily rising, including one-third of all deaths globally in 2019, according to a paper in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that reviewed the total magnitude of CVD burden and trends over 30 years around the world. 
December 1, 2020
The Lancet: One in three people worldwide could benefit from rehabilitation at least once in the course of their illness or injury, first global study estimates
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As many as one in three people worldwide (2.41 billion people) could benefit from rehabilitation (such as physical and occupational therapy or speech and language therapy) at some point in their illness or injury, according to estimates published today in The Lancet in the first global study of its kind.
December 1, 2020
Targets for avoidable sight loss ‘not being met’
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Public health services across the world are failing to meet targets to reduce avoidable sight loss, according to a new study published today (1 December) in The Lancet Global Health.
October 28, 2020
Tabba Heart Institute and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Collaborate to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Pakistan
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Tabba Heart Institute (THI) and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine are partnering to improve public knowledge and inform policymakers of cardiovascular health in Pakistan by collecting and sharing data, leveraging their expertise in health metrics sciences to provide more accurate estimates of the national and provincial burden of cardiovascular diseases in Pakistan. 
October 15, 2020
The Lancet: Latest global disease estimates reveal perfect storm of rising chronic diseases and public health failures fuelling COVID-19 pandemic
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Most comprehensive global study—analysing 286 causes of death, 369 diseases and injuries, and 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories—reveals how well the world’s population were prepared in terms of underlying health for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 27, 2020
New evaluation of universal health coverage shows that the world will likely fall short of World Health Organization goal
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A new study projects that 3.1 billion people will still lack effective health service coverage in 2023, with 968 million of those residing in South Asia. This falls short of the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 1 billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage (UHC) between 2019 and 2023.
February 13, 2020
Chronic kidney disease a ‘global killer in plain sight’
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Rates of people needing dialysis have increased more than 40% since 1990, but access to this life-saving treatment is still markedly inequitable, according to a new scientific study. 
January 22, 2020
Men twice as likely as women to die of liver cirrhosis
News Release
Twice as many men as women are dying from liver cirrhosis, according to a new scientific study. 
January 16, 2020
Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally, double previous estimate
News Release
Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according to an analysis published today in The Lancet. Among them are a disproportionately high number of children in poor areas. 
January 8, 2020
Probability of dying from road injury has dropped worldwide in all but 5 nations
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Road injuries have become more frequent but less fatal over the past three decades, according to a new scientific study. The probability of dying from a road accident increased in only five nations since 1990 – Central African Republic, Jamaica, Somalia, Swaziland, and United Arab Emirates.

2019

December 19, 2019
Study finding poor diets responsible for more deaths than tobacco ranks 11th in Altmetric 100 for 2019
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A Global Burden Disease study published last April and led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation that concludes poor diets cause one in five deaths globally has been ranked 11th in the 2019 Altmetric 100, the annual listing by the UK-based data science firm of research that most captured the public’s interest. 
December 18, 2019
Nearly 9 million injured worldwide by fire, heat, and hot substances in 2017
News Release
Heat-related incidents resulted in nearly 9 million injuries and more than 120,000 deaths worldwide in 2017, according to a new scientific study. Fires, heat, and hot substances, such as cooking oil or a hot stove, disproportionately kill young children and the elderly.
November 25, 2019
Global health viewpoint: Poor data prevent accurate measurement of UN goals
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The lack of data, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, combined with the absence of international standards for data management, is hindering efforts in measuring progress toward meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
November 20, 2019
New study finds alcohol use, smoking, other risks lead to few, but important, health differences among Nordic countries
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It’s no secret that residents of the five Nordic countries live longer and healthier lives than the global average, yet subtle – but consequential – health differences remain, likely the result of alcohol use, smoking, and other risk factors, according to a new scientific study.
October 30, 2019
New study finds one in seven child deaths result from pneumonia, the flu, and other lower respiratory infections
News Release
Despite large declines since 1990 in child deaths from pneumonia and the flu, these and other lower respiratory infections (LRIs) remain a leading killer of children under age 5. A new scientific study finds LRIs responsible for one in seven child deaths globally.
September 3, 2019
New computer modeling system may help predict heart-related disease in low- and middle-income countries
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Health analyses of people at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in low- and middle-income countries may soon improve, thanks to new computer modeling. The new modeling is a joint project of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and the University of Cambridge. 
July 29, 2019
Globally, more than 11 million years of healthy life lost due to childhood cancer in 2017
News Release
While the number of new cancer cases in children and adolescents (aged 0-19 years) is relatively low at around 416,500 globally in 2017, treatment-related ill-health and disability and fatal cancer are estimated to cause around 11.5 million years of healthy life lost globally every year, according to the first Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) to assess childhood and adolescent cancer burden in 195 countries in 2017, published in The Lancet Oncology journal.
June 24, 2019
Chronic conditions – not infectious diseases – are top 5 causes of early death in China
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Chronic diseases, such as stroke, ischemic heart disease, and lung cancer, now represent the leading causes of premature death in China, according to a new scientific study.
April 29, 2019
US one of only eight countries where child and adolescent health improved but maternal mortality worsened since 1990
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The United States is one of only eight countries in the world where decreases in child and adolescent mortality over a 27-year period haven’t also been matched by reductions in maternal mortality, according to a new scientific study. This divergent trend also was found in American Samoa, Canada, Greece, Guam, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Zimbabwe. Of these countries, the United States had the largest increase in maternal mortality rate at 67.5%.
April 3, 2019
New study finds poor diet kills more people globally than tobacco and high blood pressure
News Release
Poor diet is responsible for more deaths globally than tobacco, high blood pressure, or any other health risk, according to a new scientific study. Consuming low amounts of healthy foods, such as whole grains, and too much unhealthy foods, including sweetened beverages, account for one in every five deaths globally.

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