Reliable, comparable information about the main causes of disease and injury in
populations, and how these are changing, is a critical input for debates about priorities in the …

This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases,
injuries and risk factors with a comprehensivestatement of methods and a complete …

Alan D. Lopez, Colin D. Mathers, Majid Ezzati, Dean T. Jamison, and ChristopherJ. L.
Murray changing, so that the information is more relevant for health policy and planning …

This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases,
injuries and risk factors with a comprehensive statement of methods and a complete …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization collaborated in the first Global Burden
of Disease Study (GBD), published in the 1993 World Development Report. This paper …

The global burden of disease study—which has been affiliated with the World Bank and the
World Health Organisation (WHO) and is now housed in the Institute for Health Metrics 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 …