The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

M Romanello, A McGushin, C Di Napoli, P Drummond… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that
independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing …

Stroke in Africa: profile, progress, prospects and priorities

RO Akinyemi, B Ovbiagele, OA Adeniji… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Stroke is a leading cause of disability, dementia and death worldwide. Approximately 70% of
deaths from stroke and 87% of stroke-related disability occur in low-income and middle …

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

VL Feigin, BA Stark, CO Johnson, GA Roth… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Regularly updated data on stroke and its pathological types, including data on
their incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, risk factors, and epidemiological trends, are …

Global, regional, and national burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study …

AM Wu, C Bisignano, SL James, GG Abady… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Bone fractures are a global public health issue; however, to date, no
comprehensive study of their incidence and burden has been done. We aimed to measure …

Global, regional, and national cancer incidence and death for 29 cancer groups in 2019 and trends analysis of the global cancer burden, 1990–2019

L Lin, Z Li, L Yan, Y Liu, H Yang, H Li - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Background and aims Cancer will soon become the leading cause of death in every country
in the twenty-first century. This study aimed to analyze the mortality and morbidity of 29 types …

Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

R Bourne, JD Steinmetz, S Flaxman… - The Lancet global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an
assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed …

Global, regional, and national burden of severe periodontitis, 1990–2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

MX Chen, YJ Zhong, QQ Dong… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Up‐to‐date epidemiological studies on the global burden of severe periodontitis is
scarce. This study aimed to present the latest estimates for prevalence of severe …

Temporal trend and attributable risk factors of stroke burden in China, 1990–2019: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Q Ma, R Li, L Wang, P Yin, Y Wang, C Yan… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Understanding the temporal trend of the disease burden of stroke and its
attributable risk factors in China, especially at provincial levels, is important for effective …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality …

KR Paulson, AM Kamath, T Alam, K Bienhoff… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 has targeted elimination of
preventable child mortality, reduction of neonatal death to less than 12 per 1000 livebirths …

Estimating global and regional disruptions to routine childhood vaccine coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a modelling study

K Causey, N Fullman, RJD Sorensen, NC Galles… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission
substantially affected health services worldwide. To better understand the impact of the …