Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
(GBD) 2016 provided comprehensive estimates of health loss globally. Decision makers in …

Background Population-level health and mortality data are crucial for evidence-informed
policy but scarce in Nigeria. To fill this gap, we undertook a comprehensive assessment of …

Background Over the last 30 years, South Africa has experienced four 'colliding epidemics'
of HIV and tuberculosis, chronic illness and mental health, injury and violence, and …

Background The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple
disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to …

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 A comprehensive understanding of temporal trends in the disease burden in
Australia is lacking, and these trends are required to inform health service planning and …

Background Progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in
Kenya has been inconsistent over the past two decades, despite the global push to foster …

Background Analysing trends and levels of the burden of disease at the national level can
mask inequalities in health-related progress in lower administrative units such as provinces …

Background Estimates of the burden of disease in adults in sub-Saharan Africa largely rely
on models of sparse data. We aimed to measure the burden of disease in adults living in a …

Background The inclusion of universal health coverage (UHC) as a health-related
Sustainable Development Goal has cemented its position as a key global health priority. We …