1.1 Background A consistent and comparative description of the burden of diseases and
injuries, and the risk factors that cause them, is an important input to health decision-making …

In 1993 the World Bank sponsored a study to assess the global burden of disease in
collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Harvard School of Public …

1. Objectives Decision makers need the best available evidence in the form of quantities of
interest to them. Concerns about quality and uncertainty of data are not an acceptable …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Institute for Health
Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) have produced numerous global burden of disease (GBD) …

One major conclusion of the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBDS) is that the global
burden of disease will not change significantly from 1990 to 2020, in developed regions …

In 1993 the Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with The World Bank and WHO
assessed the Global Burden of Disease (GBD). As well as generating comprehensive and …

In 1993 the World Bank, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the
Harvard School of Public Health, sponsored a study to assess the global burden of disease …

As part of the original Global Burden of Disease study for the year 1990, Murray and Lopez
prepared projections of mortality and burden of disease by cause forward to 2000, 2010 and …

The epidemiological transition and rapid changes in disease patterns have posed serious
challenges to health-care systems and forced difficult decisions about the allocation of …

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population in
2004. Consistent and comparative description of the burden of diseases and injuries is an …