A Filipino epidemiologist and professor has been awarded $100,000 for using health data to identify the most taxing health problems in the Philippines, helping his country expand health coverage and reduce the costs involved. The award is part of the annual Roux Prize offered by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent global health research organization at the University of Washington in Seattle.
2016
September 27, 2016
News Release
Though the rate of HIV/AIDS-related deaths in Namibia has decreased since its peak in 2005, in 2013 it remained the leading cause of death for all ages. In addition, while life expectancy in Namibia declined between 1990 and 2004 – largely due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic – it has rebounded. However, 2013 life expectancy for both sexes is slightly below 1990 levels. These findings come from a new report of Namibia health indicators.
September 21, 2016
News Release
Expanded health coverage, greater access to family planning, and fewer deaths of newborns and children under the age of 5 are among several health improvements contributing to progress toward achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new scientific study.
August 31, 2016
News Release
People are more likely to adopt heart healthy behaviors when guided and encouraged via the Internet, their cell phones or other devices, according to 23 years of research reviewed in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
August 24, 2016
News Release
Improved health conditions and life expectancy over the past 20 years in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are being subverted by wars and civil unrest, according to a new scientific study.
August 23, 2016
News Release
There is a three-fold difference between the “best” and “worst” counties in the United States regarding prevalence of diabetes, and as Americans begin planning their menus for Labor Day celebrations, one must ask: Are those fatty foods and sugar-infused drinks worth the health risk? A new scientific paper calls the difference between the counties “staggering,” and notes that public health systems – on local and statewide levels – have important roles to play in increasing awareness of and screening for diabetes.
July 22, 2016
News Release
International stroke prevention measures are not effective and need to change, say the authors of a study published in Nature Reviews Neurology
July 20, 2016
News Release
Health facilities in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia could extend life-sustaining antiretroviral therapy (ART) to hundreds of thousands of people living with HIV if facilities improved the efficiency of service delivery. This is one of the main findings from a paper published today in BMC Medicine, co-authored by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and collaborators from Action Africa Help-International (AAH-I) in Kenya, the Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) in Uganda, and the University of Zambia in Zambia.
July 15, 2016
News Release
AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in several countries over the past decade, threatening to undermine efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, a new scientific paper shows.
July 14, 2016
Announcement
New study expands on previous Ebola findings and launches new interactive data tool.
July 11, 2016
News Release
Since 1990, Kenya has made tremendous progress in addressing pressing health priorities such as maternal and child health, as well as communicable diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. This was noted in a report entitled “The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy in Kenya,” which is the first of its kind in the country. The report was produced jointly by the International Center for Humanitarian Affairs and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
July 5, 2016
News Release
Study believed to be first-ever attempt to estimate burden of disease related to liver-related death and disability.
June 28, 2016
News Release
The best studies analyzing public health data will soon get better. Today, new guidelines for substantiating information collected on diseases, injuries, and deaths were formally adopted, completing a two-year collaboration among experts from several of the world’s most prestigious health institutions.
June 9, 2016
News Release
Environmental air pollution has emerged as a one of the leading risk factors for stroke worldwide, associated with a third of the global burden of stroke in 2013, according to a new study published in The Lancet Neurology.
May 9, 2016
News Release
Decades of neglect and chronic underinvestment have had serious detrimental effects on the health and well-being of adolescents aged 10–24 years, according to a major new Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing being launched in London on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Two-thirds of young people are growing up in countries where preventable and treatable health problems like HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, unsafe sex, depression, injury, and violence remain a daily threat to their health, well-being, and life chances.
May 3, 2016
News Release
In a speech before the university community and partners today, University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce announced “a shared vision for improving health and well-being around the world.”
April 19, 2016
News Release
The Southeastern US, including much of Texas through to Florida, has ideal conditions for spread of Zika virus according to a new study published in eLife.
April 13, 2016
News Release
Global inequities in health spending are expected to persist and intensify over the next 25 years, according to a new study that estimates total health financing in countries around the world.
April 13, 2016
News Release
Funding earmarked for improving maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries has grown faster since 2010 than funding for HIV, TB, and malaria.
March 30, 2016
News Release
Grant awarded to University of Washington to analyze drivers of health care spending and identify future trends to guide efforts to improve health outcomes and bend the cost curve.
March 8, 2016
Announcement
In an example of Norway’s ongoing commitment to the health of its people, today the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), in partnership with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), published the report Norway: State of the Nation’s Health: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease.
February 26, 2016
Announcement
The Carlos Slim Health Institute recently honored IHME Professor of Global Health Rafael Lozano with a 2015 Carlos Slim Health Award for Lifetime Achievement in Research. The Carlos Slim Health Awards “recognize individuals and institutions committed to health improvement of the Latin-American population,” according to the Institute’s website.
February 12, 2016
News Release
New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India.
February 8, 2016
News Release
Originally published by Health Affairs on February 8, 2016
The February issue of Health Affairs explores the current environment in which vaccines are discovered, produced, and delivered. The issue also contains several studies examining the economic benefits and value of sustainably financing vaccinations in the United States and globally.
January 25, 2016
News Release
A new report examines global and national trends in the fatal and nonfatal burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents in 188 countries based on results from the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.