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Read the latest news from IHME about published research.The Lancet: Social and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to reverse progress towards gender equality, new study reveals
As COVID-19 has caused major disruptions in all aspects of life, women have experienced negative social and economic impacts to a greater extent than men, according to new research.
Health Effects Institute: Two new reports offer insights into global air quality and air pollution impacts on life expectancy
With the recent lowering of Air Quality Guidelines, many countries face challenges in achieving cleaner air.
PLOS Medicine: Study highlights worldwide disparities in treatment rates for major depressive disorder
Meta-analysis suggests need for scaling up treatment for this severe depression in some low and lower-middle income countries.
Lack of trust has helped fuel the COVID-19 pandemic, new study shows
Low levels of government and social trust, as well as higher levels of government corruption, are strongly correlated to higher COVID-19 infection rates around the world, according to a new peer-reviewed study published today in The Lancet.
The latest estimates of global anti-microbial resistance show urgent policy action is needed to save lives
New estimates reveal that at least 1.27 million deaths per year are directly attributable to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), requiring urgent action from policymakers and health communities to avoid further preventable deaths.
The Lancet: An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria
More than 1.2 million people – and potentially millions more – died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to the most comprehensive estimate to date of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The Lancet Public Health: Global dementia cases set to triple by 2050 unless countries address risk factors
The number of adults (aged 40 years and older) living with dementia worldwide is expected to nearly triple, from an estimated 57 million in 2019 to 153 million in 2050, due primarily to population growth and population ageing.
Cancer deaths rose to 10 million worldwide in 2019
A new study published by IHME highlighted global disparities in cancer burden as new cases rise to 23 million.
The Lancet: COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020, with women and younger people most affected.
Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by more than a quarter worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the first global estimates of impacts of the pandemic on mental health, published in The Lancet.
The Lancet: More than half of police killings in USA are unreported and Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal police violence
More than 55% of deaths from police violence in the USA from 1980-2018 were misclassified or unreported in official vital statistics reports according to a new study in The Lancet.
Spending for COVID-19 drove largest recorded increase in development assistance for health, but more is needed
A new study tracking global health spending finds that $13.7 billion in development assistance for health (DAH) went toward COVID-19 in 2020, contributing to a 35.7% increase in DAH spending compared to 2019.
Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta awarded 2021 Roux Prize
Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, of Aga Khan University (AKU) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), has been awarded the 2021 Roux Prize, a US$100,000 award for turning evidence into health impact.
The Lancet: Extreme heat is a clear and growing health issue, with evidence-based adaptation plans urgently needed to prevent unnecessary deaths
Extreme heat is an increasingly common occurrence worldwide, with heat-related deaths and illnesses also expected to rise. The authors of a new two-paper Series on Heat and Health, published in The Lancet, recommend immediate and urgent globally coordinated efforts to mitigate climate change and increase resilience to extreme heat to limit additional warming, avoid permanent and substantial extreme heat worldwide, and save lives by protecting the most vulnerable people.
New study shows US health care dollars disproportionately spent on White Americans
A new analysis of US health care spending reveals stark disparities across racial and ethnic lines, with White Americans benefiting from an outsized share of healthcare dollars relative to their proportion of the population
The Lancet: COVID-19 pandemic interrupted routine vaccinations for at least 17 million children worldwide in 2020, modelling study suggests
The COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in the largest and most widespread global disruption to life-saving immunisation programmes in history, putting millions of children—in rich and poor countries alike—at risk for measles, diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough), according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet.