Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

Executive summary Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25
years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors study used
the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk …

Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional …

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

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 …

The publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) and the
accompanying collection of Lancet articles in December 2012 provided the most …

Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional …

A number of individuals and organizations have considerable influence over the selection of
global health priorities and strategies. For some that influence derives from control over …

Major injury is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. Among those under 35 years of
age, it is the leading cause of death and disability. Traffic accidents alone are the main …