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Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people’s health during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Young people’s health has emerged as a neglected yet pressing issue in global development. Changing patterns of young people’s health have the potential to undermine future population health as well as global economic development unless timely and effective strategies are put into place. We report the past, present, and anticipated burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years from 1990 to 2013 using data on mortality, disability, injuries, and health risk factors.
2015 Dissemination Report
The Gavi Full Country Evaluations (FCE) are prospective studies covering the period 2013-2016 that aim to understand and quantify the barriers to and drivers of immunization program improvement, with emphasis on the contribution of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in Bangladesh, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia. This third annual dissemination report complements previous reports by providing key findings and recommendations for the 2015 evaluation period in the four evaluation countries.
Bangladesh: Findings from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations
This report presents findings for Bangladesh from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations (FCE) Annual Dissemination Report.
Mozambique: Findings from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations
This report presents findings for Mozambique from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations (FCE) Annual Dissemination Report.
Uganda: Findings from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations
This report presents findings for Uganda from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations (FCE) Annual Dissemination Report.
Zambia: Findings from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations
This report presents findings for Zambia from the 2015 Gavi Full Country Evaluations (FCE) Annual Dissemination Report.
2015 Cross-Country Evaluation Brief
This brief provides an overview of cross-country findings from the 2015 evaluation year.
Institutional Delivery and Satisfaction among Indigenous and Poor Women in Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama
Indigenous women in Mesoamerica experience disproportionately high maternal mortality rates and are less likely to have institutional deliveries. Identifying correlates of institutional delivery, and satisfaction with institutional deliveries, may help improve facility utilization and health outcomes in this population. We used baseline surveys from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative to analyze data from 10,895 indigenous and non-indigenous women in Guatemala and Mexico (Chiapas State) and indigenous women in Panama.
Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus
Zika virus was discovered in Uganda in 1947 and is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, which also act as vectors for dengue and chikungunya viruses throughout much of the tropical world. Possible associations with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome observed in this outbreak have raised concerns about continued global spread of Zika virus, prompting its declaration as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. We conducted species distribution modelling to map environmental suitability for Zika. We show a large portion of tropical and sub-tropical regions globally have suitable environmental conditions with over 2.17 billion people inhabiting these areas.
The global economic burden of dengue: a systematic analysis
Dengue is a serious global burden. Objective, systematic, comparable measures of dengue burden are needed to track health progress, assess the application and financing of emerging preventive and control strategies, and inform health policy. We estimated the global economic burden of dengue by country and super-region.
Financing Global Health 2015: Development assistance steady on the path to new Global Goals
Financing Global Health 2015 is the seventh edition of IHME’s annual series on global health financing. This report captures trends in development assistance for health (DAH) and government health expenditure as source (GHE-S) in low- and middle-income countries.
Development assistance for health: past trends, associations, and the future of international financial flows for health
Disbursements of development assistance for health (DAH) have risen substantially during the past several decades. More recently, the international community’s attention has turned to other international challenges, introducing uncertainty about the future of disbursements for DAH.
National spending on health by source for 184 countries between 2013 and 2040
In this study, we use past trends and relationships to estimate future health spending, disaggregated by the source of those funds, to identify the financing trajectories that are likely to occur if current policies and trajectories evolve as expected.
The health of young children in America
Childhoods in America are safer and healthier than ever before, but the health of the nation’s young children continues to lag behind that of other developed countries.
Evaluating facility-based antiretroviral therapy program effectiveness: a pilot study comparing viral load suppression and retention rates
Increased demand for antiretroviral therapy (ART) services combined with plateaued levels of development assistance for HIV/AIDS requires that national ART programs monitor program effectiveness. In this pilot study, we compared commonly utilized performance metrics of 12- and 24-month retention with rates of viral load (VL) suppression at 15 health facilities in Uganda.
Norway: State of the Nation’s Health
Norway: State of the Nation’s Health explores the health development Norway has experienced over the last two decades and the new challenges it faces as its population grows and ages.
Tracking development assistance for HIV/AIDS: The international response to a global epidemic
To better understand the global response to HIV/AIDS, this study tracked development assistance for HIV/AIDS at a granular, program level.
The health of Saudi youths: current challenges and future opportunities
The health status of the young people is an important indicator for future health and health care needs of the next generation. In order to understand the health risk factors of Saudi youth, we analyzed data from a large national survey in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The burden of cancer in Mexico, 1990-2013
The burden of cancer in Mexico shows complex regional patterns by age, sex, types of cancer, and deprivation status. The study analyzed mortality and incidence for 28 cancers by deprivation status, age and sex from 1990 to 2013.
Assessing the contribution of malaria vector control and other maternal and child health interventions in reducing all-cause under-5 mortality in Zambia
Under-5 mortality in Zambia has declined since 1990, with reductions accelerating after 2000. Zambia’s scale-up of malaria control is viewed as the driver of these gains, but past studies have not fully accounted for other potential factors. This study sought to systematically evaluate the impact of malaria vector control on under-5 mortality.
Global burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a cross-sectional analysis from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013
High-quality epidemiological studies evaluating the burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis worldwide are lacking. We compared the burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis in each country to the overall global burden and assessed the equality of cutaneous leishmaniasis burden across different countries and regions.