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Making Health Measurable: Using the Global Burden of Disease as a platform to track health performance [1]

Presenters/Attendees: 
Christopher J.L. Murray
Date: 
March 5, 2013 10:00 AM
Event Location: 
Seattle, WA, USA

On March 5, 2013, IHME will unveil new tools for identifying health challenges for countries and developing policies to meet those challenges. IHME Director Christopher Murray will join Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and University of Washington President Michael Young to discuss the implications that the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) findings have for health policy worldwide, and how GBD can be viewed as a platform for future collaborative research.

Following the launch of regional results from GBD 2010, it became clear that country-level estimates are necessary in order to better assist policymakers and donors in making informed decisions about global health. IHME has created a suite of new data visualization tools to allow countries to see how they are performing in comparison to their peers and to allow researchers new ways to view levels and trends in health.

Trevor Mundel, President of the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program, will explain how making GBD a continuous resource and expanding the global network of GBD collaborators will provide the framework for establishing health as a priority in every country.

Join us for the event by watching the live webcast (www.ihmeuw.org/GBDlive [2]) commencing at 9 a.m. PST, on March 5, 2013.

Also join us on Twitter @IHME_UW [3] and facebook.com/ihmeuw [4] to discuss the new tools, country trends, and policy implications.

Related Documents: 
Making Health Measurable: Using the Global Burden of Disease as a platform to track health performance [5]
The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy [6]
New data show countries around the world grappling with changing health challenges [7]
New Lancet paper reveals that UK lags behind much of Europe on key measures of health [8]
Global Burden of Disease: Massive shifts reshape the health landscape worldwide [9]
Topics: 
Injuries
Risk Factors

Links
[1] http://www.healthdata.org/events/making-health-measurable-using-global-burden-disease-platform-track-health-performance
[2] http://www.healthdata.org/gbd/live
[3] http://twitter.com/IHME_UW
[4] http://facebook.com/IHMEUW
[5] http://www.healthdata.org/video/making-health-measurable-using-global-burden-disease-platform-track-health-performance
[6] http://www.healthdata.org/policy-report/global-burden-disease-generating-evidence-guiding-policy
[7] http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/new-data-show-countries-around-world-grappling-changing-health-challenges
[8] http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/new-lancet-paper-reveals-uk-lags-behind-much-europe-key-measures-health
[9] http://www.healthdata.org/news-release/global-burden-disease-massive-shifts-reshape-health-landscape-worldwide