Current global health policy goals include a 25% reduction in premature mortality from
noncommunicable diseases by 2025. In this 2-part review, we provide an overview of the …

Background and aims Alcohol use is a major contributor to injuries, mortality and the burden
of disease. This review updates knowledge on risk relations between dimensions of alcohol …

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 Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing
more than a million deaths annually. Given an emphasis on equity in access to diagnosis …

Background Up-to-date evidence on levels and trends for age-sex-specifi c all-cause and
cause-specifi c mortality is essential for the formation of global, regional, and national health …

Background Improving survival and extending the longevity of life for all populations
requires timely, robust evidence on local mortality levels and trends. The Global Burden of …

Summary Background The Millennium Declaration in 2000 brought special global attention
to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria through the formulation of Millennium Development Goal …

Background Exposure to household air pollution is a risk factor for severe pneumonia. The
effect of replacing biomass cookstoves with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstoves on …

Background While there is a long history of measuring death and disability from injuries,
modern research methods must account for the wide spectrum of disability that can occur in …

In China, sample-based mortality surveillance systems, such as the Chinese Center for
Disease Control and Prevention's disease surveillance points system and the Ministry of …