Background Neurological disorders are increasingly recognised as major causes of death
and disability worldwide. The aim of this analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases …

Background To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income
and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide and the
economic costs of treatment and post-stroke care are substantial. The Global Burden of …

Importance Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the top cause of death in China. To our
knowledge, no consistent and comparable assessments of CVD burden have been …

Importance Rotavirus infection is the global leading cause of diarrhea-associated morbidity
and mortality among children younger than 5 years. Objectives To examine the extent of …

Two previous pan-European consensus meetings, the 1995 and 2006 Helsingborg
meetings, were convened to review the scientific evidence and the state of current services …

A gap in emission inventories of urban volatile organic compound (VOC) sources, which
contribute to regional ozone and aerosol burdens, has increased as transportation …

Background 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have
populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population …

Background The lifetime risk of stroke has been calculated in a limited number of selected
populations. We sought to estimate the lifetime risk of stroke at the regional, country, and …

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly
recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the …