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Diarrheal disease incidence and associated mortality in Ethiopia
The youngest and elder populations are disproportionately affected by diarrheal disease in Ethiopia.
Burden and trend of nutritional deficiency across regions in Ethiopia
Reproductive-age women, children under five, and elderly people are disproportionately affected by protein-energy malnutrition.
Global, regional, and national burden of spinal cord injury, 1990–2019
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of health loss due to premature mortality and long-term disability.
Global burden of peripheral artery disease and its risk factors, 1990–2019
The total number of people with peripheral artery disease has increased globally from 1990 to 2019.
Global, regional, and national mortality due to unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning, 2000–2021
Improvements in unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning mortality rates have been inconsistent across regions and over time since 2000.
Assessing discrepancies in estimates of road traffic deaths in Brazil
We assessed the quality of official reporting for road traffic deaths in Brazil and explained discrepancies.
Pandemic Recovery Survey
Use this tool to understand the effects of the pandemic on health care and health seeking behavior, attitudes and practices around vaccinations, education, and household financial and food security.
Data Coverage Map
Use this interactive tool to explore local data coverage for educational attainment and under-5 mortality.
Global, regional, and national burden of rheumatoid arthritis, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050
In 2020, an estimated 17.6 million people had rheumatoid arthritis worldwide.
Catastrophic health expenditure during the COVID-19 pandemic in five countries: a time-series analysis
We analysed changes in health care spending in 2020 in five countries with available household expenditure data: Belarus, Mexico, Peru, Russia, and Viet Nam.
Hearing loss prevalence, years lived with disability, and hearing aid use in the United States from 1990 to 2019
We utilized population-representative surveys from the United States to estimate hearing loss prevalence for the Global Burden of Disease study.
Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
The causes for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are diverse and the incidence trends of IMIDs from specific causes are rarely studied. The study aims to investigate the pattern and trend of IMIDs from 1990 to 2019.
The global fatty liver disease Sustainable Development Goal country score for 195 countries and territories
We developed a fatty liver disease Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) country score to provide insights into country-level preparedness to address fatty liver disease through a whole-of-society lens.
The global, regional, and national burden of adult lip, oral, and pharyngeal cancer in 204 countries and territories
Smoking was the primary risk factor associated with lip, oral, and pharyngeal cancer in 2019.
Hepatitis B and C in Europe
This study aims to provide an overview of the burdens of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Europe and their changes from 2010 to 2019 using estimates from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.
Burden of lower respiratory infections and associated risk factors across regions in Ethiopia
This analysis is to present the burden and trends of morbidity and mortality due to lower respiratory infections (LRIs), their contributing risk factors, and the disparity across administrative regions and cities from 1990 to 2019.
Disease burden attributed to drug use in the Nordic countries
Using results from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, we extracted age-standardized estimates of deaths, DALYs, YLLs and YLDs per 100 000 population for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden during the years 1990 to 2019.
Global-, regional-, and national-level impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis diagnoses, 2020–2021
The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a 1.55 million decrease in TB diagnoses in 2020 and a 1.28 million decrease in 2021 at a global level.
Global, regional, and national burden of osteoarthritis, 1990–2020 and projections to 2050
We estimated global cases, deaths, and disability due to osteoarthritis from 1990 to 2020, and made projections through 2050.
2022 Roux Prize Recipient: Mukteshwari "Mukti" Bosco
Mukteshwari “Mukti” Bosco, CEO and Founder of Healing Fields Foundation, is the recipient of the 2022 Roux Prize, the world’s largest award for evidence-based public health achievement. Mrs. Bosco is credited with developing one of the first micro health insurance programs in India, which inspired her creation of health awareness and prevention programs centered around women’s empowerment and health education in rural communities.
2021 Roux Prize Recipient: Zulfiqar Bhutta
Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, of Aga Khan University (AKU) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), was awarded the 2021 Roux Prize, a US$100,000 award for turning evidence into health impact.