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Read the research on health spending in Norway.
June 6, 2023
Disease-specific health spending by age, sex, and type of care in Norway
Research Article

Health spending in Norway was high for long-term disabilities in older age groups.

Read the research on low back pain.
May 22, 2023
Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050
Research Article

Low back pain remains the leading cause of disability globally, and in 2020, there were more than half a billion prevalent cases of low back pain worldwide.

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May 22, 2023
The Lancet: New study shows low back pain is the leading cause of disability around the world
News Release

A new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study estimates that by 2050, there will be a 36.4% increase in cases of low back pain from 2020, with the highest increases in Asia and Africa.

Read the research on injuries in Ethiopia.
May 22, 2023
Neglected burden of injuries in Ethiopia, from 1990 to 2019
Research Article

Even though the burden of injuries has steadily decreased at national and sub-national levels in Ethiopia over the past 30 years, it still remains to be an area of public health priority.

Read the research on air pollution in North Africa and the Middle East.
May 12, 2023
Effect of air pollution on disease burden, mortality, and life expectancy in North Africa and the Middle East
Research Article

We found that if air pollution had been lowered to the theoretical minimum risk exposure levels for 2019, then the average life expectancy would have been 1·6 years higher.

Read the research on breast cancer in Iran.
April 26, 2023
National and subnational burden of female and male breast cancer and risk factors in Iran from 1990 to 2019
Research Article

Breast cancer burden increased from 1990 to 2019 in both genders, and considerable discrepancies were found among different provinces and SDI quintiles in Iran.

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April 25, 2023
Chronic respiratory disease is third leading cause of death globally with air pollution killing 1.3 million people
News Release

New findings on chronic respiratory disease (CRD) now show it accounted for approximately 4 million deaths worldwide in 2019.

Read the article on chronic respiratory diseases.
April 25, 2023
Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Research Article

We estimated mortality, years lived with disability, years of life lost, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), prevalence, and incidence of chronic respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pneumoconiosis, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Read the research on health spending for multiple chronic conditions.
April 4, 2023
Estimating health spending associated with chronic multimorbidity in 2018: An observational study among adults in the United States
Research Article

This study explores health spending in the US on multiple chronic conditions. We look at different disease combinations and how spending differs for individuals with multiple conditions compared to a single disease.

Read the research on anxiety in Australia.
April 1, 2023
Grading disorder severity and averted burden by access to treatment within the GBD framework: a case study with anxiety disorders
Research Article

 We estimated treatment use among respondents with anxiety disorder in the 1997 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (NSMHWB).

Read the research on pneumonia in China.
March 28, 2023
Infection and co-infection patterns of community-acquired pneumonia in patients of different ages in China from 2009 to 2020: a national surveillance study
Research Article

We aimed to explore the causal and epidemiological characteristics by age, to better describe patterns of community-acquired pneumonia and their association with severe disease.

Read the news release about our COVID resiliency research.
March 23, 2023
The Lancet: Largest US state-by-state analysis of COVID-19 impact reveals the driving forces behind variations in health, education, and economic performance
News Release

The most comprehensive state-by-state analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 across the USA, published today in The Lancet, reveals the underlying reasons why the pandemic has played out in vastly different ways across the country.

Read the research on COVID resiliency in the US.
March 23, 2023
Assessing COVID-19 pandemic policies and behaviours and their economic and educational trade-offs across US states from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: an observational analysis
Research Article

The United States struggled in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not all states struggled equally. Identifying the factors associated with cross-state variation in infection and mortality rates could help to improve responses to this and future pandemics.

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March 21, 2023
Mary Dempsey and Years of Life Lost
Video

Mary Dempsey was working for the National Tuberculosis Association when she wrote an article in which the key health metric Years of Life Lost was first conceptualized. Kris Larsen interviews IHME director, Christopher Murray about the woman and the metric.

Read the research on COVID pandemic forecasting.
March 8, 2023
Forecasting the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic into 2023 under plausible variant and intervention scenarios: a global modelling study
Research Article

This paper samples across a range of potential variant-level characteristics to provide global forecasts of infections, hospitalisations, and deaths in the face of ongoing Omicron-related transmission and waning levels of past immunity and evaluates a range of interventions that may diminish the impact of future waves. 

Read the research on dementia prevalence.
March 2, 2023
The prevalence, correlation, and co-occurrence of neuropathology in old age: harmonisation of 12 measures across six community-based autopsy studies of dementia
Research Article

 We aimed to harmonise neuropathology measures across studies and assess the prevalence, correlation, and co-occurrence of neuropathologies in the ageing population.

Read the research on kidney dysfunction in Iran.
February 27, 2023
Trends of national and sub-national burden attributed to kidney dysfunction risk factor in Iran
Research Article

Kidney dysfunction is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. Herein, we aimed to describe the attributable burden of kidney dysfunction at the national and sub-national levels in Iran.

Read the research on community-based interventions for diabetes in Minnesota.
February 27, 2023
Assessing the impact of community-based interventions on hypertension and diabetes management in three Minnesota communities: findings from the prospective evaluation of US HealthRise programs
Research Article

Community-based health interventions are increasingly viewed as models of care that can bridge healthcare gaps experienced by underserved communities in the United States (US). With this study, we sought to assess the impact of such interventions, as implemented through the US HealthRise program, on hypertension and diabetes among underserved communities in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Rice Counties, Minnesota.

man at home sick with COVID
February 16, 2023
The Lancet: Most comprehensive study to date provides evidence on natural immunity protection by COVID-19 variant and how protection fades over time
News Release

Researchers say we should recognise the natural immunity in people who have recently been infected with COVID-19, but warn that their findings should not discourage vaccination because it is the safest way to acquire immunity.

Read the research on protection against COVID re-infection.
February 16, 2023
Past SARS-CoV-2 infection protection against re-infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Research Article

We aimed to systematically synthesize studies to estimate protection from past infection by variant, and where data allow, by time since infection.

Read the research on cancer in North Africa and the Middle East.
February 10, 2023
Burden of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer in North Africa and Middle East countries, 1990 to 2019: Results from the GBD study 2019
Research Article

Researchers found that tobacco use is still a leading cause of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer in the region.

smoggy sunset over a large city
February 9, 2023
Launch of new European research project on the cost of air and noise pollution
News Release

BEST-COST, which holds its kick-off meeting today, is a new Horizon Europe research project that aims to improve our understanding of the socioeconomic cost of environmental stressors in Europe.

Read the research on infant and child death in Iran.
February 6, 2023
Neonate, infant, and child mortality by cause in provinces of Iran: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
Research Article

All provinces achieved the Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 of neonatal mortality less than 12 and child mortality less than 25 per 1000 live births. However, disparities still exist across provinces, specifically in low-SDI provinces.

Read the research on maternal deaths in Iran.
February 6, 2023
Levels and trends of maternal mortality and morbidity by cause in North Africa and Middle East, 1990 to 2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
Research Article

Maternal mortality has significantly declined in the region since 1990 and only five countries (Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen, Morocco, and Algeria) out of 21 nations didn’t achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of 70 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019.

Financing Global Health 2021
January 24, 2023
Financing Global Health 2021: Global Health Priorities in a Time of Change
Policy Report

For over a decade, this report has provided policy makers with critical information on current and future health financing and spending. The 13th edition, Financing Global Health 2021, expands on, and adds new estimates to, topics like pandemic preparedness, future health spending, and development assistance for health. 

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