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2018

May 22, 2018
WHO and IHME collaborate to improve health data globally
News Release

The World Health Organization and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) have formally agreed to collaborate in improving the accuracy, timeliness, and policy-relevance of health data. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed today will result in increased awareness and understanding of health problems globally, as well as the evaluation of strategies to address them.

May 21, 2018
New study: ‘Alarming’ differences in nations’ quality and access to health care
News Release

While health care access and quality have improved generally over the past several years, advancements in many countries have been slow or nonexistent as compared to the previous decade, according to a new scientific study.

April 17, 2018
First Long-Term Study Finds Half Trillion Dollars Spent on HIV/AIDS
News Release

Spending on HIV/AIDS globally between 2000 and 2015 totaled more than half a trillion dollars, according to a new scientific study, the first long-term and comprehensive analysis of funding for the disease.

April 17, 2018
New study finds people covered by universal health coverage will fall far below UN Sustainable Development Goal
News Release

 An estimated 5.4 billion people globally are expected to be covered under some form of universal health care by 2030, up from 4.3 billion in 2015, but far below the related target in United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3, according to a new scientific study.

April 17, 2018
Over 7 billion people face unsafe air: State of Global Air 2018
News Release

Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death worldwide according to the State of Global Air 2018, the annual report and interactive website published today at www.stateofglobalair.org by the Health Effects Institute (HEI).

April 11, 2018
New US health study takes pulse of nation, reveals wide variation in cardiovascular disease burden persists in states
Announcement

States whose residents suffered from high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) a generation ago are now achieving much higher levels of healthy life, according to the most extensive state-by-state health study ever conducted.

April 10, 2018
Warning signs: new US health study reveals ‘dangerous disparities’ among states
News Release

 Working-age Americans in 21 states faced a higher probability of premature death from 1990 to 2016, according to the most extensive state-by-state US health study ever conducted.

March 29, 2018
ABCE data reveal progress and challenges in health system capacity in India
Announcement

Health facilities in India report providing a range of health services, but a lack of key equipment, medical tests, and medications may compromise their full capacity to deliver care. This is one of many findings from the Access, Bottlenecks, Costs, and Equity (ABCE) project in India, a study carried out across six states that aims to assess the drivers of health system performance and costs of care.

March 27, 2018
Despite reductions in infectious disease mortality in US, diarrheal disease deaths on the rise
News Release

Deaths from infectious diseases have declined overall in the United States over the past three decades. However, the rates of decline varied significantly by counties, according to a new scientific study.

March 13, 2018
County-by-county study reveals 600% increase in drug-related deaths
News Release

Deaths in the United States from drug use disorders between 1980 and 2014 increased overall by more than 600%, but in some counties the increases exceeded 5,000%, according to a new scientific study.

February 28, 2018
Precision maps reveal significant health and education disparities within African nations
News Release

A new scientific study finds that while nearly all nations in Africa have at least one region where children’s health is improving, not a single country is expected to end childhood malnutrition by 2030, an objective of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

2017

December 22, 2017
GBD & IHME papers cited in Altmetric 100
News Release

Altmetric selected the top 100 most-discussed journal articles of 2017, ranked in order of their Altmetric Attention Score on November 15, 2017.

December 4, 2017
US provides most development assistance for health, but lags behind other nations in spending per person
News Release

A new study finds that while the United States consistently has provided more funding for development assistance for health (DAH) than any other country, some high-income European nations have far surpassed the US’s assistance in per capita and other expenditure measurements.

November 13, 2017
Comprehensive health study in India finds rise of non-communicable diseases
News Release

A new state-by-state health analysis in India finds that over two decades heart- and lung-related conditions, as well as other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), have surpassed infectious diseases, such as diarrhea and tuberculosis, as the nation’s leading killers. The extent of this difference, however, varies significantly among the nation’s 29 states and seven union territories.

November 7, 2017
New study explains why US health care spending increased $1 trillion
News Release

A new study finds that the cost of health care in the United States increased nearly $1 trillion from 1996 to 2013 and measures the causes behind this immense growth.

October 11, 2017
New study mapping pandemic potential could help prevent future disease outbreaks
News Release

 A new scientific study provides the first evidence-based assessment of pandemic potential in Africa prior to outbreaks and identifies ways to prevent them.

October 4, 2017
$100,000 Roux Prize awarded for saving children’s lives through vaccines in Mali
News Release

 A Malian physician who also teaches at the University of Maryland will receive $100,000 for using health data to save children’s lives through a comprehensive vaccination program. Dr. Samba Sow generated and used metrics on the disease burden related to Hib – Haemophilus influenzae type b disease – to secure political and financial support to vaccinate thousands of children against the disease. He spearheaded a nationwide delivery campaign for the vaccine, and, as a result, the country has seen an 80% decline in new Hib cases.

September 26, 2017
Large increase in recent decades in rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases in US
News Release

Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from chronic respiratory diseases, such as COPD, increased by nearly 30% overall in the US, although this trend varied by county, sex, and chronic respiratory disease type, according to a study published by JAMA.

September 25, 2017
'Precision public health:’ 5 x 5 kilometer mapping identifies significant differences in child deaths throughout Africa
News Release

A mapping system enabling global health researchers to examine communities in 5-by-5-kilometer blocks finds significant differences in child death rates within African nations.

September 14, 2017
New global study finds countries saving more lives, despite a ‘triad of troubles’ in obesity, violence, and mental illness
News Release

Countries have saved more lives over the past decade, especially among children under age 5, but persistent health problems, such as obesity, conflict, and mental illness, comprise a “triad of troubles,” and prevent people from living long, healthy lives, according to a new scientific study.

September 12, 2017
IHME releases second annual report on the Sustainable Development Goal indicators
News Release

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is releasing new findings related to the Sustainable Development Goals in a scientific paper, a data visualization tool, and a report produced in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

September 5, 2017
Life expectancy varies by up to 18 years in King County
News Release

Depending on where you live, your life may be cut short by nearly two decades compared to others in your community, according to new census tract-level health analysis of Seattle and King County.

August 23, 2017
Death rates from rheumatic heart disease falling since 1990
News Release

The risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease, a condition of damaged heart valves caused by bacterial infection that leads to rheumatic fever, has dropped around the world over the last 25 years, according to a new scientific study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

August 16, 2017
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused 3.2 million deaths worldwide in 2015
News Release

Latest global estimates illustrate the vast impact of the two most common chronic respiratory diseases, with 3.2 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 0.4 million deaths caused by asthma in 2015, according to a new Global Burden of Disease study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal.

August 4, 2017
Mental illness, suicide, and ‘intractable violence’ creating ‘lost generation’ in Middle East
News Release

Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than any other region in the world, according to a new scientific study.

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