Background An analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2013
highlighted the role of air pollution and the concomitant lack of published data linking this …

Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 364 September 11, 2004 913 and more importantly to
programmes for delivery of available interventions4, 5, 13 to those at need. Hazards were …

Objectives We provide a brief introduction to the objectives, data, methods and results of the
World Health Organization (WHO)/International Labor Organization (ILO) Joint Estimates of …

Background In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-
communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence …

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 …

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a
rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a …

Background The Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) project of the World Health
Organization (WHO) assessed worldwide mortality and morbidity in the year 2000 resulting …

Summary The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019
provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health …

Background Countries have agreed to reduce premature mortality from the four main non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% from 2010 levels by 2025 (referred to as the 25× 25 …

Background Air pollution is the sixth highest risk factor for attributable disability-adjusted life-
years (DALYs) in North Africa and the Middle East, but the relative importance of different …