… multiple inconsistent sets of global health statistics. This paper reviews the history of global
burden of disease assessment at WHO and issues for its future role in global health statistics. …

… Since then, the tapestry of burden of disease assessments … responsibility in global burden
of disease assessment and … of existing and new global burden of disease data put forward by …

… Organization (WHO) global assessment of ambient air pollution exposure and the resulting
… the latest WHO global assessment of air pollution exposure and related burden of disease. …

This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by
reducing the environmental risks to health. It includes a meta-synthesis of key evidence relating …

Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health impacts. Previous
assessments of global attributable disease burden have been limited to urban areas or by coarse …

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began 30 years ago with the goal of providing
timely, valid and relevant assessments of critical health outcomes. Over this period, the GBD …

… the disease burden by age, cause, and region for 1990. Results of this initial assessment of
the global burden of disease … in both national and global assessments of the disease bur- …

Background Alcohol use has increased globally, with varying trends in different parts of the
world. This study investigates gender, age, and geographical differences in the alcohol-…

Global assessments of air quality and health require comprehensive estimates of the exposures
to air pollution that are experienced by populations in every country. However, there are …

The next two decades will see dramatic changes in the health needs of the world's populations.
In the developing regions where four-fifths of the planet's people live, noncommunicable …