Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …

Background Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs)
provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform …

Background Timely assessment of the burden of HIV/AIDS is essential for policy setting and
programme evaluation. In this report from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD …

Background Non-fatal outcomes of disease and injury increasingly detract from the ability of
the world's population to live in full health, a trend largely attributable to an epidemiological …

Summary Background In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets …

Summary Background Established in 2000, Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4)
catalysed extraordinary political, financial, and social commitments to reduce under-5 …

Importance County-level patterns in mortality rates by cause have not been systematically
described but are potentially useful for public health officials, clinicians, and researchers …

Physical activity (PA) is an important non-therapeutic tool in primary prevention and
treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM). To improve activity-based health management, patients …

Antecedentes. La enfermedad cerebrovascular es la segunda causa de muerte y ocupa el
tercer lugar como factor causante de discapacidad a nivel mundial. En la actualidad, pese al …

Implementation research (IR) is growing in recognition as an important generator of practical
knowledge that can be translated into health policy. With its aim to answer questions about …