Global Health Insights

Can we see the future in the present? How will the world be impacted by conditions including diabetes and other non-communicable diseases? The latest Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) forecasts disease burden scenarios for more than 200 countries through 2050.

Understanding the relationship between risk factors and health outcomes is key to improving health and developing evidence-based policy.

Males and females have unique health concerns that grow over time. Females show higher rates of health loss from conditions including depressive disorders, anxiety, Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Males show higher rates of health loss from cardiovascular, respiratory, and liver diseases.

Measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 also worked to prevent other lower respiratory infections, like influenza and RSV. IHME Associate Professor Dr. Hmwe Hmwe Kyu shares new findings from the Global Burden of Disease study.

PEPFAR has saved more than 25 million lives and provides funding for AIDS treatment and education programs across Africa and into Asia and the Americas. But the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief faces new uncertainty in terms of long-term financial support.

By 2050, more than three-quarters of countries will not have fertility rates high enough to sustain population size over time. Dr. Austin Schumacher shares the latest Global Burden of Disease findings on past and future trends in global fertility.

Despite concerted efforts, global milestones to end TB by 2020 were not met. Dr. Hmwe Hmwe Kyu shares the latest data on tuberculosis eradication.

In 2021, nervous system disorders like Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and epilepsy affected 40% of the population. Researcher Jaimie Steinmetz shares the latest findings from IHME's GBD study.

IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray discusses what makes the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) unique as the most comprehensive effort to measure health trends and why GBD remains more relevant than ever.

IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray discusses what makes the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) unique as the most comprehensive effort to measure health trends and why GBD remains more relevant than ever.

IHME Director Chris Murray explains the research linking high BMI to dozens of health issues, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Dr. Mirza Balaj shares findings from a new study showing that the risk of death decreases by about 2% per year of education.

The overall takeaway from the paper is that bacterial antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is not just a problem for high-income countries, or countries with really high antibiotic consumption.

The negative health effects associated with intimate partner violence and childhood sexual abuse are presented in a new Burden of Proof analysis published in Nature Medicine.

How do war and conflict impact populations' health? This Veterans Day, Dr. Chris Murray reflects on both the physical and mental trauma of war on veterans, as well as the effects of conflict on civilians and health systems.