Objectives This study provides a detailed analysis of the global and regional burden of
cancer due to occupational carcinogens from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study …

BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study represents a large and systematic
effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries over the past 3 decades. We aimed to …

Background Availability of data to assess the population health and provision and quality of
health care in Saudi Arabia has been lacking. In 2010, Saudi Arabia began a major …

Background Over the past few decades, social and economic changes have had substantial
effects on health and wellbeing in Russia. We aimed to use data from the Global Burden of …

Background Peer-reviewed literature on health is almost exclusively published in English,
limiting the uptake of research for decision making in francophone African countries. We …

This paper, the first in a three-part Series on work and health, provides a narrative review of
research into work as a social determinant of health over the past 25 years, the key …

Background Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to
guiding long-term investments and policy implementation. Past work on forecasting has …

Background Understanding health trends and estimating the burden of disease at the
national and subnational levels helps policy makers track progress and identify disparities in …

Background The epidemiological transition of non-communicable diseases replacing
infectious diseases as the main contributors to disease burden has been well documented …

Background: Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and
contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify …