Background Seasonal influenza virus is a common cause of acute lower respiratory infection
(ALRI) in young children. In 2008, we estimated that 20 million influenza-virus-associated …

Background Human metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower
respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs …

Background Peripheral artery disease is a growing public health problem. We aimed to
estimate the global disease burden of peripheral artery disease, its risk factors, and …

Background Available incidence data for invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa
are scarce. Standardised, multicountry data are required to better understand the nature and …

Abstract New Global Burden of Disease estimates for liver cirrhosis, published in BMC
Medicine, suggest that cirrhosis caused over a million deaths in 2010, with a further million …

Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) are
associated with increased transmission of HIV, and poor reproductive and sexual health …

Combinations of intense non-pharmaceutical interventions (lockdowns) were introduced
worldwide to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Many governments have begun to …

Mass migration is one of the most concerning potential outcomes of global climate change.
Recent research into environmentally induced migration suggests that relationship is much …

In this paper, we examine patterns of self-reported diagnosis of noncommunicable diseases
(NCDs) and prevalences of algorithm/measured test-based, undiagnosed, and untreated …

Background Epidemiological transition (ET) theory, first postulated in 1971, has developed
alongside changes in population structures over time. However, understandings of mortality …